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Hot Catering Menu

Hot food catering for offices, parties and events across Dublin, from €14.50 per person, cooked fresh in our kitchen in Drumcondra and delivered ready to serve. Every dish can be prepared for allergen or other dietary needs.
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Hot Dishes

Shepherd’s Pie
Slow cooked beef mince with peas and carrots, topped with creamy mash.
Beef Stroganoff
Slow cooked beef with sautéed pearl onions, mushrooms, smoked bacon, served with creamy mash.
Beef Lasagna
Lasagna pasta sheets layered in a rich beef ragu, creamy béchamel sauce and finished with mozzarella cheese.
Wild Mushroom Chicken
Slow cooked chicken breasts in a cream, wild mushroom and spinach sauce, served with roast potatoes or rice.
Thai Green Curry
A warming chicken curry, slow cooked in a fragrant coconut Thai green sauce, served with rice and poppadoms.
From €14.50 per person, with a minimum of 10 portions per hot dish.

Hot Sides

Garlic roast potatoes
Creamy mash
Honey roast carrots

Salads

Classic coleslaw finished with fresh orange zest
Gold River leaves dressed with a zesty lemon dressing, toasted mixed seeds, feta & tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes, red onion, basil, mozzarella
Beetroot, orange, hazelnut, wholegrain mustard, leaves and herbs

Desserts

Berry Eton mess pots
Individual pear & apple pie
House carrot cake slices
Lemon drizzle cake (GF)
When placing your order, please let us know about any allergen requirements. All dishes can be prepared according to allergen or other specific needs.
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Hot Food Catering FAQs

From €14.50 per person, with a minimum of 10 portions per hot dish. Hot sides, salads and desserts can be added.

Ten portions per hot dish. Tell us how many people you are feeding and we will work it out with you.

Four steps. Choose your main dish, add hot sides if you want them, add a sharing salad, then pick desserts. We cook it in our kitchen in Drumcondra and deliver it ready to serve at a time that suits you.

Yes. Professional service staff are available at an additional cost, and we can quote for service equipment rental as well.

Yes. Our cold catering menu of sandwiches, wraps and salads starts from €9.95 per person.

Tell us about any allergen requirements when you place your order and our team will go through the dishes with you.

We cook at 94 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9, and deliver to offices, homes and events. Tell us where you are and when you need it, and we will come back to you with a quote.

How Our Hot Food Catering Works

Step 1: Main Dish
Select from the hot dish options, with a minimum of 10 portions per hot dish.
Step 2: Hot Sides (optional)
Select from the hot sides to pair with your hot dish.
Step 3: Salads (optional)
You can add a sharing salad to accompany your dish.
Step 4: Dessert (optional)
Select a mix of desserts, with a maximum of two for 10 people or less.

Additional Services

  • Professional Service Staff: Available at an additional cost, ensuring your event runs smoothly and your guests are well taken care of.
  • Service Equipment Rental: We can provide quotations for the rental of service equipment, covering all your event needs.
Tell us what you’d like, how many people and when, and we’ll come back to you with a quote.

Our hot food catering is cooked in our kitchen at 94 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9, and delivered to your home or office ready to serve, at a time that suits you.

Our hot food catering suits office lunches and meetings, birthdays, christenings, communions, confirmations, anniversaries, retirement parties, leaving dos and funerals. Hot dishes start from €14.50 per person, with a minimum of 10 portions per dish, and you can add hot sides, a sharing salad and desserts. Service staff and service equipment can be arranged at an extra cost.

Not sure how much hot food catering to order? Tell us how many people you are feeding and when, and we will suggest a mix of dishes and come back to you with a quote. Every dish can be prepared for allergen or other dietary needs, so let us know when you order.

We deliver hot food catering across Dublin from our kitchen in Drumcondra, a short walk from Croke Park and two doors from our sister café, Bread & Butter. If you would rather have something cold, see our cold catering menu.

Planning a work lunch? Our guide to office catering in Dublin 9 walks you through it in five easy steps.
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Monday - Wednesday: 10am - 4pm

Thursday - Friday: 10am - 11pm

Saturday: 9am - 11pm

Sunday: 10am - 4pm

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Tell us about your event and we'll come back to you with a quote. We can adjust dishes for allergies and dietary needs.
Prefer to talk? Call (01) 830 9549 or email info@lovelyfood.ie.

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