Delivery Delights: six upmarket caterers that will bring an haute meal straight to your home
Delivery Delights: six upmarket caterers that will bring an haute meal straight to your home
Between shopping, tree-trimming and seasonal party-hopping, the holidays offer precious little time to relax. Having to stuff a 15-pound bird certainly doesn’t help. This year, avoid turkey (and the kitchen) by ordering in a different kind of dinner. Here, six unconventional holiday meals from some of the city’s top caterers.
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- For carnivorous diners who scoff at a big bird, the <strong>Food Dudes’ </strong> Dan Frenette makes gloriously festive beef short ribs. They’re braised for 24 hours, then glazed with cranberry and red wine, and served with a purée of roasted heirloom carrots, parsnips and apples, plus sautéed Swiss chard. $30 to $40 per person. <em>647-346-0114.</em>
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- Meat Lovers
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- Christopher Palik at <strong>L-eat Catering</strong> fancifies traditional Hanukkah dishes. He kicks up root vegetable latkes with apple-horseradish sauce and schmaltz, topping them with poached chicken roulade or chicken skin stuffed with chanterelle mushrooms and challah. $30 per person. <em>416-631-9226.</em>
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- Jewish
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- <strong>Hearty Catering</strong> chef Evelyne Gharibian starts a herbivorous banquet with golden beet soup drizzled with beet-green pistou. A Wellington <br /> of Mediterranean vegetables, pesto and goat cheese is sided with a mixed-potato gratin. Kale and Honeycrisp apples give Waldorf salad a trendy twist. $50 per person. <em>416-410-2928.</em>
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- The multiculti staff at <strong>Lisa Shamai Cuisinière</strong> turn out a tomato- and onion-braised lamb shank flavoured with cardamom, cloves, cumin, ginger and garlic. Piled on the rest of the plate is minty basmati rice, plus sautéed turmeric kale and roasted cauliflower with cumin. $30 per person. <em>416-406-1101.</em>
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- South Asian
- South Asian
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- Chef Teo Paul of <strong>Côte de Boeuf</strong> offers a rustic feast. House-made charcuterie is followed by coq au vin made with Guinea fowl, its dark meat a pleasantly gamey alternative to traditional chicken. Sides include a butternut squash pancake with watercress salad and pecorino cheese. $45–$55 per person. <em>416-532-2333.</em>
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- French
- French
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- <strong>Citizen Catering</strong> delivers local, sustainable meals courtesy of Chris Brown, former chef at The Stop. Turkey porchetta is stuffed with pork belly and winter herbs, and accompanied by a country terrine of pickled veg and apple chutney served in a cute mini pumpkin. $65 per person, minimum four guests. <em>416-537-7867.</em>
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 by ordering in a different kind of dinner. Here, six unconventional holiday meals from some of the city’s top caterers.
See all six upmarket caterers »
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