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Essential Catering delivers fresh and delicious catering options to Melbourne's corporate offices, function venues, and residential homes.
So whether you have a private celebration or a corporate event we can deliver fresh, delicious catering on time, every time.

Beautifully curated Breakfast Packages, perfect for team meetings, corporate events or early celebrations. Options include assortments of freshly baked pastries, flaky croissants and seasonal fruit platters. Prepared fresh and delivered ready to serve, our breakfast selections make hosting effortless while adding a touch of indulgence to the start of any day.
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Our lunch platters are designed to elevate any occasion with vibrant, high-quality ingredients and crowd-pleasing variety. Each platter is artfully arranged for convenient, self-serve catering. Ideal for boardroom lunches, client meetings or casual office gatherings, these platters offer a fresh, modern alternative to traditional catering packed with flavour, colour, and convenience.
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Upgrade your workday lunch with our Gourmet Lunch Selections. Whether feeding a small team or a large corporate group, these selections provide a satisfying and stylish solution for lunchtime catering. Delivered ready to enjoy, our gourmet options take the hassle out of hosting while ensuring every bite feels fresh, wholesome, and thoughtfully prepared.
Order OnlineWe require 48 hours (2 business days) notice to guarantee your booking. For catering orders sooner than this please contact our office directly on (03) 9761 4188 and we will see how we can help.
Our delicious catering is delivered in recyclable disposable boxes ready for you to serve.
Items that are delivered, that require heating are delivered in foil trays that are ready to be popped into the oven.
Yes, we can deliver on weekends, however the minimum order is $400 plus $150 delivery
Hot food is delivered in foil trays ready for you to heat up and serve. 10-15 mins in the oven at 175 degrees and you’re done. No mess as the foil trays can be recycled.
Yes, we can hire you equipment please see our equipment hire link.
Our minimum order is $150 plus delivery
We deliver throughout the South Eastern suburbs, Eastern suburbs and Yarra Valley.
Yes, we have professional staff available to hire
If you have any questions please call our friendly sales team on (03) 9761 4188.
Yes, we can cater for dietary requirements, please select items from our menus that suit your dietary needs. You can order 1 of these items if required. We can cater for gluten free, vegetarian, vegan coeliac and specific allergies?
We make every effort to reduce waste at your wedding by:

We’d love to help you bring a touch of magic to your event. So why don’t we organise a chat? You can either call us or drop us your details and we’ll be in touch.
We’re always up for a chat. Call anytime between 9am and 5pm on weekdays.
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**Placement of Order **
Any order placed by you from this website is an offer by you to purchase a particular product or service for the stated price (including delivery and other charges) specified in this website at the time you place your order.
**Acceptance of Order **
We reserve the right to accept or reject your offer for any reason, such as the unavailability of any product or service, an error in the price of the product or service or an error in your order. As there may be reasons why we cannot fulfil your order, your contract with us will only come into existence when we advise you that we have accepted your order and receipt of your payment has been confirmed.
Changes to your order
You are welcome to make changes to your order. However, changes made within 72 hours prior to delivery may not be accepted.
Essential Catering & Events will do its best to facilitate changes made with short notice. When a change is requested on your order, Essential Catering & Events will resend you your order confirmation reflecting the change and indicating the order is updated. More than 3 changes to an order may incur additional fees.
Order cancellation
All cancellations are required in writing or submitted through Essential Catering & Events online platform.
For orders less than $500, Essential Catering & Events will accept cancellation up to 96 hours (Business Days Monday to Friday))prior to the delivery date requested for your order.
Orders greater than $500 require a minimum 120 hours (Business Days Monday to Friday))prior to the delivery date requested for your order.
Orders cancelled after the above times may incur charges based on expenses incurred by Essential Catering & Events.
Food allergies
Please be advised that Essential Catering & Events will do its best to ensure your catering does not contain any of the items to which your guest is allergic.
Please be advised however that Essential Catering & Events cannot guarantee your order may not contain traces of the substances to which your guest is allergic.
Essential Catering & Events will not take responsibility for any illness caused through consumption of catering containing traces of these substances or food groups. We recommend the severely allergic guests supply their own food from a reliable source that can guarantee no cross contamination.
**Pricing **
Prices of goods and services and delivery and other charges displayed on the Essential Catering & Events website are current at the time of display. These prices are subject to variation without notice. All transactions are in Australian Dollars (AUD).
We will always attempt to be as accurate as possible with our product descriptions and pricing. However, we are unable to warrant that product descriptions or other content of the website is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error free.
**Credit Card Payments **
Please note Essential Catering & Events accepts VISA and Mastercard for credit card transactions and credit card transaction incur a 1.7% transaction charge.
GST
The prices displayed will be the total purchase price, inclusive of GST.
**Invoices/Receipts **
At the end of the ordering process you will be presented with a receipt on-screen containing your order number. This order number should be quoted for any enquiries you may have relating to your order. The page can be printed for your reference. You will receive from Essential Catering & Events a tax invoice/receipt for taxation purposes in the via email.
**Cancellation by Us **
We reserve the right not to provide goods or services, terminate accounts, remove or edit content or cancel orders (or part thereof) at our sole discretion at any time. Without limiting the operation of any other Terms and Conditions herein, we will not be held liable for loss or damage arising from the exercising of these rights.
In the instance that you need to cancel your event, the following conditions will apply:
All cancellations must be made in writing.