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Melbourne Catering Platters

Catering platters in Melbourne, delivered. Your Private Chef offers a wide range of mix-and-match catering platters cooked in our Caulfield kitchen and delivered beautifully presented in eco-friendly platter boxes. Cold platters delivered ready to serve; hot platters delivered just before eating. Perfect for office lunches, small gatherings, family events, and budget-conscious occasions. Quote in one business day.

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Your Best Choice for Melbourne Catering Platters

Catering platters are the most flexible option in the Melbourne catering range. Rather than a fixed set menu, you mix and match individual platters from our full range — sandwiches, sushi, finger food, cheese, fruit, hot meats, salads, canapes. Choose exactly the food and the amount that suits your event. Ideal for budget-conscious orders, small groups, or events with very specific tastes. Our chefs cook the platters in our Caulfield kitchen and we deliver them ready to go.

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What a melbourne catering platters event with Your Private Chef includes

A Your Private Chef platter order includes only the platters you choose. No package minimums, no forced extras — pick what your guests will actually eat and pay only for that.

  • Mix-and-match across our full platter range — over 150 different platters available
  • All platters cooked in our Caulfield kitchen and delivered in eco-friendly platter boxes
  • Hot platters delivered just before eating, cold platters delivered ready to serve
  • Sandwich, sushi, fruit, cheese, finger food, gourmet hot, dessert — full range
  • Add eco disposable plates / cutlery / napkins for a small fee
  • Pickup available from our Caulfield kitchen
  • Catering Setup add-on (from $50) for events that want full presentation
  • Dietary care — GF, DF, vegan, halal, nut-free, low-FODMAP platters available

How much does Melbourne Catering Platters cost?

Honest pricing for Melbourne Catering Platters. These per-head and per-platter anchors give you a starting point — final quotes are tailored to your menu, headcount, and delivery distance.

OptionPrice
Sandwich / fruit / cheese plattersfrom about $25 per platter
Finger food plattersfrom about $80 per platter
Gourmet hot plattersfrom about $73 per platter
Premium signature plattersfrom about $230 per platter
Jumbo mixed rolls platter (48 pieces)from $348 per platter

Delivery is a flat fee based on kilometres from our Caulfield kitchen. All prices include GST. Minimum spend: from $40 + delivery fee weekdays, from $150 + delivery fee Saturday. On Sundays we operate with a $400 minimum spend — see our Sunday Catering Ideas tab.

Your Path to Perfect Melbourne Catering Platters

Explore

Start by exploring our diverse menu online. Our offerings cater to various styles and dietary requirements, ensuring every need is met.

Order

Place your order through our online form. For specialized menus or specific dietary considerations, our team is at your service to personalize your catering experience.

Confirm

After placing your order, you'll receive confirmation from us. We may engage in further discussions to ensure your specific requirements are perfectly met.

Your Event Day

At Your Private Chef, we ensure that on the day of your Melbourne Catering Platters, all meals arrive perfectly timed and plated. For grand functions, our Event Setup service handles everything. We style tables to create a visually cohesive setup, ensuring your Melbourne Catering Platters looks flawless.

Self-Service Made Easy

At Your Private Chef, we bring ease and elegance together in every Melbourne Catering Platters. Our food arrives ready to serve in premium platters, needing no setup. Whether hosting a private event, your Melbourne Catering Platters feels perfectly timed, combining style with professional detail.

Quality & Freshness

Every Melbourne Catering Platters order we deliver is crafted with fine dining precision. Our kitchen team select high-quality ingredients to balance flavour and style. From preparation through delivery, your Melbourne Catering Platters represents quality and the passion behind every creation.

Setup & Presentation

For every Melbourne Catering Platters, we offer flexible serving options, from simple drop-off service to full buffet displays. Include our Premium Buffet Package (starting at $50) for decorative layouts that create visual appeal. However you prefer to serve it, your Melbourne Catering Platters is guaranteed to stand out perfectly.

Reliable Delivery

Your Melbourne Catering Platters order arrives promptly, carefully maintained, and ready to enjoy. We provide early-morning delivery and easy collection points across Melbourne. With insulated boxes and professional logistics, every Melbourne Catering Platters stays beautifully presented from kitchen to table.

Trusted Excellence

With over a decade of expertise serving Melbourne’s top corporations, VIP customers, and executive flights, Your Private Chef is the city’s highest-rated delivered catering provider. When you choose us for your Melbourne Catering Platters, you choose assurance, reliability, and a commitment that exceeds expectations. Each event we serve reflects expertise that makes Your Private Chef the benchmark for Melbourne catering.

Other Melbourne catering services you might need

Melbourne Catering Platters is one of many Melbourne catering formats we offer. Each links below has its own dedicated menu, pricing, and quote form:

Plan your Melbourne Catering Platters event in 3 steps:

  1. Tell us about your event — guest count, date, location, dietary needs, menu preferences.
  2. Receive a custom menu and quote within one business day — designed around your guests, never a copy-paste.
  3. We cook in our Caulfield kitchen, deliver beautifully presented, and you focus on your guests.
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Our Melbourne Catering Platters Customers Say

In over 400 reviews, clients consistently call out the quality of the food, the dietary care, the warm professionalism of the team, and the smooth delivery experience. Catering for everything from quiet melbourne catering platters bookings at home to large catering platters events at venues across the city — same craft on every order.

Experts in Melbourne Catering Platters

We are celebrated for our ability to manage a broad spectrum of Melbourne Catering Platters needs, earning the loyalty of customers who know we consistently meet expectations. Our tailored catering solutions are designed to suit individual events. Through professional precision, we make sure every Melbourne Catering Platters reflects attention to detail.

Customization and Adaptability

Our Melbourne Catering Platters catering team is renowned for crafting personalized experiences and for responding effectively to urgent changes. Clients often celebrate our flexibility as one of our core skills. This ensures every Melbourne Catering Platters is organized smoothly, reflecting our promise of professional excellence.

Timeliness and Dependability

At Your Private Chef, we’re known across Melbourne for our timely delivery and professional care, both essential to smooth Melbourne Catering Platters coordination. We pride ourselves on consistency, ensuring that each function flows seamlessly. This reliability defines how Your Private Chef makes every Melbourne Catering Platters successful.

Gourmet Quality Cuisine

Clients often appreciate the taste and quality of our dishes, which enrich the entire Melbourne Catering Platters experience. Our gourmet meals are frequently recognized for their culinary precision, bringing joy to every guest. Through expert craftsmanship, we ensure that every Melbourne Catering Platters reflects a passion for perfection.

Elegant Presentation and Service

Our Melbourne Catering Platters catering service is well-known for its visual refinement and for the commitment of our dedicated team. Every setup is designed with perfection in mind, ensuring impeccable flow. Our chefs are respected for their passion for presentation, turning Melbourne Catering Platters into a feast for both the eyes and the senses.

The Perfect Melbourne Catering Platters Experience

At Your Private Chef, the refined care we devote to every element — from coordination to execution — truly defines the Melbourne Catering Platters experience. Each aspect of our process reflects our pursuit of perfection, ensuring every event runs flawlessly. This precision is what makes every Melbourne Catering Platters exceptional.

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Choose a Category and Dive into Our Delicious Menu

Select a Catering Categories Below and Begin Exploring Our  Menu Options for Your Upcoming Event. Your Culinary Journey Starts Here

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Fresh Additions to Our Menu

Latest seasonal menus and just-added platters from our Caulfield kitchen.

Last Minute Catering

Urgent Orders Sorted

Quick-turnaround sandwich and fruit platters for catering that can’t wait.

Asian Inspired

Flavours of the East

Asian-themed platters and packages — fresh, vibrant, restaurant-grade.

Canapes

Beautifully Presented Canapes

Hot and cold canapes for cocktail events, weddings and premium functions.

Grazing Menus

Styled Grazing Tables

Stunning grazing platters and shared menus — perfect for stand-up events.

Buffet Food Stations

Hot Buffet Done Right

Carvery, themed stations and shared buffet packages from our kitchen.

Morning Tea

Pastries, Fruit and Hot Bites

Morning tea catering for offices, meetings and early conferences.

Sandwiches

Fresh-Made Sandwich Platters

Gourmet sandwiches, rolls and wraps made fresh the morning of delivery.

Office Catering Ideas

Reliable Office Catering

Hot CBD lunches, board meeting platters and recurring office orders.

Dessert

Sweet Endings for Every Event

Cake, cheesecake, pastries and dessert platters from our kitchen.

Drinks

Refreshing Drink Options

Mineral waters, juices, soft drinks and artisanal beverage packs.

Wake Catering Ideas

Respectful Wake Catering

Quiet, sensitive catering for memorial gatherings and family wakes.

Kids Party Ideas

Kids Treats and Party Food

Tasty bites, sweet treats and party-friendly platters for the young ones.

Weekly Home Meal Delivery

Chef-Cooked Weekly Meals

Fresh and frozen meals delivered every Tuesday afternoon.

Special Dietaries

GF, DF, Vegan and More

Gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, halal, nut-free and kosher menus.

Spring Racing Carnivals

Premium Spring Racing Catering

Beautiful grazing menus and canape packages for racing-day events.

Christmas

Festive Christmas Catering

Roast turkey, glazed ham, festive platters and Christmas dessert spreads.

Easter Ideas

Easter Catering Sorted

Hot cross buns, Easter platters and corporate Easter catering ideas.

Why Melbourne Clients Choose Your Private Chef

From Office Lunches to Family Gatherings and Mix-and-Match Events

Every Your Private Chef booking is built from a blank page. We do not recycle set menus — we ask about your guests, your venue, the kind of night you want, and we design the food around that. Fourteen years operating from our Caulfield kitchen, over two thousand catering events served across Melbourne, full public liability and food safety compliance, 400+ verified customer reviews. Trusted regularly with corporate office lunches, small family gatherings, milestone celebrations, and budget-conscious events across Melbourne.

Because our chefs stay in the kitchen rather than being shipped to events one at a time, we hold a consistent five-star standard at every booking and pass the efficiency back to you in honest pricing. You are not paying for chef travel time and downtime. You are paying for great food, properly delivered.

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Proudly Catering for the Melbourne Area

Your Private Chef delivers across the City of Melbourne and the surrounding metro area — from the CBD and Southbank through to Caulfield (our kitchen base), South Yarra, Toorak, Brighton, Hawthorn, Carlton, Fitzroy, Richmond, Docklands, and most established Melbourne suburbs. For events further out — Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Valley, the Dandenongs — call us on 0497 333 100 for a tailored delivery quote.

Melbourne is one of the world’s strongest food cities — see City of Melbourne, Visit Melbourne, Broadsheet, and Time Out Melbourne for the wider Melbourne food and culture scene, or Wikipedia for a broader profile of the city. Catering in a city this competitive means the bar is high — we have spent fourteen years meeting it, then raising it ourselves.

Your Private Chef offers Melbourne’s widest catering platter range — over 150 individual platters across hot and cold, sweet and savoury, casual and premium. Cooked in our Caulfield kitchen, delivered ready to go.

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Opening hours

Our dedicated team is available to talk from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday. But but we can deliver by arrangement outside those hours.

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Frequently asked questions about Melbourne Catering Platters

Will there be a chef at my event?

We almost never have a chef on location. Our chefs create everything in our Caulfield kitchen and we bring it to you ready to enjoy — it is much more cost-effective for our clients than splitting chefs across multiple events. For larger events (typically 80+) we can arrange a styled table solution — buffet, BBQ, or grazing table — with a staff member available to set up and maintain.

Where do you deliver, and where is your kitchen?

We travel all over Melbourne to deliver catering from our Caulfield kitchen. Delivery fee is based on kilometres travelled (weekend deliveries may be a little more). Pickup is also available from our Caulfield kitchen — just click the pickup option at checkout.

What is the difference between hot and cold delivery?

Hot delivery is available for most menus, with the food timed to arrive just before you plan to eat. Buffet-style, meats, and large platters travel up to about 1 hour from our kitchen. Hot finger food (gyozas, spring rolls, party pies) needs to be within 20–30 minutes of our Caulfield kitchen. The only additional cost on hot delivery is the time-specific delivery fee. Cold delivery is the same high-quality food packed for easy reheating at the venue — better for events later at night, public holidays, or venues where hot logistics will not work.

How much does it cost?

Per-person pricing depends on the menu style and headcount. Canapes start from about $30 per person, shared platter dinners from about $45 per person, multi-course menus from about $75+ per person. Delivery is a flat fee based on kilometres; equipment hire and extra service staff are quoted separately. All prices include GST.

How much notice do you need?

Our shopping cart takes bookings up to midnight for next-day orders. For larger events, allow 1 week notice. For very urgent catering with less than a full day notice, we may be able to help with platters of sandwiches and fruit — call 0497 333 100.

What is the minimum spend?

Weekdays: from $40 + delivery fee. Saturday: from $150 + delivery fee. On Sundays our kitchen operates with a $400 minimum spend — see our Sunday Catering Ideas tab on the menu.

Can you accommodate allergies and dietary requirements?

Yes — gluten-free (GF), dairy-free (DF), vegetarian (V), vegan, halal, nut-free, low-FODMAP, and kosher on request. The menu uses standard dietary symbols. You can also note dietary needs in the text box at checkout. We take cross-contamination care seriously but do not claim to be a celiac-friendly kitchen.

Will the food be set up at my venue?

Default is a clean delivery service — eco-friendly disposable platters professionally presented, ready to serve. Three upgrades are available: VIP High-Rise Delivery (from $20) for delivery to your lobby or floor; Catering Setup (from $50) where our driver takes the catering to your eating area and lays out the platter boxes; full styled-table setup with chafing dishes, grazing styling, and service staff for events of 80+ guests, quoted per event subject to availability.

Do you offer staff?

For most catering, no — our chefs cook in the kitchen and we deliver. For large events (typically 100+ guests) staff usually make sense. For mid-size events around 80 guests, table setup with a staff member is often the better fit.

Can I make my order recurring?

Yes — recurring orders are available through the checkout portal, or call our office to set it up for you.

What time do you open and close?

Our kitchen starts at 5am for corporate breakfast deliveries. Last weekday delivery is 5pm unless arranged by prior approval. Weekend cold deliveries wrap up by 3pm. Evening event deliveries are possible by prior approval. The office is staffed 9am to 5pm weekdays.

What is the difference between a private chef and a personal chef?

A private chef cooks individual events on demand — typically dinner parties, corporate dinners, celebrations. A personal chef tends to be an ongoing service. Your Private Chef delivers private-chef-grade event catering from our kitchen, plus a separate Weekly Meal Delivery service for ongoing fresh and frozen meals (delivered Tuesday afternoons).

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