Caribbean caterers for a Toronto wedding

How Caribbean wedding catering is priced, what to ask before you book, and how much food a hall of 150 actually needs. The caterers to start with, and why you should ring nearly a year ahead.

Caribbean caterers for a Toronto wedding

Caribbean wedding food is catered by the head, not the tray, and the number that matters is not the price per plate but what is on the plate for it. A cheap per-head quote with two meats and no proper sides is dearer than it looks. A fair one with jerk, curry goat, rice and peas, a vegetable and festival is doing most of the work of the reception. Get the comparison right before you get excited about the number.

The other thing to know is timing. The good caterers book out for wedding season, roughly May to September, months in advance. If your date is in that window, you are ringing round nearly a year ahead, not a month.

What to ask before you book

  1. What is the price per head, and what does it include? Nail down the number of meats, the sides, and whether festival, plantain and salad are in or extra. A quote is only comparable once you know what it buys.
  2. Is there a minimum, and a travel charge? Most caterers set a minimum head count and add a fee to reach a hall outside their usual range. Ask both before you fall for a menu.
  3. Do you provide chafing dishes and warmers, or just the food? Caribbean food has to stay hot across a long reception. Find out who brings the equipment and who staffs it, or the last two hours of your wedding are lukewarm curry.
  4. Can we do a tasting? A tasting is standard for a wedding booking. A caterer who will not do one for a full-hall order is telling you how much they want the job.
  5. What is the deposit, and when is the balance due? Get the schedule and the cancellation terms in writing. This is the single largest food order most people ever place.

How much food a hall actually needs

  • Plan for more than the head count. People eat more at a wedding than at dinner, and Caribbean spreads invite seconds. A good caterer builds this in; ask them to confirm they have.
  • Rice and peas is the base, not a side. It carries the gravy from the curry and the jerk, and it is what runs out first. Make sure the quantity matches the meats.
  • Keep one thing mild. A hall holds every generation and every tolerance for heat. One dish that a child or a grandparent can eat without a fight is worth insisting on.
  • Agree what happens to leftovers. For a large order there usually are some. Decide in advance whether they are boxed for you, and who takes them home.

The caterers to start with

These are the caterers in the directory. Wedding catering is a specialist job, and not every caterer takes hall-sized orders or works your date, so treat this as where to start and let the call settle it. The number on each page is the caterer's own.

  1. Baby Point Lounge, caterer at 343 Jane Street in Old Toronto, Toronto
    Baby Point Lounge343 Jane Street, Old Toronto
    +1-416-767-2623
  2. Big City Catering, caterer at 707 Dundas Street West in Old Toronto, Toronto
    Big City Catering707 Dundas Street West, Old Toronto
    +1-416-939-0715info@bigcitycatering.ca
  3. Daniel et Daniel, caterer at 248 Carlton Street in Old Toronto, Toronto
    Daniel et Daniel248 Carlton Street, Old Toronto
    +1-416-968-9275
  4. Europa Catering, caterer at 1407 Dundas Street West in Old Toronto, Toronto
    Europa Catering1407 Dundas Street West, Old Toronto
    +1 416-534-5520
  5. Northern Guild Catering, caterer at 1311 Queen Street East in Old Toronto, Toronto
    Northern Guild Catering1311 Queen Street East, Old Toronto
    +1-416-799-0612
  6. Noushe, caterer at 200 Carlton Street in Old Toronto, Toronto
    Noushe200 Carlton Street, Old Toronto
    +1-416-466-9595
  7. Sonny Langers, caterer at 180 Steeles Avenue West in North York, Toronto
    Sonny Langers180 Steeles Avenue West, North York
    +19058814356
  8. Yorkshire Pudding Inc, caterer at 854 The Queensway in Etobicoke, Toronto
    Yorkshire Pudding Inc854 The Queensway, Etobicoke
    +1-416-233-9863
  9. Caterer in Old Toronto, Toronto
    Me + Julio396 Queen Street East, Old Toronto
    +1-416-903-4052
  10. Caterer in Etobicoke, Toronto
    Vinici168 The Queensway, Etobicoke
    +1-416-251-4141

If you still need the room, the guide to booking a hall in Toronto covers the venue side, deposits and the questions worth asking there too.

Before you commit

Put everything in writing: the menu, the head count, the price per head, the deposit and the balance date. Ring more than one caterer, do more than one tasting, and book the moment you are sure, because for a summer date the good ones go first and they do not come back.

Written by See The Six · kept current from the directory, last checked 2026-08-24

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