Questions before
the first bite.

What you are booking

What is styled celebration catering?

Food and presentation planned as one service. We plan the layout against your actual surface, bring the serving pieces, boards, risers and linens, build the table in your room before guests arrive, and take the pieces away afterwards.

What guest counts do you serve?

The format is built for roughly 12 to 50 guests. Above fifty we plan a custom setup around the venue and confirm what we can do before you book.

Do you provide tables and furniture?

The host or venue provides the table surface — a dining table, an island, a counter or a rented trestle. Send the length and depth and we compose to it. Serving pieces, risers, boards and linens come with us.

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.

Dates, money and terms

How far in advance should I book catering in Ottawa?

Two to four weeks is a comfortable planning window for a styled table. December dates, long-weekend Saturdays and shower season fill earliest, and short-notice weekday events are always worth asking about.

What does a styled table cost?

Styled tables start at $42 per guest, plus applicable taxes, and the working range runs $42–$65 per guest, with the top of it being tables that replace a meal. Your quote is built from four things: guest count, table format, how long the event runs and the setup the room needs, and it separates food, styling and delivery so each part of the number is visible. The event minimum is $600 before delivery and taxes. Delivery and on-site styling are $45 within 25 km. Past that, the charge is quoted for your address before you book.

What are the deposit, cancellation and final-count terms?

A 30% deposit and a signed quote hold your date, and the balance is due 3 days before the event. Move or cancel more than 14 days out and the deposit is refunded; inside that window it covers the sourcing already committed. Final guest count is due 7 days before the event. After that the shopping list is set: numbers can still rise, and the count stops coming down. Every figure is quoted plus applicable taxes.

Where do you deliver?

We serve the City of Ottawa, Ontario — Kanata, Stittsville, Nepean, Barrhaven, Westboro, the central neighbourhoods, Orléans, Manotick and Riverside South among them. Delivery and on-site styling are $45 within 25 km of the kitchen. Past 25 km the charge is quoted for your address, and either way the figure is on the quote before you book.

What we can put in writing

Are you insured?

OH! works out of a commercial kitchen in Ottawa that we rent by the hour, so the premises permit for it is held by the facility. There is no liability policy in OH!'s own name today, so a venue-specific certificate of insurance is something we cannot supply. Venues in Ottawa routinely ask suppliers for one, so raise it with us early and you get a straight answer for your date and venue in writing.

Where is the food prepared?

OH! is a service-area business in Ottawa. Food is prepared in a rented commercial kitchen in Ottawa, then delivered and composed on the table in your space. There is no storefront and no public address.

Can you provide halal or kosher catering?

OH! cannot make either claim today. Halal preparation needs a verified supplier and a documented handling practice, and kosher needs supervision of a kitchen that OH! rents rather than owns. Neither exists, so neither appears on a quote.

Can we see photographs of your own events?

Three kinds of real photographs are on the site so far, each captioned with its date: Anastasiia in the kitchen and the OH! stand at UAFest 2026 on the about page, and a tray of kartoshka cakes made for that stand on the festival kitchen page. The styled tables elsewhere are generated for the brand and show the kind of table OH! builds. Photographs of OH! tables follow our first styled events, and they appear here the day they exist.

Whether OH! fits, and how to ask

Do you cater weddings?

Wedding mornings, showers and intimate receptions at our guest range are a good fit. Most Ottawa wedding venues ask a supplier for a certificate of insurance before they let them work on site, and OH! has no policy in its own name today, so a venue wedding is a conversation to have early.

Do you offer everyday office lunches?

Each booking is quoted and built as its own event, and the $600 minimum and the per-event build follow from that. Meetings, workshops and working lunches are covered on our office catering page.

How do I reach you?

Call +1 613 710-0554 with your date, guest count and neighbourhood, write to hello@ohcatering.ca, or send the same details through the enquiry form. We answer every enquiry within one business day, and the reply names the next step and what it takes to hold the date.

What happens after I enquire?

We answer every enquiry within one business day, and the reply names the next step and what it takes to hold the date. You send the date, guest count, neighbourhood and a sentence about the room. We reply with a starting format and the two or three questions that move the quote. You get one written quote separating food, styling, delivery and travel, with terms attached. A signed quote and deposit hold the date, then the menu is finalised around season and dietary needs. We arrive ahead of guests, build the table in the room and take the serving pieces away afterwards.