Baby Showers · Ottawa

Baby Shower Catering in Ottawa

From $42 per guest
$600 event minimum
Roughly 12 to 50 guests
Ottawa, within 25 km

A baby shower for 25 comes to $1,095 at the starting price with delivery and on-site styling, plus applicable taxes, itemised so the hosts can split it. How the price works

A baby shower is usually hosted by someone other than the guest of honour, which changes the whole job: a sister, a friend or a mother-in-law is running a two-hour afternoon in a living room she may not have hosted in before, and the person the party is for should be doing nothing at all. OH! delivers the food already composed, so the host is free from the moment the first car pulls up. The format works at roughly 12 to 50 guests and the numbers are published on this page.

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The one afternoon she should be allowed to sit down.

How much food a two-hour shower needs

Guests	Food on the table (200–300 g per guest)	Shower total with delivery, plus applicable taxes
12	2.4–3.6 kg	$645, at the $600 minimum
20	4–6 kg	$885
25	5–7.5 kg	$1,095
30	6–9 kg	$1,305

Built for the shape of the afternoon

Showers rarely eat all at once. Guests arrive over half an hour, graze while they talk, stop entirely during gifts, then come back hungry when the wrapping is cleared. A table planned for that rhythm holds two hours of picking without wilting: nothing that needs a fork and a seat, nothing that browns when it sits, and the sturdier savoury items grouped where the queue naturally forms so the delicate ones survive to the second half. The build underneath a shower table is a grazing table sized to the room, and our grazing tables page sets out its categories and the surface it needs.

Daytime food that is actually a meal

Most Ottawa showers land between noon and four, which is exactly when guests are unsure whether they have eaten. Planning it as a light meal removes that doubt: something substantial and savoury at the centre, fresh produce for lift, bakery items for the tea drinkers, and a sweet run that pairs with the cake the host has usually already ordered elsewhere. We plan around that cake instead of competing with it.

The guest of honour and what she can eat

Pregnancy narrows a menu in ways generic catering ignores. Cured fish, soft and blue cheeses, deli meats served cold, raw sprouts and unpasteurised dairy are the usual questions, and someone always asks about them at the table, once the food is already out. Tell us at the enquiry and the table is built so the guest of honour can eat from anything in front of her, with the few items that carry a caution grouped, labelled and placed at one end. Any allergies among the other guests come with the enquiry too.

Mixed ages, one table

A shower guest list stretches from a grandmother to a toddler who came with a parent. That range is a portioning problem as much as a taste one: small hands need items that do not fall apart, older guests appreciate something soft and something warm, and the middle of the room wants the interesting bites. One table can carry all three when every category is chosen for a job.

Rooms we build these in

Ottawa showers happen in living rooms, condo party rooms and the back halls of community centres, and each one changes the build. A living room usually gives us a dining table or an island and no second surface, so the composition goes long and shallow. A condo party room means a booked service elevator and a two-hour access window. A hall gives space and takes away everything else, including the plug you assumed. Describe the room in your enquiry and the setup plan comes back with the quote. Delivery and the build are $45 anywhere within 25 km of the kitchen, and a shower further out is priced for its address.

Photographs, without styling theatre

A shower table gets photographed more than most, usually on a phone, usually from above, usually against whatever light the room has. The build accounts for it: colour grouped in runs, height at the back, labels legible in a photo, and the edges kept clean so the first picture works before anyone has touched it.

What it costs

A shower is priced per guest from $42 per guest, plus applicable taxes, and an afternoon spread usually sits at that end of the $42–$65 per guest range, because it is lighter than a dinner. Twenty guests come to $840 for the food and the build; below 15 guests the $600 minimum is the figure. The quote comes back itemised, which helps when two or three people are hosting.

Timing that fits a host with a lot to carry

Book a shower two to four weeks out, and earlier for a Saturday afternoon from March to June or in September, when shower season in Ottawa is at its height. The reply to your enquiry comes in writing within one business day, and it answers the date question first.

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The terms, in brief

Holds your date: 30%deposit, plus a signed quote
Final guest count: 7 daysbefore the event
Change or cancel: 14 daysfurther out, the deposit returns
Our reply: one business dayto every enquiry, in writing

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Questions, answered

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How much food do I need for a baby shower of 25?

200 to 300 g of food per guest for a two-hour afternoon shower, so twenty-five guests need 5–7.5 kg across six categories. Guests eat noticeably more when the shower replaces lunch and less when it follows one, so the start time sets which end of the band we plan to; the table is composed before the first guest and boxed for the host afterwards.

How much does baby shower catering for 20 guests cost in Ottawa?

$840 at the starting price of $42 per guest, plus $45 for delivery and on-site styling within 25 km: $885 for twenty shower guests, plus applicable taxes. The quote comes back itemised so it can be split between the people hosting, and the table on this page carries twelve, twenty-five and thirty.

What can a pregnant guest of honour safely eat from the table?

Tell us at the enquiry and the table is built so she can eat from anything on it. The usual questions are cured fish, soft and blue cheeses, cold deli meats, raw sprouts and unpasteurised dairy; where a guest wants those items present for everyone else, they are grouped and labelled at one end, clear of everything she can eat.

How do you handle allergies and dietary requirements?

Share dietary preferences and allergy information when you enquire. We plan suitable choices and label the table clearly. For severe or life-threatening allergies we talk through cross-contact before you book, and we cannot guarantee allergen-free preparation on a shared table.

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