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Buffets & Canapés Catering

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Our Buffet & Canapé Catering Service

Sometimes, what you want is delicious, beautifully prepared food that you can serve without the need for on-site staffing or service. That’s where our buffets and canapes make the perfect choice for gatherings at home, informal parties and celebrations with the minimum of fuss.

Buffets

Kerra’s Catering can provide you with buffets designed for simplicity. We prepare everything in our kitchen ready to lay out and serve at your own pace. You are welcome to collect from us, or we can deliver within the Helston area. Whether it’s a birthday, anniversary, garden party or family get-together, this style of catering gives you flexibility while still creating a memorable food experience.

Canapes

We deliver our Canape platters for parties within the Helston area.  Kerra’s Catering will create carefully composed selections delivered ready for guests to help themselves, ideal for drinks parties or more informal occasions.  Our canapes are intended to be enjoyed standing and are elegant, delicious bite-sized portions that everyone will relish.

How it’s presented

Food is delivered in carefully packed craft boxes as standard - practical, sustainable and easy to handle. For clients wanting a more styled presentation, we offer the option of serving on china platters or wooden boards. These can be collected after your event or upgraded as part of a more considered set-up. For deliveries local to Helston, we will often recommend platter styling where it makes operational sense, ensuring the food looks as good as it tastes. We understand that every group is different. All menus can be adapted to suit dietary requirements, including vegetarian, vegan and allergen-specific needs. Our focus is always the same - food that is generous, well-balanced and thoughtfully prepared, whatever the format.

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Cornish catering canape

“It was so lovely to have your chef and all of your waiting staff lined up at the top end of the shed so our guests could show their appreciation. The applause was deafening and very well deserved… On a personal note, thank you for your professionalism from start to finish and all your help, support and guidance along the way; very much appreciated by an event organiser novice like myself. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Kerra's Catering to anyone looking to bring in outside caterers for their event. What a team!”

Joy

“Thank you so much for providing all the delicious canapes for us on Friday night. It was such an uplifting evening and we have received some fantastic feedback. The canapes were absolutely delicious. Please pass on our thanks and appreciation to all your team who worked so hard and were so friendly and accommodating to all our guests”

Veryan

“I just wanted to say thank you for everything at the Royal Cornwall Show. We had such great feedback from our customers and our team - those chicken samosas were amazing! Sue was also fab, so please do pass on our thanks to her personally. Thanks again, and we will definitely be in touch if we are at the show again next year.”

Kate

“Thank you so much for providing the catering for our Awards Evening last night, it was once again a great success with everyone thoroughly enjoying the evening. We’ve had lots complements on delicious canapés so thank you, excellent as always. Thank you for looking after us staff so well too.”

Belinda

Commonly Asked Questions

1. What’s included in a delivered buffet?

We prepare and deliver a cold buffet menu, ready for you to lay out and serve. Everything arrives fresh, labelled and presented. Buffets are cold only, our hot buffet and full service offer sits only within our wedding and events catering. What you get is quality food, beautifully prepared, that’s ready to go the moment it arrives.

2. Does it come on serving platters?

Standard delivery is in craft cardboard boxes, practical, presentable and disposable. If you’d prefer your buffet presented on china platters or wooden boards, ask us about our styling upgrades. Reusable items are collected after your event.

3. Do you deliver canapé platters?

Yes. Canapé platters are a popular choice for parties, drinks receptions and pre-dinner gatherings. We prepare and deliver them ready to serve, ideal when you want something impressive but easy to manage yourself. Platters are a set per-item price; get in touch and we’ll put together a quote based on your numbers and occasion.

4. What about linen, plates and styling. Do you provide those?

Our delivered buffets cover the food only, table linen, napkins, plates and styling are yours to arrange. This keeps things flexible and lets you match the presentation to your event. If you want food presented on our platters rather than in boxes, that’s the styling upgrade mentioned above.

5. How much notice do you need?

As much as possible is always appreciated, but we’re used to working to shorter timescales. For larger orders, a minimum of a week’s notice is ideal. For straightforward bookings, get in touch as soon as you know what you need and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

6. Can you cater for dietary requirements and allergies?

Absolutely. We take dietary requirements seriously and every guest matters to us. We routinely cater for:

  • Vegetarian and vegan guests with full, considered menu options, not an afterthought
  • Gluten-free and coeliac requirements
  • Dairy-free and lactose intolerance
  • Nut allergies, including severe/anaphylactic cases
  • Halal and Kosher requirements, please discuss at enquiry stage
  • Other named allergens covered under the 14 major UK allergens

All our food comes with full allergen information. For larger events and corporate bookings, written allergen documentation is provided as standard. We ask that you share dietary details with us in advance so we can plan carefully, the more notice, the better. Nothing is too much trouble.

Menus and Pricing Info

Tell us about your event and we will get some suggestions and costings back to you