When it comes to catered events, one of the earliest choices you have to make is whether you want an event that provides sit-down, course dining or the more casual buffet-style dining.
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We dissect both below, helping you to decide which is the most suitable for your next event!
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What is three-course catering?
This is the perfect choice for a traditional fine dining format. Our seasonal menus give many choices for entrée, main and dessert to suit your preference.
For larger groups we also include complimentary split course (where you choose two dishes). View our current three-course menu.
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What is shared, or buffet, catering?
A beautiful shared meal experience, these opulent food stations are all about choice, choice, and, you guessed it, more choice!
Shared platters are all about connecting with your guests over these beautifully presented platters and trialling a bit of everything on offer.
This is an economical, intimate and engaging way to dine and you can most definitely still enjoy multiple courses in this style. View our shared dining menu.
Buffet catering
In any group, there are usually multiple dietary requirements, varying tastes and even different appetite levels.
That’s why Your Private Chef’s opulent food stations can make for the perfect dining style. With so much choice and variety on offer this dining style can also become the perfect playground for food styling.
With flowers and props and beautiful platers, buffet styling is a serious wow with Your Private Chef.
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Delivery Box to keep (with ice pack for cold catering if needed) $25
Do you want to keep you box to help keep your catering warm/cool? No worries. It is $25 per box. Return to us in good condition and we will credit thi
Office catering – the buffet lunch
Tick all the right boxes for the whole team with a beautiful buffet lunch spread.
Choose from our corporate buffet catering lunch menu or our special event buffet packages. If it’s just a light meal you need, then go for our specialised grazing stations to impress your office.
The deliciously casual wedding
Reinvent wedding catering with this interactive dining style.
Buffet-style catering allows your guests to eat with their eyes and enjoy the table styling just as much as they will enjoy the opulent spread before them.
Buffet catering for weddings can be as formal or as casual as your style is.
Three-course menu: sit-down catering
Nothing says fine dining quite like the traditional plated meal of entrée, main and dessert.
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BBQ Package – Burger Bar $31
Build your own burger creation:
50% BBQ Beef Burger Wagyu Patties 150g (GF, DF)
50% Chicken Schnitzel – Free Range (DF)Shortcut Bacon (GF, DF)
Our chefs work hard to create seasonally adjusted and on-trend menus, which play with colour, texture and flavour to create the ultimate statement dish; and in a dining style that is all about attention to detail table service.
Weddings and engagements
Keep presentation classic with a modern palette and flavour base.
Three-course plated fine dining is a wonderful wedding choice to celebrate traditional style to allow your formal table setting to shine.
We Deliver Across Melbourne
From our Caulfield kitchen, we deliver catering to suburbs all across Melbourne — including Seddon · Burwood East · Hoddles Creek · Moorabbin Airport · Kealba · Ashburton and dozens more.
Boardroom lunches & corporate meetings
Sit-down catering for your boardroom lunch or dinner is a fabulous choice when formality and a finite level of service is required to impress.
Ample choice awaits in the three-course menu and we can also cater to your group’s dietary needs.
Buffet and sit-down catering from Your Private Chef
Unsure of which menu will suit your room, your guests and your budget?
Call a Your Private Chef Event Consultant to discuss the best menu and event configuration for you! We look forward to helping you determine the right menu and food experience.
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Full menu, packages, and pricing — cooked fresh in our Caulfield kitchen and delivered ready to serve.
How Your Private Chef Helps You with Buffet Catering
If you’re planning Buffet Catering in Melbourne and want it handled properly, we make it straightforward. You tell us about your event — guest count, date, location, dietary needs — and we design a custom menu around your guests. Our chefs cook everything in our Caulfield commercial kitchen and we deliver it beautifully presented in eco-friendly platters, ready to serve.
You don’t need to source ingredients, hire a chef, or worry about cleanup. You take the lid off, use your own tongs, and serve. For larger events (typically 80+), we can also arrange chafing dishes, grazing styling, and service staff — quoted separately based on your event.
We’ve spent fourteen years catering Melbourne events — corporate functions, weddings, milestone celebrations, family dinners, and everything in between. Over two thousand events served, four hundred verified customer reviews, full public liability and food safety compliance. The food is the same restaurant-grade craft every time, because our chefs stay in the kitchen rather than getting shipped to events one at a time.
Get in Touch with Your Private Chef
Ready to discuss your event? Get a custom menu and quote in one business day — no obligation. We’ll ask about your guests, your venue, your dietary needs, and your preferences, and we’ll come back with a tailored plan.
Call or text: 0497 333 100
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