EVENT CATERING
Event catering, from twelve people to two hundred
Whatever the occasion, the questions are the same: how many, what time, and is there a kitchen. Answer those three and the food is straightforward.
FROM£5.50per head
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Why choose Sadlergates
ABOUT EVENT CATERING
The three questions that decide everything
**How many**, because it sets the format. Under fifty, a delivered buffet is almost always right and the cooked-on-site options carry a minimum you would be paying to reach. Over a hundred and fifty, the problem stops being food and becomes the queue.
**What time**, because food put out when the first guest arrives has been sitting for an hour by the time everybody is there. A party that starts at seven usually wants the buffet closer to half eight, and an evening wedding buffet later still.
**Is there a kitchen**, because the honest answer at most venues is a hatch and an urn. Nothing we deliver needs heating, plating or a kitchen at your end, which is why a cold buffet suits a hired room so well.
Everything else — menu, dietary requirements, whether it rains — is solvable once those three are settled. Most of the events that go wrong went wrong at the first question.
- From
- £5.50 per head
- Size
- 12 to 800 guests
- Delivered
- Free, set out on arrival
- Order by
- 4pm the day before
- On-site catering
- 50 guests minimum, 25% deposit
- Vegetarian
- 30% of every buffet as standard
PRICING
What event catering costs
A delivered buffet from £5.50 a head with free delivery and a £20 minimum, ordered by 4pm the day before. A hog roast from £795 for up to fifty guests, a barbecue at £13.00 a head and pizza at £14.50 — all with a fifty-guest minimum, about 3m by 5m of flat ground, and a 25% deposit that secures the date with the balance due thirty days before. Prices exclude VAT and there is no service charge.
- Buffets from £5.50 a head
- Hog roast from £795
- Free delivery
- 25% deposit on site catering
Catering by occasion
Each occasion has its own page with menus, prices and the practical detail.
- Party CateringFrom £5.50 per headBirthdays, anniversaries, christenings and big nights in. We bring the food so you can enjoy the party with your guests.
- Wedding CateringFrom relaxed grazing tables to elegant hog roasts and formal wedding breakfasts, we cater your day exactly the way you have imagined it.
- Corporate CateringFrom £5.50 per headReliable, professional catering for meetings, conferences, training days and office events delivered on time, every time.
- Funeral CateringFrom £5.50 per headA respectful, dependable catering service for wakes and memorials. Letting you focus on family while we take care of the food.
- Christening CateringFrom £5.50 per headA buffet waiting at the hall when everyone arrives back from church. From £5.50 a head, with children's options and the cake table sorted.
- Christmas CateringFrom £8.75 per headFestive buffets at £8.75 a head, Christmas dinner cooked and served at your venue at £23.50, and turkey or hog roasts from £795 for the big numbers. Available 1st to 23rd December across Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Leicester and the East Midlands.
REAL EVENTS. REAL FOOD.
Catering for Every Gathering
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Event Catering — your questions answered
How much is event catering per head?
A delivered buffet is from £5.50 a head and £11.00 for the full spread. Cooked on site, a barbecue is £13.00 a head and pizza £14.50. A hog roast is priced per event rather than per head — from £795 for up to fifty guests, which is about £15.90 each, down to roughly £7.25 a head at two hundred.
How many people do you cater for?
From about four for a delivered buffet — the £20 minimum is four people on Buffet 1 — up to several hundred. The largest hog roast we have catered was 800 guests. Anything cooked on site has a fifty-guest minimum.
What if my venue has no kitchen?
That describes most of the rooms we deliver to. Nothing we deliver needs heating, plating or a kitchen — it arrives on covered platters ready to put straight out, with disposable plates and napkins included, and the platters are collected the next working day.
When should the food go out?
Later than most people think. Food put out as the first guest arrives is an hour old by the time the room is full. For an evening party, around half eight is usually right; for a wedding evening buffet, later still. Tell us the time you want it on the table and we work back from it.
Do you cater outdoor events?
Yes. A cold buffet is completely indifferent to whether it ends up indoors, which is the quiet argument for one at a British outdoor event. A hog roast or barbecue is better when the weather holds but needs cover for the cooking and somewhere for guests to eat that is not open lawn.
How far in advance should I book?
For a delivered buffet, 4pm the day before is enough. For anything cooked on site, weeks rather than days — and for a summer Saturday, months. The venue is almost always the longer lead time of the two, so sort that first.
Planning an event?
Tell us the date, the venue and roughly how many, and we will tell you what is possible and what it costs.