Christmas Canapé Catering in London

Festive canapés that get the party started, from office Christmas parties to celebrations at home, made with the best of winter’s seasonal produce.

Christmas Canapés

Our festive canapés have been thoughtfully designed to stand out amongst the crowd and add a bit of theatre to your event. We’ve taken some of our favourite seasonal ingredients from our best local suppliers and combined them in new and creative ways to come up with a menu of bite-sized festive show-stoppers.

Whether you love a bite that’s satisfying and crispy, light and fresh, or oozing with molten cheese, there’s something on our sample festive canapé menu for you, and every menu can be tailored to your event. Planning an event outside the festive season? Explore our year-round canapé catering.

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

Festive Canapes

Vegetarian & Vegan Canapés

It wouldn’t be Christmas without cheese, and we’re lucky to have some truly fantastic cheesemakers in the UK. We champion two of our favourites in our festive canapé menu. First we make a molten cheese custard using Baron Bigod, a creamy British brie from Fen Farm Dairy, which we serve on sweet Brioche with a tangy Walnut Ketchup and Blackberry Ketchup. Next, we make our crunchy Cauliflower Cheese Croquettes with Sparkenhoe Red Leicester, a buttery, nutty cheese from Leicestershire’s Sparkenhoe farm. This is served with a sweet-sharp Damson Jelly to cut through the richness.

At Social Pantry, we’re passionate about tackling environmental issues by creating more fully plant-based dishes on our menus, without ever scrimping on flavour. For our vegan festive canapé, we’ve combined a crispy Celeriac Rosti with tangy Pickled Walnut and earthy Raisin & Parsley Pesto.

Fish Canapés

We’re big fans of smoked salmon at Social Pantry but this year we’ve swapped salmon for English Trout, which we source sustainably via ChalkStream from the Test and Itchen Rivers in Hampshire. We cure it Gravlax-style and serve with Whipped Crème Fraiche and Pickled Kohlrabi.

Meat Canapés

With sustainability at the heart of what we do at Social Pantry, we have reduced the amount of meat on our festive menus in order to minimise our environmental impact. Any meat that we do serve has been ethically sourced via suppliers who champion regenerative agriculture and British produce, sourcing from farms as local to us as possible. This year, our festive canapé menu heroes British Venison, which we serve with a punchy Horseradish Aioli and Crispy Fried Tarragon. We’ve also swapped traditional Christmas gammon for Speck, a lighter cured ham which we serve on a crunchy Rye Croute, topped with Apple & Celeriac Remoulade.

Festive Canapes
Festive Canapes

Sweet Canapés

We love a good dessert here at Social Pantry HQ, and we pride ourselves on putting the same love and care into designing our sweet canapés as our savoury ones. Whether you want something light and fruity, warm and spicy, or rich and chocolatey, there really is something for everyone on this year’s festive dessert canapés menu. Highlights include Blackberry Curd Meringue Pie with Toasted Hazelnuts; Apple Cake with Chestnut Cream & Linseed Caramel and Dark Chocolate & Tiramisu Tart.

What Makes Our Christmas Canapés Special?

The festive season may be filled with joy and cheer but let’s face it, it can quickly become too much. With work, family and friends all competing for your time, you’ve often already sat down to several three-course, same-old roast turkey dinners before you’ve even hit mid-December!

Enter canapés, the bite-sized antidote to Christmas dinner fatigue.

At Social Pantry, designing festive canapés is an art that we don’t take lightly. With over a decade of catering experience under our belts, we know exactly what’s needed during the Christmas period: exciting, impactful dishes that are big in flavour but small in size, so that guests can sample a whole range of delicious, seasonal delights without ever getting bored.

As for the ‘festive’ element, we’re all for celebrating the season, but we’re not about repeating the same old turkey, cranberry and mince pie trope. Instead, our festive canapés make the most of winter’s best produce, drawing on our close relationships with local suppliers and our zero-food-waste-to-landfill approach to create inventive bite-sized beauties designed to deliver serious satisfaction, without relying on the same old traditional ingredients and flavour combinations. Think Venison Fillet with Horseradish Aioli & Crispy Tarragon; Sea Trout Gravlax with Whipped Crème Fraiche & Pickled Kohlrabi; and Cauliflower & Sparkenhoe Red Leicester Cheese Croquette with Damson Jelly.

Canapés are a great option for all kinds of events, whether it’s to add a sophisticated touch to gatherings with family and friends, impress clients at corporate Christmas parties, or keep guests content at winter weddings. They bring a bit of extra sparkle to festive celebrations. At Social Pantry, we’ve created canapés for events big and small, and can provide festive canapé catering anywhere within the M25, whether you’re celebrating in an iconic venue or a private home.

What's Included?

Our festive canapé catering adapts to your venue and budget. No kitchen? We have a selection of cold canapés that need no cooking on site. If your venue has a kitchen, or space for us to set one up, our chefs will prepare, cook and plate everything on the day, while our front of house team circulate the canapés so every guest gets to try each one.

Every canapé is designed to be eaten in one bite, so there’s no need for cutlery, and we serve them on a mix of platters, boards and trays. Extra styling, such as flower arrangements around the platters, is available for an additional cost, and we can create fully bespoke menus, from food and drinks to match your brand colours to bites designed around your theme.

Hosting a late-night party? Sometimes canapés just don’t quite cut it for guests wanting to dance into the small hours. So, we also offer a menu of bowl foods, designed to satisfy the hungriest revellers, eaten with just a bowl and spoon, standing up, so they never have to leave the dancefloor! These include dishes like Pumpkin & Ricotta Tortellini with Brown Butter & Ricotta Salata; Mac and Cheese with Black Truffle & Crispy Celeriac and Braised Short Rib with Horseradish Mash & Red Cabbage Purée. Alternatively, we also offer the option to add on our Christmas Grazing Station, an impressive, twelve-foot-long table made up of London’s finest charcuterie, cheeses and nibbles that guests can help themselves to throughout the night.

Planning Your Christmas Party

Social Pantry creates memorable festive experiences for teams of all sizes, from relaxed work Christmas lunches and elegant dinners to cocktail receptions and New Year’s celebrations. Choose from canapés and bowls, festive sharing boards, or three-course menus, paired with crafted cocktails and premium no/low-alcohol options. Beyond exceptional seasonal food and drink, our experienced events team offers full event planning support, from finding the right venue to bringing your vision to life. Find out more about our Christmas party catering.

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Sustainable Christmas Canapés

Every festive canapé is built around seasonal British produce from trusted local suppliers, and our zero-food-waste-to-landfill kitchen makes sure nothing goes to waste, with trimmings and offcuts reimagined into pickles, garnishes and sauces. We’ve also reduced the meat on our festive menus and grown our range of fully plant-based canapés, so your celebration feels as good as it tastes. Learn more about our sustainability goals and practices.

Get In Touch​

To get in touch simply complete the form below and a member of our expert 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.

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