Pasta Trays Sydney CBD

Pasta catering is hot pasta cooked in a tray, delivered to your office and served straight from the tray at the table. One tray feeds 6 to 8 people as a main. It is the closest a working lunch gets to an Italian family meal: one big dish in the middle, everyone serving themselves, someone going back for the crispy corner.

It works for team lunches, working lunches, training days and end-of-month celebrations, and it fixes the usual office lunch problem. Sandwiches are fine until 2pm. A proper plate of pasta keeps the room going through the afternoon meeting. That is why we built a whole menu around it.

There are three lasagne: Pork & Beef, Rustic Italian Classic Beef, and a Vegetarian Lasagna with mushrooms, peas and four cheeses. Then the pasta trays: Penne Bolognese, Penne alla Norcina with Italian-style sausage and truffle (an Umbrian dish, like our head chef), Lamb Ragù Tagliatelle, Gnocchi alla Norma, Trofie al Pesto, two ricotta and spinach ravioli, Tortellini alla Boscaiola and an Oxtail Ragù with caramelised eggplant. Two risotto trays and two cold trays, pasta fredda and riso freddo, round it out.

Each hot tray serves 6 to 8 (the Pork & Beef Lasagna stretches to 8 or 9). For 20 people, order three trays (one meat, one vegetarian, one creamy) with a salad and a side. Add a tube of grated parmesan to any hot tray.

Our head chef, John Thomas, grew up in Umbria learning to cook in his Nonna's kitchen, and later worked with Preludio, one of Italy's best-known catering companies, on weddings and large events. The recipes on this page come from that background. The ragù simmers for hours, the béchamel is made fresh, and the lasagne is made in our Bent Street kitchen the morning it is delivered.

Then we bring it to you ourselves: our van, our driver, your floor. Pasta trays are delivered hot and ready to serve, with nothing to assemble. We know the loading docks at Aurora Place, Quay Quarter, 1 Bligh Street, Governor Macquarie Tower and International Towers in Barangaroo, so the trays reach the table while they are still hot.

Almost every hot pasta tray can be made with gluten-free pasta: pick the gluten-free option on the product. The lasagne are the exception. For vegetarians there is the Vegetarian Lasagna, Gnocchi and Penne alla Norma, Trofie al Pesto, both ricotta and spinach ravioli and the saffron and mushroom risotto. Halal-certified options run across most of our menus, and every tray shows its dietary tags.

Pasta means wheat, eggs and dairy, so tell us about allergies when you order. We cross-check every tray for peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, shellfish, eggs, gluten and dairy, and every tray is labelled. Our kitchen is not a fully allergen-free environment, so for coeliac guests or complex needs, call us before ordering and we will confirm each dish.

We deliver pasta trays hot across the Sydney CBD, Martin Place, Wynyard, Barangaroo, Circular Quay, Pyrmont and Ultimo, and further out to Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Potts Point, Woolloomooloo, North Sydney, Crows Nest, Chatswood, Macquarie Park and the inner Eastern Suburbs. Somewhere else? Contact us and we will check.

Order by 2:30pm for next-day delivery and set your lunch time at checkout. Same-day is sometimes possible: call before 9am and we will be straight with you. For big lunches or a custom pasta menu, allow 48 hours, and three to five days for 200 people or more. We deliver Monday to Friday.

Pick your trays above, add them to the cart, choose the date and time and check out. Delivery has a $100 minimum, and pick-up from the cafe has no minimum. Not sure which pasta to choose? Contact us with your headcount and we will suggest a mix.

For a weekly pasta lunch, a standing account keeps the delivery time and dietary notes on file and bills every order to the account. Pasta pairs well with our side trays and salads, and our blog explains why pasta works for office lunches.