Private Catering

Some of the best occasions happen at home, around a familiar table with the people you care about. We help you plan the food and service so that you can spend more of the evening with your guests.

Two ways to do it

Plated and multi-course, where the evening is the occasion. The plated dinner menu moves from spiced butternut or truffled creamy mushroom soup, tuna tartare, a Niçoise salad or truffled mushroom arancini with herbed salad, through grilled ribeye, surf and turf, chicken supreme, miso-glazed salmon en papillote or barramundi with gremolata, and closes on crème Catalana, a lavender and honey dessert or a seasonal fruit salad tart.

Family-style and generous, where the table is the occasion. Dishes go down in the middle and people help themselves: braised short rib, butter chicken, a lamb curry, hasselback potatoes with cream cheese and spring onion, garlic naan, roasted root vegetables, a Greek or panzanella salad — and malva pudding with custard to finish, because at a table like that it is the right answer.

For a milestone birthday, a single-tier ceremonial cake or a spread of sweet canapés — mini pavlovas, dark chocolate tartlets with hazelnut crémeux, peppermint macarons — does more than a plated dessert.

What we handle

Menu planning through to service. Where you want them, we provide equipment, crockery, cutlery and professional service staff, and we handle setup and cleanup according to the agreed scope of the evening.

Every menu is designed around your preferences, your guests and your dietary requirements rather than picked from a fixed package, and vegetarian, vegan, halaal-friendly and gluten-free options are considered during planning. Cooking is done from a COA-compliant kitchen.

We cater private dinners and celebrations at homes across Pretoria, Midrand, Johannesburg and the surrounding areas.

Share your seating plans, preferred meal time and the facilities available at home. If you are deciding between a plated dinner and sharing dishes, we can talk through the feel of each before you choose.

Browse the full menu, or see cakes and desserts if the celebration needs a centrepiece.