Side Dishes Catering Sydney

A side tray is a shared dish of vegetables or potatoes that goes next to the main event: the roast chicken, the lamb shanks, the steak, the meatballs. Each tray is sized for a table, so people help themselves alongside whatever else you ordered. Without sides, a platter of protein looks like a snack. With two or three, it looks like lunch.

On an Italian table these are the contorni, and nobody would serve a secondo without them. They are also the easiest way to stretch a catering order for a bigger group, or to give vegetarian and vegan guests something more than salad. Our blog has the full story of the side tray range.

The range: Rosemary Roasted Chat Potatoes, Creamy Mashed Potato, Lemon Charred Broccolini, Glazed Dutch Carrots (whole rainbow carrots), Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges, a chilled Classic Coleslaw, and the EATALO Fries Side Tray with mayo, ketchup and aioli. Every side tray serves 6 to 8 as a side, and all but the coleslaw arrive hot.

As a guide, plan one side tray for every six to eight people, and mix them: one potato, one green, one with colour. For a lunch of 20 with two protein platters, chat potatoes, broccolini and carrots cover the table. Mash goes with the lamb shanks and the meatballs, coleslaw with roast chicken and sandwich platters.

Sides are simple food, which is exactly why they show whether a kitchen cares. We roast our chat potatoes skin-on with rosemary and olive oil, char the broccolini hard so the tips go crisp, and pass the potatoes for the mash until smooth. Every tray is cooked in our own kitchen on Bent Street by the chefs who run the cafe, on the day it is delivered.

We deliver ourselves, in our own van, to your floor, and hot side trays arrive ready to serve next to the rest of your order. We know the loading docks at Aurora Place, Quay Quarter, International Towers, 1 Bligh Street and Governor Macquarie Tower, among dozens of other CBD addresses.

A mixed dietary list is easier to handle with sides on the table. All seven side trays are tagged Halal, and all but the fries are gluten-free. The chat potatoes, broccolini, Dutch carrots and sweet potato wedges are vegan and dairy-free, the coleslaw is dairy-free, and the fries are dairy-free and nut-free. The mash is vegetarian, made with butter and milk.

Tell us about allergies when you order and we cross-check every tray for peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, shellfish, eggs, gluten and dairy. The glazed carrots contain nuts, and the coleslaw dressing contains egg, so check the tags on each product. Every tray is labelled, and our kitchen is not a fully allergen-free environment. For complex needs, call us first.

Side trays go out with your catering across the Sydney CBD, Martin Place, Wynyard, Barangaroo and Circular Quay, and to Pyrmont, Ultimo, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Potts Point, Woolloomooloo, North Sydney, Crows Nest, Chatswood, Macquarie Park and the inner Eastern Suburbs. For other addresses, contact us.

Order by 2:30pm for next-day delivery, at the same time as your mains, and choose one delivery time at checkout so everything arrives together. Same-day is sometimes possible with a call before 9am. Large or custom orders need 48 hours. We deliver Monday to Friday.

Add side trays to the cart with the rest of your order, choose the date and time and check out. The minimum for delivery is $100, and pick-up from the cafe has no minimum. Not sure how many sides you need? Contact us with your headcount and menu.

Sides were made to go with our roast chicken, lamb and seafood mains and our pasta trays, and the coleslaw sits well with sandwich platters. Offices that order lunch every week can set up a standing account, with preferences on file and orders billed to the account.