breakfast menus
Essential Catering & Events offers a range of breakfast options, flexible in design, offering a variety of fresh produce, ideal for corporate events and social occasions alike.
Grazing Station or Roaming Breakfast
Open tartlets: smoked salmon, goats cheese and capers, or mushroom with thyme & brie
Oven roasted chorizo, capsicum and tomatoes with Spanish paprika & sherry vinegar deglaze on
rosemary focaccia
Parma ham and mozzarella cheese croissants
Chorizo sausage, kipfler potato and rosemary frittata
French toast with rhubarb compote and vanilla mascarpone
Croissants with preserves and French butter
Assorted fruit and chocolate muffins
Assorted Danish pastries
Fresh seasonal fruit & mint skewers
| Pricing Structure | 2017|2018 | |
| 3 pieces per person – per person (1.5 hour service period) | 15 | |
| 5 pieces per person – per person (1.5 hour service period) | 23 | |
| Additional Items – per person | 4 |
Pricing based on minimum numbers of 40 people, surcharges apply for smaller groups. Waiting staff, surcharges & additional equipment fees may apply, but vary depending upon locations & circumstances.
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Plated Breakfast
Continental
Continental breakfast platters served to the guest’s tables or on a buffet
Bircher muesli, fresh seasonal fruit compote and sweetened yoghurt
Danish fruit pastries and croissants
Seasonal fruit platters
Assorted fruit & chocolate mini muffins
Plated Breakfast
Choose one dish to be served with the continental breakfast.
Country scrambled eggs, bacon, field mushrooms and herb tomato
Ricotta hot cakes, lemon curd and berry coulis
Baked Spanish eggs, chorizo and roasted red peppers
Sautéed mushrooms, avocado and mascarpone cream, organic English muffins
Smoked salmon, crème fraiche and buckwheat blinis
G = Gluten Free, V = Vegetarian
| Pricing Structure | 2017|2018 | |
| Continental – per person (1.5 hour service period) | 20 | |
| Continental | Plated Breakfast – per person (2.5 hour service period) | 30 |
Pricing based on minimum numbers of 40 people, surcharges apply for smaller groups. Waiting staff, surcharges & additional equipment fees may apply, but vary depending upon locations & circumstances.
Coffee, Tea & Beverage Options
Served for the duration of your event menu
Tea & Coffee Buffet
Beraldo coffee & Serenitea tea 3.50 per person
Served to table option POA
Nespresso coffee and Serenitea Buffet
Nespresso (Commercial) coffee machines and Serenitea tea 5.50 per person
Maximum event size for Nespresso 100 people
Espresso Barista Coffee Cart
Serving espresso coffee, Serenitea teas & hot chocolates
100 or less people 600
100 -300 people 800
300 greater POA
Juice and Water served on buffet 2.50 per person
Smoothies Kiwifruit, spinach, pineapple & banana |Mango, vanilla & soy milk| 4.00 each
Berry & yoghurt
Pricing based on minimum numbers of 40 people, surcharges apply for smaller groups. Waiting staff, additional equipment fees & surcharges may apply, but vary depending upon locations & circumstances. Pricing effective to 31st December 2018 and subject to change without notice. All pricing will be confirmed upon confirmation of your event.