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Personal, seasonal food for celebrations and small gatherings.

The Ellery offers small-scale catering and private chef services for gatherings in your home or event space.

Menus are built around the occasion, the season and the people you’re feeding, from intimate dinners and birthdays to holiday parties and other special events.

Tell us what you’re planning

Every event is different, so the process starts with a conversation. We’ll talk about the setting, number of guests, dietary needs and the kind of meal you have in mind, then create a menu that fits. The focus is on thoughtful, ingredient-driven food and making the whole thing feel easy, generous and personal.

MENU IDEAS

We’ll customize yours!

Noshing Platters

Charcuterie, grilled sausage, crudite, pickled vegetables, seasonal grilled vegetables, Ontario cheeses, housemade dips like hummus and cauliflower sumac spread, seasonal fruit, baguette and crackers

 

Cocktail Parties

EXAMPLES

  • Corn, bacon and smoked mozzarella croquettesVEGETARIAN AVAILABLE
  • Grilled peach and mint endive cupVEGAN
  • Vietnamese salad rollsVEGAN
  • Smoked salmon crostini with creme fraiche, capers and dill
  • Pistachio stuffed dates, wrapped in bacon
  • Pistachio stuffed datesVEGAN
  • Quinoa filled button mushroomVEGAN
  • Mini lamb meatballs with middle eastern spices, pistachio, dried apricot and labneh dip
  • Mini peppers stuffed with hummus and grilled vegetablesVEGAN

 

Plated Dinners

EXAMPLES

  • organic greens, strawberries, goat cheese, cucumber, bacon lardon, basil lemon vinaigrette FIRST
  • grass-fed hanger steak, cauliflower purée, buttery sweet peas, blistered cherry tomatoes, crispy fingerling potatoes MAIN
  • organic greens, charred broccoli, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, sumac pickled shallots, maple chili vinaigrette VEGAN FIRST
  • mushroom and lentil dumplings wrapped in mustard greens, roasted sweet potato, artichoke hearts, grilled radicchio and romesco sauce VEGAN MAIN

 

Individually Packaged Meals

EXAMPLES

  • Fresh & house pickled veggies, hummus, labneh NOSH BOATS
  • Salami, sliced Seed to Sausage sausages, grilled mushroom & peppers NOSH BOATS
  • Pasture-raised chicken, marinated with herbs & grilled, served with quinoa and sweet Ontario corn pilaf LUNCH BOXES
  • Rainbow mini peppers, filled with beluga lentil & riced cauliflower with quinoa & sweet Ontario corn pilaf VEGAN
  • Baby spinach salad with watermelon, cucumber, pickled onion, mint, pumpkin seeds, basil vinaigretteVEGAN

Family-Style Dinners

EXAMPLES

  • Beef or mushroom and spinach lasagna with garlic bread and green salad
  • Shawarma-spiced chicken thigh, lamb kebab, labneh, hummus, tabouleh, tomato and cucumber salad, quinoa tabouleh, pickled onion, tahini and challah

Sweets

  • Cherry-thyme panna cotta
  • Carrot cake (6in, 9in, 12in, cupcake, donut)
  • Apple tarte tatin, chocolate tart
  • Individual trifle in a jar (carrot cake, lemon curd, cherry jam and vanilla custard)
  • Custom ice cream flavours
  • Custom brownie ice cream sandwiches, mini brownie bites
  • Oatmeal peanut butter cookie with dark chocolate