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.
Pricing Options
3 Pieces per person (1.5 hour service period) 15
5 Pieces per person (1.5 hour service period) 23
Additional Items – per person 4
Inclusions| Qualified chef, crockery, cutlery, buffet ware & napkins
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 with rosemary focaccia
Coconut, ginger & pineapple muesli cups, spiced yoghurt (v)(gf)
Parma ham and mozzarella cheese croissants
Chorizo sausage, kipfler potato and rosemary frittata (gf)
French toast: brioche, rhubarb compote, cinnamon mascarpone (v)
BBQ corn cakes, capsicum relish (v)(vg)(gf)
Smoked salmon bagels, cream cheese, dill & capers
Croissants with preserves and French butter (v)
Assorted fruit and chocolate muffins (v)
Assorted Danish pastries (v)
Fresh seasonal fruit & mint skewers (gf)(v)
(gf) gluten free (v) vegetarian (vg) vegan option
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 & Yarra Valley tea 3.50 per person
Served to table option POA
Nespresso coffee and Yarra Valley tea Buffet
Nespresso (Commercial) coffee machines and Yarra Valley tea 5.50 per person
Espresso Barista Coffee Cart
Serving espresso coffee, Yarra Valley 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 4.00 each
Kiwifruit, spinach, pineapple & banana |Mango, vanilla & soy milk |Berry & yoghurt
Plated Breakfast
Enjoy a continental breakfast to start served at your table, followed by a plated breakfast. Includes Beraldo coffee and Yarra Valley tea served to the table.
Pricing Options
Continental – per person (1.5 hour service period) 19
Continental | Plated Breakfast – per person (2.5 hour service period) 29
Inclusions| Qualified chef, crockery, cutlery, place setting set up & napkins
Continental
Continental breakfast platters served to the guest’s tables or on a buffet
Select 3 disges to serve
Coconut, ginger & pineapple muesli cups, spiced yoghurt (v)(gf)
Danish fruit pastries, croissants served with preserves & French butter (v)
Seasonal fruit platters(gf)(v)
Assorted fruit & chocolate mini muffins (v)
BBQ corn cakes, capsicum relish (v)(vg)(gf)
Beraldo coffee, Yarra Valley tea and orange juice served to the table.
Plated Breakfast
Choose 1 dish to be served plated to the table.
Herb scrambled eggs, bacon, balsamic mushrooms, tomato and Grants English muffins
Ricotta hot cakes, lemon curd and berry coulis (v)
Baked Spanish eggs, chorizo and roasted red peppers (gf)
Sautéed mushrooms, avocado and mascarpone cream, Grants English muffins (v)
Smoked salmon, crème fraiche & potato hash (gf)
Beraldo coffee, Yarra Valley tea and orange juice served to the table.
(gf) gluten free (v) vegetarian (vg) vegan option
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.