Fennel & Co. Catering
ProHighlights
- Newcastle caterer with a corporate arm, Cranky Chef, for boardroom lunches, launches and staff celebrations
- Modern Australian food shaped by South-East Asian and Middle Eastern cooking, plus an Italian banquet to share
- Roving canapes, plated dinners and banquets, with an oyster bar and a chef-run cheese wheel pasta station
About Fennel & Co. Catering
Fennel & Co. Catering is a Newcastle catering business owned by a husband and wife, chef James Borg and Tess Borg. James learned his craft working under Italian and French chefs, and his modern Australian cooking draws on South-East Asian and Middle Eastern flavours. Tess is in charge of front of house and the floor team, and she plans each event alongside the client. The couple's other ventures include Cezans, their restaurant at Krinklewood's biodynamic vineyard. For Newcastle businesses, the pair set up Cranky Chef Catering as their corporate arm. It brings the same food and service they give weddings to boardroom lunches, brand launches, conferences and staff celebrations across Newcastle and nearby areas. Weddings and private parties are booked through Fennel & Co. itself, which also caters weddings in the Hunter Valley, Port Stephens and on the Central Coast. You pick from two menus. The classic menu runs from hot and cold canapes and more filling bites such as sliders and bao, through roving entree bowls, to an alternate-drop entree, main and dessert, or a banquet instead. The Italian menu is a shared feast of several courses served along the middle of the table. Canape packages come with five, eight or ten small canapes for each guest, plus one to three substantial ones. Extras include grazing tables, an oyster bar allowing three oysters a guest, a cheese wheel pasta station worked by a chef (80 serves minimum) and late-night snacks for the dance floor. Prices aren't published, so the first step is an enquiry, after which package details come back along with an offer to visit the site.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Fennel & Co. cater events in Newcastle?
Yes. It's a Newcastle catering company, and its corporate arm, Cranky Chef Catering, caters workplace events across Newcastle and the surrounding areas. Weddings and private parties are booked with Fennel & Co. directly.
Can they cater our office function or conference?
Corporate bookings go through Cranky Chef Catering, which handles boardroom lunches, brand launches, conferences and staff celebrations with the same food and service as the wedding side.
What styles of service are on offer?
Roving canapes for a stand-up reception, a plated alternate-drop meal of entree, main and dessert, a classic-menu banquet, or the shared Italian banquet down the middle of the table.
What extras can we add?
Grazing tables, an oyster bar with three oysters for every guest, pasta tossed by a chef in a cheese wheel (at least 80 serves), and late-night snacks after the formalities.
How do we get a quote?
No prices are listed online. Fill in the enquiry form with your date, venue, guest numbers and preferred dining style, and the team sends package details and can arrange a site visit.
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Amy Cradock
5 months ago
We could not have asked for better caterers for our wedding. Tess and James did a fantastic job. Our guests are still talking about how good the food was and how generous the portions were - no one went hungry, that’s fo…
Emily Nesbitt
6 months ago
Fennel and Co catered our wedding and they were truly the highlight of our day!! The food was incredible, generous portions, absolutely delicious and the serving staff went above and beyond to look after our guests. Alth…
Amy Papandreas
8 months ago
Insanely good. We had Fennel and Co caterer wedding and we have been getting non stop comments about how good the food was. Tess and James are incredibly professional and amazing at their jobs. From start to finish the…
Karla Wicks
a year ago
James, Tess and their team at Fennel & Co were phenomenal. The food was absolutely delicious — every dish was beautifully presented and full of flavour. Our guests couldn't stop talking about our live chef experience wit…
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