Plate Events & Catering
Pro5.0 stars from 25 Google reviews
|Highlights
- Aboriginal owned and operated, with menus built around native Australian ingredients
- Catering, styling, florals, hire, cakes and event staff from one team
- Wilka Thalta food truck with a full commercial kitchen that runs off-grid
About Plate Events & Catering
Plate Events & Catering is a 100% Aboriginal owned and operated events company in Penrith, certified by Supply Nation. Founder and executive chef Matthew Atkins, of the Malyangapa and Barkindji Nations, leads the kitchen, and his mother Joanne, a First Nations designer and stylist, heads the creative side. Their menus draw on native Australian produce, and the team handles birthdays, christenings, baby and bridal showers, Christmas parties, corporate launches and weddings. The catering range covers breakfast, high tea, cocktail canapés, grazing tables, gourmet barbecues, shared plates and sit-down plated menus, plus boxed corporate grazers that are delivered. Everything else is served on site by the team, and bespoke menus can be designed on request. For a simpler party, drop-off barbecue set menus are sized for 25, 50, 75 or 100 guests. The Wilka Thalta food truck, a full commercial kitchen that can run off-grid, can cook street food, canapés or a multi-course dinner at almost any location. Beyond the food, Plate offers event styling and design, floristry, stationery, custom cakes, dessert bars, lolly buffets and a hire collection of more than 10,000 pieces, along with chefs, waitstaff and bar staff. It works at venues that allow outside caterers and sits on the caterer panels of others. The kitchen cannot cater for nut-free allergies.
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What kinds of catering does Plate Events offer?
Menus cover breakfast, high tea, cocktail canapés, grazing tables, gourmet barbecue, shared plates and sit-down plated service, plus the Wilka Thalta food truck. Bespoke menus can also be designed for an event.
Can Plate Events style the party as well as cater it?
Yes. The team offers styling and design, floral arrangements, stationery, custom cakes, dessert bars, lolly buffets and a large hire range of furniture, props, tableware and lighting.
Is there a simple drop-off option?
Yes. Barbecue set menus can be ordered online for drop-off, sized for 25, 50, 75 or 100 guests, and boxed corporate grazers are delivered too. Other menus are served on site.
Which areas does Plate Events travel to?
The team is based in Penrith and mainly works across Greater Sydney, including Penrith, the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains, Macarthur, Parramatta and the Hills, and also travels to the Hunter, Wollongong and the South Coast.
Can Plate Events cater for allergies?
Some gluten-free and dairy-free items appear on the ordering menu, but the kitchen states it cannot cater for nut-free allergies because of the volume it produces. Mention any dietary needs when you enquire.
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Mariann Ratama
a year ago
Plate Events and Matthew Atkins catered and helped us manage decorations and everything better on our wedding day two years ago. This review is long over due, we just got caught by surprise by the little one. Our day wa…
Anna Shaw
4 years ago
I recently used Plate Events for my wedding in Blackheath for catering, staffing, cake styling and serving, florals, hire items and wedding styling and would highly recommend absolutely everything. A real highlight was w…
Christine Mulligan
5 years ago
Ordered the Deluxe Original Grazing Box for delivery to my Dad for Fathers Day due to COVID Lockdown and being in separate councils. The box that arrived was full of beautiful and fresh produce of the highest quality and…
Brittany Williamson
6 years ago
Matthew has handled many of my events including my engagement and wedding. He is very professional, prompt in his replies and so accommodating and helpful with making my vision come to life. I will continue to use Matthe…
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