See what’s possible with Odeen’s Catering
Every dish, table, and setting below comes from an event we've actually catered. Browse by category for ideas, then reach out and we'll build a custom menu around what caught your eye.
Appetizer Ideas
Oyster Bar
Featuring the best of North Eastern shellfish: Raspberry Points, Chebooktooks, Belle du Jours, Dixon Points
Pork Belly Burnt Ends
Dry cured for a week in aromatics, smoked with cherry wood then finished on charcoal, with a sticky spiced rum and ginger glaze.
Mushrooms on Toast
Fire roasted wild mushrooms, Delice de Bourgogne triple cream brie, pickled roots on Norwegian crispbread (vegan, gf)
Scallops & Rosemary
Skewered on rosemary and seared on antique cast iron
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Seared on charcoal, we wrap our homemade bacon around wild gulf shrimp and coat with sweet chipotle
Vegan Beetroot Tacos
Smoked beets, chickpeas, chevre, toum, roast pumpkin seeds
Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice
with avocado and cured quail’s egg
Lobster Rolls
Drawn butter with tarragon and shallots, mini brioche, Maine lobster meat
Smoked Salmon Blinis
Buckwheat pancakes, creme fraiche, micro herbs and caviar
Lamb Kofta Lollipops
Ras-el-hanout, toasted pistachios and mint, with a harissa yoghurt dip
Oysters Flambadou
Local oysters seasoned with flaming tallow from our mediaeval flambadou, served with an apple mignonette
Fried Green Tomatoes
Panko coated and served with a smoked aioli
Vegan Spring Rolls
Macerated trumpet mushrooms, julienned organic vegetables, teriyaki dipping sauce
Corn Chowder Shooters
Coconut milk, summer corn, Aleppo pepper
Zanzibari Samosas
Crispy pastries stuffed with spiced chickpeas, sweet potato and lamb, with a cilantro chutney dipping sauce
Shrimp & Grits
Cajun spiced jumbo shrimp cooked on charcoal, with a buttery sharp cheddar grits
Grilled Clams
Local littlenecks with house pancetta and sherry
Stuffed Chicory
Boursin stuffed Belgian endive (v)
Chicken & Waffles Reimagined
Black sesame cone, savory marscapone filling, candied jalapeno, Southern fried chicken
Steak Tartare
Prime filet, Chinese chili crisp, crisp hasselback
Tuna Tartare
Sushi grade tuna, house tosa soy, avocado, sambal oelek
Watermelon Gazpacho
Raw organic vegetables, watermelon, micro dill and feta. Great summer app
Bride & Groom Bites
As photos take up much of the cocktail hour, we send food to the bride and groom. Mini Reubens, house sausage and pepperjack, caprese skewers with basil coulis.
Bridal Party Bites
Crabcakes and prosciutto wrapped asparagus delivered to the starving bridal party during the photos
Bacon Wrapped Scallops
House cured bacon, wild sage, diver caught scallops seared on charcoal, sweet chipotle glaze
Bounty Table Ideas
Edible Display
Stationary grazing can be turned into a thing of beauty, providing a wow factor for guests
Ice Breaker
A selection of hand picked cheeses and charcuterie matched with ripe fruit and chutneys presented beautifully is a thing to behold
Lavish Hospitality
Treat your guests with an opulent array of delicious and healthy appetizing options
Desserts, Cakes, Coffee, After Party Snacks
Custom Desserts
Our approach builds menus from scratch, allowing us to create whatever your imagination beholds. Here we have Chef Phil sending out caramel and honeycomb sundaes, with a chocolate stout sauce and caramelized bananas.
Sweet Touches
Thoughtful and creative offerings will make the day stand out, like these chocolate dipped strawberries.
Custom Cakes
Leave the work to us - when it comes to planning the elements of the day, we even take the cake!
Midnight Snacks
Plan your party pit stop with some decadent late night snacks, like these one-of-a-kind Reubens, made with house pastrami, cooked on open fires.
Grazing Platters
An assortment of plattered dessert bites can be a great solution once the music gets started
Smores
We can help push the revelry into the night with firepits, bonfires, late night bars and decadent midnight snacks
Coffee service
Locally roasted fair trade coffee service, French press made, imaginative teaboxes… we finish strong.
Service Styles
Buffet Service
Odeen’s serviced buffets have food that is as fresh off the grill as it’s possible to be, on thoughtfully staged tables in collaboration with the florist and designer, served by our friendly, uniformed and knowledgeable staff, providing a fun, interactive and quick process.
Family Style
Family style service allows for beautiful presentation, as seen here by this grilled local striped bass with mango salsa.
Plated Service
Individual plating by the chefs ensures the most polished and composed result. Here we have a watercress salad with candied smoked nuts, strawberries, chevre and an individual honeyed corn muffin.
Smiling Service
A serviced buffet allows for a guided tour of what’s available. Help is always on hand, and the meats are carved to order by the pit masters that lovingly brought them to this point. The food is continually replenished and kept fresh and beautiful.
Shared Platters
Shared platters served tableside creates a warm and familial vibe, allowing for a fun and interactive connection through the meal.
Plated Courses
Plated service allows for seamless delivery of multiple courses. Shown is a cognac laced butternut squash soup with poached lobster and roasted walnut oil.
Efficiently Delicious
Guests will be wowed by the care lavished on the food, and the speed of service.
Table Service
Family style service allows for continuous replensihment without anyone having to leave the table. Here we see bowls of Israeli couscous with chermoula roasted eggplant and pomegranate on their way to dinner.
Action Stations!
Get creative with station service, each one dedicated to personalizing and finishing individual plates of food as guests watch them, being composed. Here we have a churrasco station with pichana being sliced fresh off the grill.
Decoration Inspiration
An epic floral chuppah hangs over the dance floor
An original solution for a table chart
Adorn the buffet with greenery and mason jar arrangements
Between the views and the decorations, it is a beautiful affair
A most elegant table setting
Stunning table decor
Mammoth votives providing an ecclesiastical charm
A welcome table with guests’ cards, full of character
A personal tribute table featuring family artifacts
Poignant gold ring exchange platter
Rustic barn can provide a chic venue when done properly
Thoughtful summer garden staging adorned with flowers
Lounge furniture makes for a laid back, stylish vibe
Votive, flowers, table card
A long farm table squeezed into a small room for the rehearsal, beautifully adorned
Outdoor centrepiece
Epic, towering floral centerpiece
Feel like royalty sitting at a such a thoughtfully arranged table
Custom wild posies for the bridesmaids
Little decorative touches, like mini vases in the restrooms, elevates the aesthetic of the day
Coffee tin vase is tres chic
Guests will gravitate towards a comfortable Chesterfield
High decorative drama at this table
The hosts customized their day with donkey imagery, providing thematic focus and an irreverent sense of humor
Individual monogrammed shawls on the back of the chairs for the fall evening
Simple and elegant laurel
A dazzling spectacle of light and beauty
Venue Settings
An outdoor wedding provides opportunity for late night spectacles, like this midnight bar with 'smores set on top of the hill, with lanterns lighting the path
A midsummer bower pigroast
A dramatic barn venue at Taconic Ridge
A garden bar in full bloom
Gorgeous ceremony flowers
Outdoor lighting thronging the trees
Beautiful barn architecture
A 3 pole sailcloth marquis in the woods
Magnificent rhododendrons provide a pink backdrop for the ceremony site at DCA Darien
Amazing that such a large building can be such a cozy venue on a damp fall evening at Kirby Hill Farm
Long outdoor trestle table seating makes for a idyllic FarmStyle event
A riverside ceremony
Sunset pavilion cocktail hour at Kirby Hill
Private party on the Sound
Cooking Styles
Colorful salad of heirloom tomatoes, grilled asparagus, feta and artichokes
Pichana steak and marinated chicken thighs being blasted int he furnace. Incomparable flavor!
Lobster lollipops - everything tastes better on a fire!
Picking a pig after cooking for 24 hours is always a fun community activity
A caccio y pepe station nicely decorated with the component parts
Oysters flambadou - flaming tallow dripping on to the raw oysters using an ancient flambadouto impart a smokey, beefy flavor
Pig wings (shank), babyback ribs being smoked on the Lang
heirloom fingerlings ready for the saltbake
Hanging chickens and pineapple cooking slowly over a pit. Pineapple regularly basted with syrup and liqueur
Fuego!
Fire management and positioning is key to good timing for an asado event
A mountainous fish salt bake - an epic piece of gastronomic theatre
We prioritize flavor and color
Smokers and grills for the chefs
Midnight
Basting the lamb with salmuera using a rosemary sprig
Cast iron salt bakes in the pit. Underneath the rubble lie potatoes steaming in a crust made from salt, not losing any moisture or flavor in the process.
Rescoldo means to cook in the embers, imbuing the character of the fire into the flesh
Paella is the king of rice dishes, well suited for large groups
A 30lb striped bass requires 100lb of salt to bake it
Chef Phil blistering shishito peppers for guests on the path to the cocktail hour
Rainbow chard wilted on the fire
Kitchen grill set up outside the venue
2 men and a dog - how we started business
Marsh and John celebrating their second pig in 2 days at Sprite Island
Cast iron for the crabcakes
Homestretch with the lamb
Trout caught from the lake we’re grilling next to, stuffed with lovage and lemon
Ready to get started?
Whatever you're celebrating, we'd love to be part of it. Tell us your vision and we'll take care of everything else.
No event is too small. No occasion too grand.
Just great food and a team that genuinely cares.
Or email us directly at info@odeens.com