Creating a memorable event in your home is no easy task; we have created this blog to help you through the process to ensure you can create the best birthday party for your special occasion.
Having A Private Party in Your Own Home
Having a private party in your own home is a real treat. It also happens to be a cost-effective way to host events. The major benefits of catering at home are:
No need to hire a venue: This could save you thousands of dollars on venue hire, alcohol packages, and outsourcing staff.
Easier to entertain the kids: When you are hosting from home, you can section of a room or two, hire in a kid entertainer and let them make as much noise, and have as much fun as they would like. (We all know the feeling as parents, of having our kids run around a busy restaurant).
Purchasing your drinks: Buying your own drinks and retail price will save you a significant amount of your budget. Any time you purchase alcohol through a restaurant or caterer, you will likely be paying a markup of 70% – 150%.
Choosing your own menu: Creating your own tailored menu with your caterer is one of the best benefits of catering in a private home. You can choose from our range of great food options, in the from of degustation menus, buffet menus, or canapé menus.
Party Food - Finger Food and Grazing Tables
For birthday party catering, we typically recommend our canapés menus. They work brilliant for events with a lot of guests for the following reasons:
You will not require equipment hire: Our team will supply everything you will require for a canapé event, including platters, skewers, serviettes, and kitchen equipment.
Canapés create an interactive and social environment: No one will need to sit down, and the food will be roamed around by our wait staff, making it easy to engage in conversation.
Canapés are cost-effective: Canapés are less expensive than our buffet and degustation menus.
You will have a large range of items to enjoy, all of which are made from fresh ingredients that have been sourced locally and taste amazing.
Catering Options For Your Special Day
As mentioned above, you will have three main menu styles available to you on the day of your special event. We will outline each below, and then demonstrate how many guests they would be best suited for.
Private Event Catering for 50 people
For events with 20-50 guests, you can choose from any of the three available menu styles. Typically, in this range we primarily see a mix of buffet and canapé events. However, if you have a large enough venue/home, we can organise tables and chairs for everyone through our equipment hire vendor, and turn your home into a 5 star restaurant!
Private Event Catering for 100 people
For events with 50-100 guests, you can still choose from any of the three available menu styles. However, degustation does become a lot more tricky (space wise), unless you have hired a larger venue that can accommodate the required tables and chairs.
Recommended Canapé Menus For Your Party Catering
We can serve up to 20 delicious canapé and finger food items for your event, however, we do have some crowd favourites that everyone always seems to rave about. Here is our most popular menu from the last few months.
Canapé Menu #2
Pistachio tartlet, goat cheese, olive tapenade, lemon zest, mint
Smoked salmon rillette cracker, fetta, lemon zest, dill
Tuna sashimi, prawn chip, roasted sesame dressing, chives
Prawn toast, sesame seeds, ginger, aioli, chives
Arancini, portobello mushroom, onion, parmesan, pesto aioli
Chicken and mayo brioche burger, kimchi, chives
Pulled beef soft shell mini tacos, pico de Gallo, guacamole
How To Handle Dietary Requirements While Still Serving Delicious Food
Dietary requirements can sometimes make planning menus challenging. That’s why we offer guests with dietary requirements an entirely separate menu. This means your friends and family can enjoy and celebrate a menu built just for them:
Tomato bruschetta, goat cheese, balsamic, basil
Crispy tartlet with beetroot relish, whipped ricotta, black olive
Parmesan cheese puff, sun-dried tomato, Italian glaze, basil
Pistachio tartlet, goat cheese, olive tapenade, lemon zest, mint
Arancini, portobello mushroom, onion, parmesan, pesto aioli
Cumin roasted broccoli, soft shell tacos, hummus, capsicum, tabbouleh
Sweet Treats - Add Desserts To Your Party Catering Menu
It would not be birthday party catering without some delicious sweet treats to finish the night. Here are our most popular dessert canapés.
Mini vanilla bean cheesecakes
Warm chocolate brownie, raspberries
Dessert cup – Chocolate mousse, strawberries, Chantilly
Start Planning Ahead Of Time
To successfully plan the perfect birthday party catering event, we recommend contacting us at least four weeks in advance. This gives us time to properly flesh out the theme of your event and understand what we can do to make sure your catering experience with our friendly team is the best catering experience you have had.
Common Questions and Answers
Do you offer delivery?
Unfortunately, we do not offer box deliveries of canapés. A chef will be required at every event. Additionally, having a waitstaff there will ensure you and your guests can relax and enjoy the dinner.
How many courses should we have for our degustation?
Typically, we suggest 2-4 courses as the perfect amount for a premium dinner experience.
If we are hosting a birthday party and would like to remove salsa verde from the buffet menu, can we do this?
Yes, of course, we can either choose a separate dish for your buffet menu, or, we can replace it with a different sauce.
If I am celebrating a life milestone with my family, and would like to create a memorable event, would you be able to create a more personalised offering?
If you are looking for a custom event, we would recommend contacting us and discussing this over the phone. Whilst we do try and stay within our delicious menus available on our website, we are open to cooking a personalised menu to make your experience as much as we can.
I am hosting a birthday party and want great food for 100 guests, which canapé package would you recommend?
Depending on the style of your event, we would typically recommend our canapé package #2. This includes seven delicious items and is always perfect for birthday party catering. If you would like to enhance the experience a little bit more, adding a grazing table is always great!
Time To Party! Birthday Party Catering You Can Rely On
If you are ready to chat with us about your party catering event, please contact us via the ”contact us’ button below. We can help you with choosing menus, supplying staff, and hiring equipment.
We look forward to speaking further with you!
