By the Little Italy Catering team · Updated · 5 min read
Which package and price should you use?
Italian Lunch Essentials is $13.95/person, minimum 10 guests. It includes one pasta, lasagna or other listed entrée, italian garden salad, garlic bread. Cookies, desserts, drinks and additional proteins are not included. Delivery and 13% HST are additional. Optional extras are charged separately.
Italian Lunch Essentials: minimum 10 guests; Signature Italian Buffet: minimum 10 guests; Italian Feast Buffet: minimum 15 guests.
- Italian Lunch Essentials — $13.95/person: One pasta, lasagna or other listed entrée; Italian garden salad; Garlic bread.
- Signature Italian Buffet — $17.95/person: Chicken, meatball or other listed entrée; Italian salad; Garlic ciabatta.
- Italian Feast Buffet — $22.95/person: Choice of entrée; Two sides or salads; Garlic bread; Optional dessert upgrade, quoted separately.
There is no complimentary cookie, dessert, drink or additional protein in Essentials. Optional extras are selected and charged separately. Do not add a second charge for food already included in your chosen package.
What does a 30-guest order cost?
The following planning examples include the food, one standard Toronto delivery and 13% HST, with no optional extras preselected.
| Menu | Food | Delivery | HST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Lunch Essentials | $418.50 | $40 | $59.61 | $518.11 |
| Signature Italian Buffet | $538.50 | $40 | $75.21 | $653.71 |
| Italian Feast Buffet | $688.50 | $40 | $94.71 | $823.21 |
The written quote confirms the actual delivery fee, selected extras and availability. See the full menu, pricing breakdown, pan sizes and prices or calculate a different headcount.
Start a bridal or baby shower menu with the guest count, a meal time and a place to eat. Choose a listed entrée and the package courses that fit your budget, with desserts requested separately. Ingredient suitability, outside-food permission and food holding need confirmation for your event; the menu choice alone does not settle those details.
What makes a good shower menu?
- A planned serving window. Tell us when guests will eat, especially if gifts or games come first. A long event needs an appropriate holding plan; a baked pasta or individual dessert is not automatically suitable to leave out all afternoon.
- Easy portions. Mini arancini, bruschetta crostini, mini cannoli and tiramisu cups are single bites or individual cups, so there is no cutting or plating.
- A meat-free choice. Most shower guest lists include people who don't eat meat. Discuss a listed vegetarian entrée, then confirm ingredients and any handling requirements before accepting dietary requests.
- A dessert that doubles as decor. Individual desserts look tidy on a dessert table next to the cake.
How should you choose a shower package?
For a meal before games and gifts, start with the Essentials entrée, garden salad and garlic bread. If you want two sides or salads, compare the Feast package above. Request desserts, drinks and additional proteins as paid extras, and confirm quantities in the written quote.
How is a bridal shower menu different from a baby shower menu?
There is no rule, but the two events tend to differ in ways that affect the food:
How do you handle dietary needs at a shower?
The menu lists vegetarian entrées such as Eggplant and White Bean Ragu and Spinach Ricotta Stuffed Shells. If the guest of honour or any guest is avoiding particular ingredients, list them in your request along with every allergy. We confirm ingredients and whether we can support the request per order, and we don't make blanket dietary or allergen guarantees. The dietary and allergens page explains how this works.
What should you plan for the shower venue?
Our standard service is hot delivery in disposable catering trays with serving utensils and dish labels, set up for self-serve. That suits a living room, backyard, church hall or party room. A few things to sort out:
- Check the venue's rules. Some halls and party rooms have conditions about outside food. Confirm a delivered self-serve buffet is allowed.
- Time the food to the program. If games and gifts come first, tell us when guests will actually eat; the arrival window is confirmed in your quote.
- Keeping food warm over a long afternoon? Chafing equipment is quoted separately on request. Serving staff are not part of standard service and must be confirmed before booking if you want them.
- Delivery access. Send parking, entrance and contact details for whoever will receive the food.
Shower catering checklist
- Confirm the guest count and the minimum for your selected package.
- Choose a package, then select its included entrée and courses. List paid extras separately.
- Collect meat-free counts and allergies with the RSVPs.
- Check venue rules for outside food and where the buffet will go.
- Decide on plates, chafing equipment and any extra desserts.
- Request a quote at least 48 hours ahead; earlier for weekend dates, to allow time for availability confirmation and approval of the written quote.
- On the day, set the dessert table apart from the buffet so guests can drift over during gifts.
See more ideas on our bridal and baby shower catering page, or request a quote for your shower.
Plan the serving window and leftovers
Tell us if the meal will be served over several sittings or held until later. Discuss suitable delivery and holding arrangements before booking; packaging alone does not solve that question. For handling, storage and reheating guidance, use Health Canada’s general food safety tips. Equipment and staff, if required, must be quoted and confirmed separately.
What should you send with a quote request?
Send the event date, serving time, number of guests, selected menu, address and dietary needs. List requested extras separately so the food already included in the package remains clear. Mention parking, loading, elevators or security check-in and provide an on-site contact.
Minimum 48 hours’ notice. Order cut-off: noon, two days before your order date. Your written quote confirms availability. Your request is an enquiry, not an automatic booking. The team confirms the menu and availability before you approve the written quote.
