Event catering

The food people remember

Weddings, showers, quinces, birthdays and the holidays that pull everyone into one house. We build the menu with you, cook it fresh that day, and run service so you get to be a guest at your own party.

Miami-Dade & Broward · Drop-off or fully staffed · Tastings for weddings & large events

Occasions

Whatever you're celebrating

Every menu is built for the specific event — we don't hand you a package and ask you to pick a letter.

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Weddings

Cocktail hour through dessert, plated or buffet, with a tasting beforehand so nothing on the day is a surprise. We coordinate with your venue and planner directly.

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Showers

Bridal and baby showers — brunch spreads, grazing tables, passed bites. Pretty enough for the photos without becoming more work for the host.

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Quinceañeras

Big family, big menu, long night. Latin favourites done properly alongside crowd-pleasers, in quantities that hold up to a room that came hungry.

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Birthdays & anniversaries

From a backyard sixty-person cookout to a seated dinner for twenty. Tell us the vibe and the budget and we'll build to it.

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Holidays

Noche Buena, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year. Book early — these dates go first, and we cap them so quality holds.

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Memorials & gatherings

Quiet, warm food for a hard day, handled with as little fuss for the family as possible. We set up, keep it going, and clear away.

Drop-off or fully staffed

Not every event needs a team in the room. For casual gatherings we deliver everything hot in chafing dishes with serving utensils, set it up, and leave you to it — the most cost-effective way to feed a crowd well.

For weddings and seated dinners we bring serving staff, run the timeline with your planner, keep the buffet looking good all night rather than picked over, and break down at the end so you're not doing dishes at midnight.

Talk to us about your event

What's included

  • A menu built with you, not chosen from a laminated list.
  • Tasting for weddings and larger events before you commit.
  • Chafing dishes and serving equipment on every hot delivery.
  • Dietary options as standard — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free.
  • Allergies prepped separately and clearly labelled.
  • Staffing available — servers and on-site chefs, quoted as their own line.
  • Setup and break-down so the space is left as we found it.
Recent events

From our last few celebrations

Straight from our events account — updates itself as we post.

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How it works

From first call to last plate

Tell us about the day

Date, venue, guest count, the feel you're going for, and anything anyone can't eat. No commitment at this stage.

Menu, tasting, quote

We draft a menu and price it per person with staffing and delivery shown separately. For weddings and big events, you taste it before you sign anything.

We cook and serve

Everything cooked fresh that day, delivered and set up on your timeline, kept hot and looking good through service, then cleared away.

Questions

Before you book

How far in advance should I book?

Four to six weeks is comfortable for a wedding or large event and leaves room for a tasting and a menu revision. Smaller gatherings can often be arranged with a couple of weeks' notice. Holidays — Noche Buena, Thanksgiving, New Year — book much earlier and we cap how many we take so quality holds.

Do you offer tastings?

Yes, for weddings and larger events. We sit down with you, cook the menu you're considering, and adjust based on what you actually think of it rather than what we assumed you'd like.

Do you provide staff, or just the food?

Either. Drop-off is perfect for casual gatherings — we deliver hot, set up with chafing dishes and utensils, and leave you to enjoy it. For weddings and seated events we bring serving staff and run service properly. Staffing is quoted as its own line so you can see exactly what it costs and decide.

Can you work around allergies and dietary needs?

Yes, and it costs nothing extra. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free options are built into the menu rather than added on request. Genuine allergies are prepped separately and labelled — we run allergy checks on every meal-prep order we send, and the same discipline applies here.

What's the minimum guest count?

We generally start around 20 guests for full event catering. Smaller dinner parties are sometimes possible depending on the date and what you want — ask rather than assume no.

Do you work with venues and planners?

Regularly. Put us in touch with your planner or venue coordinator and we'll handle load-in times, kitchen access and timeline directly with them, so it's not one more thing on your list.

Tell us about your event

Date, guest count and venue is enough to start. We'll come back with menu ideas and a quote — no obligation.