Standing receptions

Canape catering in Perth
worth putting the drink down for

Cocktail receptions and canape service for 40 to 600 guests. One-hand food, roving service, live stations and the kind of bites people photograph before eating.

Get a quote All pricing

Prefer to talk? Call +61 3 9528 4512

The service

The art of food you eat standing up

A canape has three seconds to earn its place: one hand free, one bite clean, flavour that lands. Our chefs obsess over that equation because a dropped canape is a ruined suit.

Roving trays, grazing stations and live chef bars that keep a reception fed for hours without anyone ever holding an empty glass or a napkin of crumbs.

Every guest sees food within three minutes of arrival or we have failed.

480+receptions catered

22canapes on the current menu

600guest maximum per event

8pieces per guest, standard

Waiter with a tray of canapes at a Perth reception

Pricing

From $52 per person

Eight pieces per guest, roving service, staff and styling included. Substantial station upgrades priced flat per station.

$52 per person, GST included

Standard is 8 pieces per guest over two hours. Grazing-hungry crowd? We scale pieces per person up, not prices down.

Lock this rate

Included at this price

Eight canapes per guest across two hours
Roving waiters plus a focal station
Cold, hot and dietary-labelled pieces
All service ware, styling and furniture hire coordinated
Dessert canape finish included

Full service list and packages live on the pricing page.

How it runs

Reception service, hour by hour

Start step one

Brief

Headcount, duration, standing or mixed, what the event celebrates.

Menu build

Eight pieces picked from the seasonal canape menu, dietary swaps covered.

Stations picked

Oyster bar, pasta wheel or nitro dessert lab, $890 flat each.

Floor plan

We map station placement and roving routes with the venue.

Prep

Components cooked that morning, assembled on-site for texture.

Doors

Trays in hands before the first guest reaches the bar.

Flow

Roving service cycles the room. Stations draw the queues that want theatre.

Landing

Dessert canapes close the night, we pack down while guests say goodbye.

Gallery

Canapes in the wild

The current menu doing its job at Perth receptions.

Marron and finger lime tartlet on a tray — The signature tartlet

Oyster and ceviche station mid-service — Oyster bar

Nitro dessert lab with vapour — Nitro dessert lab

Roving canape service at a product launch — Roving service

Dessert canapes on a brass tray — Sweet finish

Who runs it

The canape crew

The team that plates 4,000 bites a week and still checks every one.

Every event gets a named event manager who answers their phone, walks your venue if needed, and owns the run sheet on the day. You will never chase a call centre.

Meet the whole team

Daniel Mercer

Executive chef

Designed the signature tartlet and the nine rejects behind it.

Tessa Nguyen

Service director

Maps roving routes so no corner of the room starves.

Worth comparing

Canape catering, compared

	Prime Catering Hub	Typical alternative
Piece quality	Engineered for one clean bite	Mini versions of big dishes
Coverage	Every guest fed inside 3 minutes	Trays that never reach the back
Stations	Live chef theatre included or flat-rate	Static table with a sterno
Dietary pieces	Same menu, labelled, equal standard	Rice crackers on the side

Keep looking

Other ways we cater

All services & prices

Canape event catering Corporate events Awards nights Gala dinners

FAQ

Canape reception FAQ

Eight over two hours is standard and feeds a drinking crowd properly. Dinner-hour receptions need ten to twelve, we tell you which is which when we quote.

For events under three hours, yes, with the right piece count and a substantial station. Over three hours we usually suggest adding a fork-food course.

Oyster and ceviche bar, truffle pasta wheel, nitro dessert lab. Each is $890 flat including the chef and runs two hours.

Every menu has vegan, GF and halal-aligned pieces built in. Dietary guests get roving pieces plus labelled equivalents, not a separate sad tray.

Beverage service is a separate package: soft and juice at $14, standard at $32, premium at $54 per person. Corkage service for your own stock is also possible.

Ready when you are

Book canape catering

Send the date and headcount. Quote back in 30 minutes, menu suggestions included.

Order this service

Or call the event desk: +61 3 9528 4512

Reception inclusions

Quote within 30 minutes in business hours
Tasting box free on quotes over $1,500
30% deposit locks your date
Booking 12 months ahead

Canape catering in Perth worth putting the drink down for