10 Most Value-For-Money Christmas Catering Services To Order If You've No Time To Cook

For Christmas, Cold Storage sells a la carte cooked items, like some of the cheapest whole roast turkeys in town. They cost $59.95 to $64.95 whereas most other places charge at least $100.

For convenience and value-for-money, it’s hard to beat their Christmas sets. This year’s classic Lavish Christmas Feast set comes complete with turkey, ham, roast beef, cranberry sauce, gravy and a bottle of wine, and will feed eight to 10 people for $159.95.

The halal Hearty Christmas Feast set is even cheaper at $89.95 for six to eight pax. There’s no whole roast turkey in this set, though, only rosemary chicken, turkey ham, roast beef, sausages and brown sauce. There’s a halal rosemary roasted turkey ($59.95) but it’s only available a la carte.

The whole procedure is painless as well – you place orders online, make payment and arrange to collect your loot at the Cold Storage outlet and timeslot of your choice.

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Neo Garden is a popular household name in the catering business and they’re known for dishes like chicken curry with potatoes and thematic decor.

So don’t expect their Christmas party sets to be overtly European, but they’ve introduced some dishes like rosemary oven roasted chicken and chocolate fudge yule log cake in the Petite Party Poppers set. You can even get turkey in the Christmas Gala set.

For smaller groups between eight and 10 guests, choose from Mini Festive Feast A and B.

The Mini Festive Feast B costs $20.32/pax for a minimum of 15 pax and comes with a choice of either honey glazed chicken ham or gourmet chipolata sausage as its highlight.

No turkey, rosemary oven roasted chicken, or log cake in these mini sets though; that would bust our budget. The highlight courses are somewhat Christmassy nonetheless, and the flexibility to select Asian cuisines might help please the more traditional Asian types at a family Christmas party.

Mini Festive Feast A costs $18.18/pax for a minimum of 20 pax and comes with one additional course: garlic beef with capsicum or Christmas sushi platter.

Don’t forget to add in a transportation fee of $40.

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You may expect this slick boutique catering outfit – which counts Facebook and Google among its clients, no less – to be grossly overpriced, but that’s not the case at all with Grain Catering’s Christmas menu.

Smaller groups can opt for the eight-course Christmas mini buffet ($18.19/pax, min. 20 pax) or nine-course one ($21.40/pax, min. 15 pax). Delivery costs $32.10 and there’s no table setup.

The bigger buffet packages are also reasonably priced, starting from $19.26/pax for 50 pax and $24.61/pax for 30 pax. Be sure to factor in the delivery and setup charge of $64.20 for full buffets.

However, the menu items are not exactly traditionally Christmassy. Grain focuses on healthy meals, so all our favourite Yuletide calorie bombs – butterball turkeys, giant hams, log cakes and heavy creamy mashed potatoes – are conspicuously missing, and replaced by healthier substitutes like Christmas spiced rice, wild mushroom pesto pasta, cranberry meatballs with roasted zucchini and holiday walnut cake.

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Surprisingly, Bakerzin’s Christmas menu doesn't only have sweets like log cakes and gingerbread cookies, but also savouries like roast chicken, ham and shepherd’s pie.

The Christmas goodies are sold a la carte, but you can purchase them as a Festive Feast set. It’s most worth it to get the biggest set, Festive Feast B, which is the most “complete” with glazed ham, chicken mushroom shepherd’s pie, chocolat de beau, aged fruit cake, orange cinnamon capon and gingerbread cookies.

At $196.80 (20 per cent off) for eight to 10 pax, it should feed your crew for around $20 to $25 to per head.

Delivery is free for orders above $250, otherwise it costs $35 for the Christmas season. However, Bakerzin doesn’t do specific delivery timeslots from now until 31 Dec 2019. It’s better to arrange for free self-collection from their Maju Ave, United Square or Tai Seng outlets.

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Halal caterer Four Seasons Catering is one of the few popular buffet caterers that don't sneak in Asian dishes. Although their buffet sets don’t include the traditional roast turkey, you'll be more than willing to compromise given the small price tags.

Small groups can go for Catering in a Box or Deluxe Catering in a Box. Catering in a Box is good for 18 to 20 pax and priced at $415.16 nett. For approximately $23/pax, you get pan seared chicken, baked fish fillet, seafood snacks, classic chicken Shepherd’s Pie, Penne Aglio Olio and chocolate eclairs.

Delivery costs $53.50. It’s waived for orders for 60 pax and up. Add $10 for CBD and Orchard locations.

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Quite unlike some of the more mainstream caterers who have simply added a few slices of turkey ham to their regular Asian buffet menu, Rasel Catering’s Christmas menus are totally European.

For example, their cheapest Christmas buffet ($23.54/pax, min. 40 pax) features dishes like fisherman casserole in crustacean milk, slow baked chicken, Moroccan saffron pilaf rice, log cake and mixed fruits pudding.

Otherwise, the pricier Christmas buffet ($29.96/pax, min. 50 pax) includes the traditional whole turkey, as well as more premium items like beef stew, baked white snapper and “mistletoe sweets”.

Delivery costs $64.20, and there’s a $10 surcharge for CBD addresses.

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