Christmas Party Catering in London

Make your Christmas party unforgettable with expert Christmas event catering from Social Pantry. From office lunches and corporate Christmas parties to private festive celebrations, we design festive food experiences that bring people together, delivered sustainably and tailored entirely to you.

Christmas Party Catering

As one of London’s go-to Christmas party caterers, we know how to move guests seamlessly between each stage of the evening, from the first drink in hand to the last dessert plate cleared. Our sit-down dinners are a particular strength, as are our dessert stations designed to send people home happy, and whatever the format, we bring the same care and attention to every detail.

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If you’d like to find out more about our Christmas party catering, event planning or venues please complete the form below or call us on 020 8871 1949.

Office & Corporate Christmas Party Catering

Office & Corporate Christmas Party Catering

Planning an office Christmas party in London? We’ve got your office Christmas party catering covered. Whether you’re picturing an elegant Christmas dinner, a relaxed work Christmas lunch, or a cocktail-style evening reception, we create joyful, seasonal food experiences for teams of every size, from intimate winter get-togethers to landmark corporate Christmas parties.

Our events team knows how to see the year out properly. We handle the food, the flow and the finer details, so all you need to do is show up and enjoy it.

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Christmas Breakfast & Lunch Catering

A Christmas office lunch is one of the simplest ways to bring a team together before the year winds down, and a festive breakfast can be just the thing to help everyone recover from the office party the night before. Festive breakfasts can include anything from mince pies to bacon sandwiches to get the team going after the staff Christmas party, and for lunch, who doesn’t like the ultimate turkey sandwich? Whatever the occasion calls for, we’ve got the experience to make it happen properly.

Christmas Food Delivery

Prefer to keep things simple? Our festive breakfasts and lunches can be delivered and dropped off at your office or served to your staff by our team. Christmas food delivery is available to offices within the M25. Find out more about our year-round office catering.

Christmas Lunch Catering by Social Pantry
Private Christmas Parties & Celebrations

Private Christmas Parties & Celebrations

Christmas isn’t just for the office. We also cater private festive parties, from a Christmas dinner party with friends to a festive drinks reception for family and neighbours, at home or at a venue of your choice. Choose from seated Christmas dinners, festive canapés and drinks, or relaxed buffets and sharing platters, all with the same seasonal menus, styling and service we bring to every event.

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Christmas Dinner Catering

Our Christmas dinner catering is the formal centrepiece of the celebration, a seated, served experience built for guests to properly sit down together and celebrate the year. Whether you’re picturing a seated three-course dinner with elegant drinks, or something more relaxed with canapés and dancing to follow, we’ll shape it around what your team, clients or guests will enjoy most.

From intimate dinners through to large-scale seated celebrations, our Christmas dinner catering scales to suit, with course structure, service style and presentation all tailored to the formality of your event. Whatever the setting, iconic venue, office or home, we bring the same seated-dinner experience with the same care and attention to detail.

Christmas Dinner Party Catering
Christmas Drinks & Canape Catering by Social Pantry

Christmas Canapés & Drinks

Good canapés do more than feed people: they set the tone. They create a buzz, whet the appetite for what’s coming, and give an event an immediate sense of occasion. They’re also brilliant for keeping things sociable, letting guests circulate and mingle rather than being tied to a seat.

Whether it’s an office Christmas party or an intimate festive gathering, canapés help keep the celebration moving, memorable and full of energy. Pair them with a festive drinks menu, from mulled wine and Christmas cocktails to a full bar service, and you’ve got the makings of a proper celebration.

Learn more about our Christmas canapé catering.

Christmas Buffet & Platter Catering

Wanting a more relaxed style for your festive celebrations? Our Christmas buffet catering offers a casual alternative to a seated dinner, set up and served by our team, with guests free to circulate rather than sit. If you’re wanting a celebration where guests can mingle, this is a great option. We can do everything from charcuterie boards to live salmon carving stations for something more interactive.

Christmas Catering by Social Pantry

Bespoke Christmas Catering

At Social Pantry, we know Christmas events can be the perfect moment for a bespoke touch or a brand activation. Our fully customisable bespoke service means we can spend time getting every detail exactly right, from tailored menus and tasting sessions to perfect your dishes, to creative styling.

We also know that catering at Christmas often means plenty of dietary requirements, and we can cover everything from plant-based to low-FODMAP. We offer vegan Christmas catering, vegetarian Christmas catering and gluten-free Christmas catering, to name a few. From coeliac to lactose intolerance, our team is experienced in catering for every requirement, so every guest is looked after with the same care. However you want your festive celebration, we will tailor it.

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Example Christmas Dinner Menu

A glimpse into our Social Pantry festive menu – from London Gin-cured Salmon Blinis canapés,  Slow-cooked Pork Cheek with caramelised apple purée starter to Guinea Fowl Breast with caramelised parsnip purée main course, our festive menu is bejewelled with delicious elements. Pair these courses with one of our festive cocktails, Pink Smoke (Thyme-infused El Jimador blanco tequila, Del Maguey Vida mezcal) or our Dark Chocolate Negroni and you’ll have a wonderful festive celebration.

Christmas Party Planning, Start to Finish

Catering is only part of what we do, and it’s not the whole story here either. We’re experienced event and party planners as well as caterers, and our Creative Stylists are on hand to help bring your brief to life, whatever that looks like.

Alongside fresh, seasonal food and drink, our team can help with:

  • Recommending a venue from our network of 80+ partner spaces
  • Hiring in finishing touches, from crockery to furniture
  • Arranging seasonal flowers and decoration
  • Organising cloakroom facilities and welcoming staff
  • Producing bespoke stationery, from hand-lettered menus to sustainable Christmas crackers

We also cater for a range of dietary needs as standard, including vegan, vegetarian, halal and gluten-free Christmas catering, so every guest is properly looked after.

Exclusive Christmas Party Venues in London

Looking for a cosy space for a smaller dinner, or somewhere that can hold hundreds? We can help you find it. Social Pantry is accredited at over 80 venues across London and the UK, from historic buildings to contemporary galleries and London landmarks, and our events team are experts at matching the right venue to the right celebration. A few favourites for this time of year:

Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre​

A short walk from Clapham Junction, this Grade II listed building offers genuinely striking event spaces. The Grand Hall suite features a beautifully restored Victorian hall with soaring vaulted ceilings, an adjoining bar, and the Octagon Hall, a stunning entrance space with mosaic flooring, marble pillars and a spectacular stained-glass dome. The centre holds up to 450 standing or 300 seated, with festive décor packages available to add a touch of seasonal sparkle.

@Sohoplace

@Sohoplace​

If a central London location is top of your list, it’s hard to beat this one. Right next to Tottenham Court Road station, between Oxford Street and the West End, @sohoplace is the newest addition to Soho’s theatre scene: the first new West End theatre built in fifty years. Described as an oasis of calm in the middle of the action, the contemporary five-floor building offers bars and restaurants surrounding a central auditorium.

Tower Bridge Events

Tower Bridge​

Few venues carry quite the same weight as one of London’s most recognisable landmarks. Events at Tower Bridge can be held across three distinct spaces: the High Level Walkways, with panoramic views over the city; the Victorian Engine Rooms, home to the bridge’s original lifting machinery; and the North Tower Lounge, an intimate space with striking neo-gothic architecture.

Plus many more venues across London and the South East.

If you’d like to talk through our full list of partner venues, get in touch and we’ll help you find the right match.

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Sustainable Christmas Catering​

Our mission is, and always has been, to deliver extraordinary food while creating meaningful change. Our talented team of development chefs work hard to create innovative, exciting festive menus that make the most out of the very best locally-sourced, seasonal produce we can get our hands on.

We run our kitchen with a zero-to-landfill approach, focussing on nose-to-tail and root-to-flower dishes – this means that any part of an ingredient that might usually be thrown away is creatively reimagined into something extra delicious, whether that’s a vinegar made from spent lemons, an ash garnish created from dried beetroot leaves, or jellies made with leftover sparkling wine.

You can learn more about our sustainability goals and practices here.

Kings Award for Enterprise 2025
Social Pantry is B-Corp Certified
London Living Wage Employer
FEBE Growth 100

I cannot thank you enough! Friday was so wonderful. The food and service were on point and the venue looked beautiful. You and your team really did a phenomenal job and looked after us so well! You will definitely be the first point of call should I need a caterer in the future! ”

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If you’d like to find out more about our Christmas catering, event planning or venues please complete the form below and a member of our team will get back to you within 24 hours. Alternatively, feel free to send us an email to enquiries@socialpantry.co.uk or give us a call on 020 8871 1949.

Frequently Asked Questions​

We always say there is no time like the present, so please do enquire now. We have teams that prepare for festive events up to two years ahead, but also a team that can turn our delivery options around in a week.

Yes. As well as office and corporate Christmas parties, we cater private festive celebrations, from Christmas dinner parties to drinks receptions, at home or at a venue.

No, we don’t provide catering from 23rd to 25th December.

It really depends on what type of venue you are looking for and which date you want to celebrate on, but our advice would be to book your venue as early as possible. Many of the most popular work Christmas party venues in London are already booked up by September.

The second week of December is the most popular week for corporate Christmas parties, while Thursday is the most popular day.

From the start of November, but we can be flexible.

Yes, in most cases we can, though it does depend on the venue, their policies, and any prior arrangements they may have with other caterers.

We will always do our best to accommodate changes. There is a cut-off date for final numbers because of ordering and preparation, but we can be flexible depending on the event.

Yes. We offer vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free Christmas catering, and can cater for everything from plant-based to low-FODMAP, coeliac and lactose intolerance.

Yes. Our bespoke service includes tailored menus, tasting sessions and creative styling, so your menu can be shaped around your theme, brand or guests.

Yes, please get in touch at enquiries@socialpantry.co.uk or call 020 8871 1949 to arrange a tasting session.

We are only able to cater for venues within the M25 at this time.

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