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Scrumptious Catering

Catering for a Private Event

Dinner Parties, Celebrations, Children's Parties, Funerals.

We really do love catering for individual events. The themes, tastes and requirements for each are so different, allowing us to utilise our vast imagination for menu design and event planning. Whatever the size of your event, we can combine your ideas with our wide ranging experience to create a package that perfectly suits what you have in mind.

Dinner Parties
Our dinner parties really do impress. Our sample menu gives an idea of the type of menus we can create. For your dinner party we meet with you to investigate your likes and dislikes (and any you may know your guests have), to discuss your intended menu plan and to get an impression of the style of party you would like to hold. We then use our imagination and experience to create your bespoke dinner party package which will include many of the favourite things you have described. Our dishes are carefully planned to bring out the maximum flavour of the ingredients used, combining interesting textures and colours to create impressive presentation and most importantly, taste.

We can provide our foods in two different ways. The Scrumptious team can cook a stunning meal in your home, taking away all of the stress that is normally involved with hosting an event like this for yourself and allowing you to spend enjoyable time with your guests. We clean and pack away all that we have used, leaving your kitchen wonderfully tidy. Another option is for us to deliver a complete dinner party package that allows you to enjoy the experience of cooking without the saga of supermarket shopping and seemingly endless preparations!  This is an incredibly popular choice with our clients for many reasons; it is a great opportunity to disguise an incredible menu as your own (although we will leave you with some of our business cards) and you are able to enjoy time to pamper and prepare for your evening and appear organised and serene with a tidy kitchen.

Canapés
Canapés are where my passion for catering began! After leaving school, one of my first contracts was to provide canapés to a restaurant in Lincolns Bailgate each weekend. Now, quite a few years on, I find as much reward in making them with my team. We ensure our canapés are innovative, incorporate fantastic speciality ingredients and are presented with original style. As with all of our menus, our canapés are designed seasonally allowing us to have fun with the more exquisite seasonal produce.

Canapés make a sophisticated and impressive choice at cocktail parties, garden parties and special celebrations. We find they make a lovely alternative to a starter at a dinner party too. Having bite sized portions of an array of tastes promises to satisfy your guests! Your bespoke canapé menu can be as varied and extensive as you would like. We love for you to choose your individually priced canapés whilst supporting you with combining the right choices and deciding how many to offer.
We gain a lot of enjoyment from serving our canapés at your event.
Please refer to our 'Little Extras' section to discover how our team can be of help.

Celebrations
For celebrations such as birthday parties, anniversaries or a gathering of friends we can provide excellent food and impeccable service. We believe the food plays a big part in making your event special and memorable. We enjoy giving our clients as much flexibility as possible in planning their menu. We have an extensive range of yummy finger foods and fork buffet dishes which are designed for each season, aiming to utilise different ingredients when they are at their peak of quality and flavour. We encourage you to choose the dishes that most appeal to you to create your bespoke menu which will comply with the budget you have outlined. We are there to guide you through the dishes or advise on which dishes combine nicely together and if you would prefer us to, we can create a menu for you. Our foods can be planned and styled to suit a simplistic buffet for a relaxed occasion or an elaborate buffet for special occasions. We really do want this to be your bespoke special event.

All of our foods are presented on high quality, attractive ceramic platters. We put a lot of thought into our presentation, making the most of the colours of the food and demonstrating the fact that our foods really are homemade. We label the foods individually and can provide printed 'mini menus' too, it should all look impressive. We can provide additional crockery, cutlery, linen and glasses and if you need our staff to be available to help, we would be very happy to make arrangements.
Please refer to our 'Little Extras' section for further details.

Childrens Parties
Our exciting foods for children's parties offer traditional favourites and new ideas, some on the healthy side, some being birthday treats! We offer an extensive list of foods, using high quality, freshly prepared ingredients thoughout, all of the foods are homemade so the nutritional aspect of the party buffet is of a high standard. A personal selection of these foods can be chosen to create your bespoke menu. We find our clients appreciate this flexibility; for the parents, balancing the need for health and the want for treats can be achieved and a budget can be maintained; for the children, some involvement in the menu planning proves to be fun! We price all of the party foods individually allowing you to choose whether Scrumptious provides a complete buffet for you or a select range of party foods to take the pressure off!

We are always delighted to match the food to the party theme and have fun creating foods to suit this! We carefully plan the food to suit the age of the children at the party from toddlers to teenagers.

As an addition to providing the food, we can provide any themed disposable plates, tablecloths, cups & table decorations. We can create impressive party bags & have a very reliable contact for specialist birthday cakes.

Funerals
We are sensitive that the catering we provide can contribute to making a difficult day more manageable. A buffet of finger foods is a very popular option; however we can create a menu that suits your needs. We would encourage you to refer to our sample finger buffet menus for more information.

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