Bridal Showers · Ottawa

Bridal Shower Catering in Ottawa

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

A bridal shower for 30 comes to $1,305 at the starting price with delivery and on-site styling, plus applicable taxes, on an itemised quote the hosts can divide. Every figure

A bridal shower sits between a brunch and a party, and the food has to behave like both. Guests arrive dressed, they stay two to three hours, there are usually games or a gift moment in the middle, and someone is photographing all of it. OH! plans the table around that structure and builds it in the room before the first guest arrives, at roughly 12 to 50 guests, with the pricing published rather than quoted on request.

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A morning table with pastries in a cloth-lined basket, yogurt and berries, sliced citrus and a stoneware coffee pot.

The OH! approach

A table worth the photograph,
and enough food to outlast the games.

A bridal shower by guest count

Guests	Food for the afternoon (200–300 g per guest)	Pieces at appetiser level	Total with delivery, plus applicable taxes
20	4–6 kg	100–140	$885
30	6–9 kg	150–210	$1,305
40	8–12 kg	200–280	$1,725

Brunch or grazing: the choice that sets everything

An eleven o’clock shower wants brunch: bakery, fruit, something eggy or savoury with substance, and a sweet finish that arrives with the coffee. A two o’clock shower wants a grazing build: cheese, cured items, marinated vegetables, dips, breads and a dessert run. Both work at the same guest count and the same price band, and the decision is really about when your guests last ate. We ask that question first, because it changes quantity, format and how long the table can stand. Our grazing tables page carries that second format in full, down to the surface length a guest count needs.

Food you can eat holding a glass and a gift

Shower guests are rarely seated. They hold a drink, they pass a parcel, they lean over a table to see a ring. The table is composed for one-handed eating: nothing that needs cutting, nothing that drips onto a dress, small enough pieces that a plate is optional, and a serving arrangement that survives thirty people reaching across it without collapsing into a single heap.

Enough food to survive the middle hour

Games and gift-opening create a gap where nobody eats, followed by a rush where everybody does. Catering that puts every item out at the start looks tired by then. We hold back a second wave, place it during the quiet stretch, and leave the display looking finished for the part of the afternoon most guests remember.

Dessert without competing with the cake

Most showers already have a cake, and a dessert table that ignores it produces two centrepieces fighting each other. Tell us what the cake is and the sweet run is built to sit beside it: smaller pieces, a restrained palette, fruit for contrast, and space kept clear where the cake will stand. Where you want the dessert side to lead instead, our dessert-table format handles it directly.

Homes, rented rooms and the odd venue rule

Bridal showers in Ottawa happen at a family home in Barrhaven, a rented room above a restaurant downtown, a condo lounge in Westboro or a hall in Kanata, and the last two come with rules. Some rooms allow outside food with notice, some ask about the supplier, and some want paperwork. OH! has no liability policy in its own name today, so a room that insists on a certificate of insurance is one to check before the invitations go out.

Dietary needs across a guest list nobody vetted

A shower list is assembled from two families and a friend group, so the dietary picture is usually incomplete until the week before. Ask about allergies on the invitation, send what comes back with the final count 7 days before, and anything serious is talked through with us before the date.

What it costs

A shower is usually paid for by the person hosting it rather than the person it is for, and often split between two or three of them, so the quote comes back itemised — food, styling, delivery — in a form that can be forwarded and divided without a second conversation. The per-guest price, the event minimum, the deposit and the cancellation window are published on our pricing page, and the areas we deliver into are on our locations page.

Booking around wedding season

Showers cluster four to eight weeks before the wedding, which stacks them into May, June and September in Ottawa, so hold a Saturday in those months before the invitations go out. Two to four weeks ahead is enough the rest of the year, and each enquiry gets a written reply within one business day.

Where this table goes

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 does bridal shower catering for 30 guests cost in Ottawa?

From $1,260 for thirty shower guests — $42 per guest for the food and the styled build — and $1,305 once the $45 delivery and on-site styling within 25 km is added, plus applicable taxes. The quote is itemised — food, styling, delivery — so two or three hosts can divide it without a second conversation; the table on this page carries twenty and forty as well.

How far ahead should I book a bridal shower caterer in Ottawa?

Two to four weeks is enough outside wedding season. Showers cluster four to eight weeks before the wedding, which stacks them into May, June and September, so a Saturday in those months is worth holding before the invitations go out; a 30% deposit and a signed quote hold it, and the final guest count is due 7 days before.

Brunch table or grazing table for a bridal shower?

Both run at the same guest count and start at the same $42 per guest, so the deciding question is when your guests last ate: an eleven o’clock shower usually wants brunch — bakery, fruit, something savoury with substance and a sweet finish with the coffee — and an afternoon shower usually wants a grazing build. Part of the food is held back and placed during the games, so the display is composed again for the part of the afternoon everyone comes back to.

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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