Iowa Caterers for Summer Parties and Special Events

We just love the flavors of summer - fresh fruits, locally Iowa grown produce, grilled everything. Making mouthwatering menu choices is never a problem when you have the polished pros at these local catering companies creating cuisine for your event.

One stop party planning

With two locations, Main Event Catering Council Bluffs and Main Event Catering Des Moines, offer customers three levels of service, from Silver to Gold to Platinum. Utilizing their team of experts, Main Event Catering serves groups of any size from their expansive menus of ala carte options, breakfast, lunch, dinner, hors d’oeuvres, desserts, BBQ, picnic foods and more. With so much from which to choose, Main Event will make every catered affair memorable.

Endless possibilities

Barmuda Catering is focused on serving culinary excellence along with quality service. Award-winning chefs have created diverse menus so delicious that Barmuda has been named one of the Best of the Best Caterers in the Cedar Valley. Options include everything from breakfast to brunch, sandwiches to boxed lunches, and even a burger buffet. Barmuda’s ability to cater American, Cajun, Italian, as well as hand-rolled sushi and seafood, makes them an exceptional choice for your next event.

Local and sustainable

Popular Braise Co. is the Corridor’s newest catering company. Their award-winning chefs work with you to create inventive menus that, whenever possible, include foods from local, small producers, greenmarket vegetables, and ethically raised meat. From box lunches to office lunches, offering everything from Moroccan chicken to BBQ buffet to baked pasta, Braise is a grand choice for catering both corporate and social events. What’s more, Braise offers a dine-in menu at their own fun and funky space in Cedar Rapids.

Traditional family favorites

Dostal Catering serves up some of the most innovative flavors and foods in Eastern Iowa. Whether it’s for an intimate gathering or a grand reception, Dostal Catering specializes in traditional family favorites, such as roast beef, oven-roasted pork, chicken and turkey, garden vegetables and salads, warm apple crisp and more. Their award-winning chefs prepare foods in the made-from-scratch tradition especially for your event. Named the A-List winner for Best Caterer in Eastern Iowa for the last six years, Dostal Catering has been setting the standard for personalized food service since 1924.

The perfect blend

More than simply catering, Catering DSM furnishes your event with a blend of exquisite cuisine, catering services, and partnerships with multiple venues in the Des Moines area, including Capital Square, Big City Burgers & Greens, The Temple for Performing Arts, Dos Rios and more. Creating customized menus based on the tastes and styles of your guests, DSM chefs will execute your vision with superb skill and delicious artistry, ensuring your event is deliciously unforgettable.

Good food

Gateway Market combines a marketplace, café and catering department to bring you access to the world’s best purveyors, exceptional quality ingredients and some of the area’s most experienced food professionals. Offering you both hot and cold breakfasts, lunch, platters, appetizers and entree menus, plus plated and buffet options from which to choose. In addition, Gateway Market offers custom flowers and designers who can create a one-of-a-kind arrangements for your event.

Something for everyone

Known for their excellent food and upscale service, Occasions Made Right delivers a wide variety of cuisines to ensure there is something for every palate. Along with extensive appetizer, brunch, buffet dinner menus, Occasions Made Right also offers a large variety of wine, beer, and full-bar selections to meet your event needs. Featuring executive box lunches, casual cocktail party platters, elegant plated dinners, scrumptious desserts and so much more, Occasions will likely have your guests going back for seconds. 

Exceeding your expectations

Expect a vibrant event with Food with Flair’s fresh approach to your menu. With a focus on exceeding your expectations, Food with Flair provides extraordinary service, excellent food and professional event coordination. Treat your guests to their mouthwatering menu options, including a wide range of chicken and pork entrees, plated entrees, such as pan-seared filet mignon and shrimp scampi, as well as celebrated side dishes, like cheesy potatoes and crisp asparagus.

Great food. Great health. Great life.

Long-time local favorite, Palmer’s Deli & Market, knows what it means to please all the people all the time. Offering fabulous food created by their renowned catering team, Palmer’s will customize a menu for you whether your event calls for classic plated entrees or sophisticated salads, soups and sandwiches. Call on them for either full-service catering or delivery to your site.

Envision a perfect event

Great Caterers of Iowa has earned a reputation for creating memorable events. Experienced at putting together flawless events, Great Caterers chefs will create the perfect menu and ambiance for your event. They do that by blending their award-winning catering and highest quality customer service with menus that enhance any event, and often become the stuff of legends. So whether you want dinner at the Stoney Creek Inn, box meals at Copper Creek, or to-go options at Assembly Hall, Great Caterers will be there to serve you and your guests.