Here’s The Dish On Brisbane’s Best Caterers For Your Next Shindig

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By Style Journo | 14th June 2024

Cooking up a storm in the kitchen to serve a delectable feast to your guests sounds like a great idea in theory, but if it means spending the evening slaving over a hot pot while your guests mingle about without you, then it’s a theory debunked.

An alternative might be heading out to a local BYO restaurant, or perhaps sitting down to some fancy French fare, but there is nothing quite like entertaining in the comfort of your own home, then rolling straight into bed. So, if you decide to instead delegate the task of preparing five-star food for a crowd of hungry mouths to a team of the best caterers in Brisbane while you float about stress-free, then we think that’s a very smart decision!

Whatever event you’re planning, be the hostess with the mostest without the mess of the kitchen, and let the pros take care of the culinary action. Here, we’ve collated a list of the best caterers in Brisbane, who’ll bring the good times to you – all you need to do is join the party.

By the way, we consider everyone in this list the best of the best! To make finding your next favourite that much easier, we’ve ordered the list alphabetically by suburb and also have filtering tabs for your convenience. Did we miss someone from the list? Let us know here!   

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Rosalie Gourmet Market

Paddington

With an array of fresh and quality ingredients at their fingertips, Rosalie Gourmet Market offers extensive and inclusive catering options to suit all your needs. Serving up the goods 363 days a year, these deli superstars are crowd-favourites for their delicious salads, sandwiches, canapes, sweet treats, and sharing platters. From their extensive Christmas menu to Melbourne Cup and long lunches, special occasions are Rosalie Gourmet Market’s specialty, making them the perfect choice when you have a private event, school function, boardroom meeting, or birthday. Have dietary requirements you need to cater for? Whether it’s vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, gluten free, or anything in between, you name it and this team has it sorted – turning around delicious spreads in as little as 48 hours!

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Boheme Events

Fortitude Valley

With a passion for food captured in unforgettable culinary experiences, this boutique luxury catering and events company certainly knows how to create a memorable moment. Seamlessly blending innovative cuisine with extraordinary hospitality, the Boheme Events’ philosophy is one of simple, fresh, and uncomplicated fare. The talented team will work collaboratively with you to craft tailored menus designed to reflect the emotion or theme of a celebration, while using sustainable practices and sharing a love of local produce. From grazing boards to canapes, and sit-down feasts, every dish plated is as tantalising to the eyes as it is to the tastebuds. With food this good, your guests will be cherishing their experience long after the event is done! 

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DALTON Catering

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For an elite offering carefully curated to treat your eyes and your palate, these event specialists are the premium choice. DALTON catering has 21 years of impressing Brisbane’s most discerning foodies in their repertoire, proving five-star luxury is their forte. Elevating weddings, corporate occasions, and private events with their heavenly bites and exceptional service, DALTON, founded by chef, entrepreneur, and all-round foodie Jerome Dalton, promises an unforgettable experience equivalent to a fine dining restaurant – no matter where you’re hosting. Want to up the wow factor? Opt for dinner and a show with DALTON’s iconic Fire Dome, serving up deliciously smoked flavours cooked over an open fire under the stars. With DALTON in your corner, you can expect high quality and seamless catering presented by world-class chefs, with boxed and delivered options also available via their website. 

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Cuisine on Cue

All

When you want to spend your event making memories and having the time of your life, choose the full-service caterers you can trust – aka Cuisine On Cue. Verging on 30 years of experience running events of all shapes and sizes, this exceptional team will look after all aspects of your soiree, from the food to staff, beverages and equipment. Their expertise spreads across office catering, private events, weddings, and more, in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, the Scenic Rim, and beyond. Combining excellent customer service with bespoke menus tailored to your preferences, treat your guests to canapes, share-style dining, buffets, grazing tables, plated dining, and even pre-made delivered packages sure to have them reaching for seconds (and thirds)!

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Garnishes Catering

Bowen Hills

Craving a mouth-watering spread from award-winning caterers with over 20 years of premium service under their belt? As one of Brisbane’s only gold licensed caterers certified by the Restaurant & Catering Association, you can count on Garnishes Catering to impress. From working lunches to cocktail parties, corporate events, and celebrations, these caterers will deliver the dream menu to complement your occasion and bring your vision to life. Driven by a passion for delivering an unrivalled standard of service, the Garnishes team are on hand to wow the boardroom or turn the everyday into magic. You can count on them to serve up the perfect offering to suit your time, taste, and budget, whether you’re playing host at home, in a venue, or even on-board a yacht!

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Pure Catering

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A family feast takes on a new meaning with the wealth of culinary expertise honed into each dish by this family-run business. With an award-winning and star-studded portfolio behind them, Pure Catering is known for delivering exceptional catered events elevated by their personal touch. Serving bespoke fare to Brisbane, Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast, their head chef is classically trained, with the Royal Family and Sir David Attenborough amongst the people who have experienced his innovative cooking. Pure Catering even has a dietician and nutritionist on board to ensure your spread is nothing short of exemplary! Whether it’s a boardroom luncheon or your wedding day, this passionate team’s end-to-end service is as seamless as it is memorable.

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Chez Nous Catering

West End

This boutique, family-run catering company has spent over 15 years delivering exceptional service in and around Brisbane. As the exclusive caterer for West End’s The Joinery and a go-to for Brisbane corporates, Chez Nous Catering are renowned for their commitment to quality, professionalism and attentiveness. While they specialise in drop-and-go catering options, they also have extensive experience in catering a diverse range of events, from gala dinners to corporate conferences, and Christmas parties. They’ve even expanded their service to include Chez Nous to You – a take-home range designed to deliver comfort and convenience straight to your door, with a hearty home-made menu featuring soups and family pies, meaty mains and sides, classic desserts, and even special occasion gift boxes.

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Gathar

Brisbane

Connecting you with more than 150+ passionate culinarians, Gathar is like an online dating service for food, setting you up with excellent food based on your requirements. From canapes to caviar, wine matching, and even equipment, this team is the middleman that makes things happen. Choose from a range of their packages online designed by Gathar head chefs which are then created by select culinarians across the country, coming together to collaborate and create a spread unlike any other. It’s a match made in foodie heaven!

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Wine & Dine’m

Brisbane

Up the ante at your event with some of the best caterers in Brisbane, Wine & Dine’m. These premiere caterers have won a bevy of awards in their 20+ years of operation for their exceptional catering. Taking things to the next level with their passion, service, and outstanding dishes, their menus are a testament to their success. With an ever-expanding network of venues and suppliers desperate to work alongside this unstoppable team, expect nothing but the best when you lock in Wine & Dine’m for your event. Big on sustainability, this team brings colour, creativity, and quality to every meal with grazing tables, food stations, formal dining, and cocktail menus, so you can be sure only fresh, gourmet produce will be served to your guests. Want to knock their socks off? Here’s how…

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Margarita Margarita

Brisbane

Great food is one thing, but delish margaritas served out of a vintage 1972 lemon-yellow VW kombi? Well, that’s a surefire ticket to a good time! Margarita Margarita is the cute-to-boot cocktail catering service, driving straight to the doorstep of your event with the tastiest shaken margaritas ready to flow well into the night. From classic combos to watermelon, chilli, and more, ‘Stanley’ the kombi van is the guest you want at your next event. Slinging cocktail after cocktail for the entire duration of your booking, you and your guests will love the good vibes Stanley brings to any occasion. Yeah, we’ll cheers to that!

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Firebird Catering

Hamilton

For food that comes with theatrics and drama, make Firebird Catering your point of call. Combining passion, character, and culinary cooking, David Fiumara and Laura Hidalgo are the literal meaning of ‘dinner and a show’ – delivering a unique fine dining catering concept unlike any other. With a menu that can accommodate all from exquisite finger food and office catering to gourmet BBQ and fine dining options including their signature gold plated Tomahawk, Firebird is renowned for bringing the heat. Delivering dishes with unlikely combinations that melt in your mouth, this is one theatrical catering performance you’ll be in awe of.

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William Wallace Group

Hendra

With a contemporary catering service sure to have your guests impressed, the William Wallace Group experience is synonymous with premium elegance. From weddings to birthdays, and corporate events, they pride themselves on delivering whatever their clients need – pairing exceptional hospitality with a refined service and menus that never compromise freshness or flavour. The choice is yours with William Wallace, as they channel their curated expertise into shared dining, degustations, cocktail events, custom requests, delivered catering, and more. The bespoke offering by this team of professionals is the no fuss way to ensure perfection for big and small events alike. Plus, their unparalleled eye for detail means you’ll receive elevated fare that looks just as amazing as it tastes!

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BG Catering

Brisbane City

Delivered directly to your door with an abundance of fresh flavour, these caterers certainly know how to impress the palate. With a particular flair for corporate catering, private events. Dishing up everything from all-day menus to breakfast packages, afternoon tea platters, to a huge variety of hot foods to satisfy all occasions and crowds. Tailoring to your needs and dietary requirements to ensure perfection. We know plans change with a moment’s notice, so let our team take away all the stress of planning your event so we can help with last-minute requirements. It’s easy to see why we are Brisbane’s first choice for any event or occasion. 

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Joe's Deli

Brisbane City

What’s better than one sandwich from Joe’s Deli? A whole box of sandwiches from Joe’s Deli! The cult-fave sanga slingers have officially launched their catering packs in Brisbane, ensuring everyone is taken care of including veggo, vegan, and gluten-free dietary requirements. Whether you know what you want or opt for the Joe’s Favourite Combos which is packed with all the best sellers, one box feeds 12-18 people, starting from$186. Throw in some delish sides like crisps and pickles, their oh-so sweet Hollywood two-tone cheesecake, or even a bottle of Lofi Wines, and you have yourself a drool-worthy spread. Simply pick up from Joe’s Deli Brisbane City (or their Gold Coast location), with only 24-28 hours notice needed. Or, if you really want to impress your guests at your next event, talk to the team about a pop-up Joe’s Deli, where their Famous Dogs will come to you.

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