Exceptional Wedding Catering for One of Melbourne’s Most Contemporary Venues
If you’re searching for a wedding venue that feels personal, elegant, and effortlessly stylish, Canvas House offers the perfect backdrop. Located just minutes from Melbourne’s CBD, this versatile inner-city venue combines modern architecture with warm, inviting spaces ideal for a day you’ll never forget.
Essential Catering provides vibrant menus, flawless food, and seamless service for weddings at Canvas House, making sure every detail of your celebration feels stress-free, memorable, and completely tailored to your love story.
Canvas House is designed to adapt to every couple’s unique style, and Essential Catering ensures your food and service do the same. With over 16 years of experience catering Melbourne’s most loved venues, our team brings fresh, vibrant menus and attentive service that enhances every aspect of your celebration.
From intimate ceremonies to full-scale receptions, our seamless approach to food and service guarantees your wedding at Canvas House runs effortlessly from start to finish.
Your wedding menu should be just as thoughtful as the venue you’ve chosen. Our diverse catering options are designed to complement Canvas House’s adaptable spaces and your personal tastes, ensuring your guests enjoy a memorable dining experience.
Popular catering styles for Canvas House weddings include:
We tailor our menus to suit your preferences and dietary requirements so every guest feels considered and cared for.
Get In TouchPlanning a wedding should feel exciting, not overwhelming. That’s why Essential Catering offers simple, transparent, all-inclusive catering packages that ensure every element of your food service is covered with no surprises on your final invoice.
You can relax knowing our team handles everything behind the scenes, so you and your guests can simply enjoy the celebration.
Our wedding catering packages include:
Pre-wedding menu tasting to perfect your selection
Professional wait staff keeping food and drinks flowing
A dedicated event manager overseeing every element of service
Complete set-up, pack down, crockery, glassware, and tableware provided
Full consideration of dietary requirements, from allergies to preferences
Canvas House offers a unique combination of contemporary design and warm, welcoming spaces. Our catering team works closely with the venue and your chosen stylists to ensure your food service enhances the atmosphere without disrupting the flow of your celebration.
Whether you’re hosting a cocktail party, seated dinner, or an interactive dining experience, we’ll ensure every element feels cohesive, polished, and perfectly executed.
Canvas House gives couples the freedom to transform the space into their own, and Essential Catering delivers food and service that align seamlessly with your vision.
We help bring your wedding vision to life with:
Your wedding day deserves expert support, flawless food, and complete peace of mind. Essential Catering has delivered hundreds of exceptional Melbourne weddings, bringing fresh, vibrant menus and seamless service to every event.
Couples trust Essential Catering for:
We take the stress out of wedding catering, so you can focus on celebrating your love story.
Your wedding deserves food and service as memorable as the venue itself. Essential Catering delivers flawless flavours, complete care, and vibrant menus for couples celebrating at Canvas House.Contact our team today for a fast, personalised quote or to book your wedding menu tasting.
Call (03) 9761 4188 to speak with our wedding catering experts.
Yes — all our wedding catering packages include a pre-event tasting so you can perfect your menu.
Absolutely. We cater for all dietary needs, including gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, and allergy-specific requests.
Yes — we provide tailored menus and flexible service formats to suit seated dining, cocktail receptions, or a combination of both.
Yes, our dedicated events manager Katrina has put together menus for hundreds of Melbourne weddings and she will be delighted to share her advice.
Simply contact us and chat to our events manager Katrina and she will put together an itemised wedding catering quote for you.
Yes, you pay an initial installment to lock in your booking, and the balance is due 10 business days prior to your event.
Yes, we have a variety of mobile kitchen equipment we can bring, including oviens. We just need allocated space to work from that has access to power.
Yes, we do charge additional fees if there is not a kitchen we can use to prepare your catering. We will itemise all the details of the additional charges in your custom quotation.
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Yes, we cater to any dietary request that you or your guests may have. In order to plan the menu, we ask that you provide a list of each guest and their specific dietary requirements at least ten days in advance of your wedding. If your guest has a specific food intolerance, we will prepare a dish specifically for that guest. Plus, if there’s a dish you love, we can make it gluten free, vegan, dairy-free, nut free, etc. For each request that deviates from our main menu, we charge an additional $12 per person.
We invite you to our commissary kitchen in Bayswater North to taste a selection of yummy delights prepared by our team of foodies. Have your questions answered, taste a selection of amazing dishes from your menu of interest and our events teams will work with you to develop a draft schedule for your big day. Our chef and sales manager are on site to answer any questions you may have about finalising your menu. You are sure to leave with confidence that your wedding catering is in good hands.
Yes, for children aged 2-12 we can provide a child’s meal for $18 per person. Alternatively, if the children are eating the same food as the adults, we offer a 25% discount off the adult price.
Typically, we ask to know the numbers two weeks prior to the wedding so we can start preparing for your event in advance.
Our menu prices are based on at least 40 guests. We can cater for smaller numbers, but a surcharge will apply.
It depends on the style of the event. For finger food events, we allow one food waiter per 50 people and for seated events we allow one waiter per 25 people. We believe plenty of staff make for a smooth, stress-free event for your guests so we always have more than adequate numbers of waiters and bartenders for your wedding. We also provide a dedicated event manager on site to supervise the waiters and bar staff during the food service at your wedding.
As per our terms and conditions, if you wish to cancel:
If you wish to postpone: