Minnesota Caterers for Summer Parties and Special Events

We just love the flavors of summer - -fresh fruits, locally Minnesota 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.

Signature Cuisine

Local favorites, Three Sons Signature Cuisine, offer customers By Design menu planning or Full Service catering. Utilizing their team of experts, including Chefs, Events Consultants, and Events Coordinators, Three Sons use local and sustainable ingredients whenever possible to create sumptuous servings for your event. Offering a wide range of historic and contemporary venues from which to choose, Three Sons makes every catered event memorable.

Exceeding expectations

For more than 35 years, Lancer Catering has focused on serving culinary excellence along with quality service. Diverse menus can be customized to suit your guests’ dietary needs including vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, dairy free, sustainably-sourced seafood or locally-sourced ingredients. Lancer Catering offers you access to some of the Twin Cities’ most spectacular venues including Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, Edinburgh USA, Minnesota Zoo and the Science Museum of Minnesota, to name a few.

Creative and inventive

Renowned Mintáhoe Catering & Events is the largest privately owned catering company in Minnesota. Their award-winning chefs work with you to create inventive menus that incorporate only the very best local and organic ingredients. From box lunches to breakfast buffets, offering everything from salads to soups to side dishes, Mintáhoe specializes in catering corporate events. What’s more, Mintáhoe offers you access to any one of their sophisticated venues, including Nicollet Island Pavilion, Winehaven Winery, The Minnesota Boat Club and more.

Distinctive catering

D’amico Catering serves up some of the most innovative flavors and foods in the Twin Cities. Whether it’s for an intimate gathering of ten or a grand reception for 10,000, D’amico Catering offers exclusive access to the metro’s most elite venues, including Calhoun Beach Club, International Market Square, Mill City Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Walker Art Center and more. Their award-winning chefs will work with you to create inventive menus, utilizing the best local, organic and sustainable ingredients in every dish.

The perfect blend

More than simply catering, W&W Catering and Events furnishes your event with a blend of exquisite cuisine, captivating design and guest-focused hospitality. Combining the talents of an award-winning chef, a popular event planner | designer and a warm and welcoming host, W&W delivers a comprehensive and dynamic event from soup to nuts. With full-service catering, boxed lunch drop off and World Street Kitchen Food Truck, more and more planners are turning to W&W to make their event deliciously unforgettable.

Smooth sailing

Not only can your guests enjoy the idyllic setting a Mississippi River cruise, they’ll also enjoy the tasty food that only Padelford Riverboats can deliver. Offering you breakfast, lunch, dinner, and hors d’oeuvre menus from which to choose, Padleford now provides onsite catering at your team building or event activity.

Reputation for excellence

Like the wildly popular grocery store chains known for their excellent food and upscale service, Lunds & Byerly’s Catering deliver the same attention to detail and delicious quality with their catering. The professional staff works with you to create a unique menu for your event, including customized theme menus that incorporate foods from around the world such as those from Mexico, Tuscany, Asia or Greece. What’s more, Lunds & Byerlys will partner with Bachman’s florists to enhance your venue, in addition to other local vendors, to provide you with everything from ice sculptures to balloons to chocolate fountains.

Dynamic new approach

Expect a vibrant event with Crave Catering’s fresh approach to your menu. With a focus on the highest quality food and an emphasis on customer service, Crave offers customers mouthwatering menu options including sushi platters, picnic buffets, hot or cold appetizer selections, traditional buffets with interactive stations and carving stations, plus much more. Their full-service, off-site catering provides your guests with the same tasty and tantalizing treats their restaurant patrons have come to know and love.

Right on target

As the exclusive caterer for the Target Center for seven years, Chef’s Production knows what it means to please all the people all the time. Offering fabulous food created by their renowned chef, event planning services, and professionally trained service personnel, Chef’s Production 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.

Your hospitality partners

Whether at your venue or at any of the many venues where they are exclusive caterers, MHC Culinary Group has earned a reputation for creating memorable events. 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 St. Paul River Center or St. Paul Hotel, box meals at Hillcrest Golf Club, or to-go options at Headwaters Café, MHC will be there to serve you and your guests.

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