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Best Caterers in
Baton Rouge
2017

We Looked at 67 Caterers in Baton Rouge and Picked the Top 20

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Why These Caterers?

Our goal is to connect people with the best local experts. We scored caterers on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analysed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best caterers in Baton Rouge, LA.

Our Selection Criteria:

1. Reputation
A history of delighted customers and outstanding service.
2. Credibility
Building customer confidence with licensing, accreditations, and awards.
3. Experience
Masters of their craft, based on years of practical experience and education.
4. Availability
Consistently approachable and responsive, so customers never feel ignored.
5. Professionalism
Providing service with honesty, reliability, and respect.

Bergeron’s City Market is a full-service catering company with a mobile kitchen serving Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. Bergeron's City Market has a facility from which it sells gourmet gumbos, casseroles, appetizers, desserts, and more in either a takeout or “take-and-bake” fashion. The business’s head chef served as an international ambassador of Cajun cooking for years for the Louisiana Office of Tourism. On its website, Bergeron’s City Market has menus available for viewing from hors d’oeuvres and bar packages to brunch, dinner, and a To-Go catering menu.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 927-3998

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Bistro Byronz, with locations in Mandeville and Shreveport and two in Baton Rouge, started out as one small sandwich shop. The family-owned business envisions itself as a “Southern version of the quaint cafes in Paris with the sophistication and casual flare of New York City bistros.” The Shreveport and Baton Rouge locations offer delivery for individuals and families and catering services for larger events. Customers have the option of downloading an app to request deliveries or to make a reservation on the company’s website.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 218-1433

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Bordeaux’s is a special events venue and catering service in Baton Rouge that celebrated 35 years of business in November 2015. Though the business specializes in offsite catering, Bordeaux’s offers the use of three venues for events like wedding ceremonies and receptions, holiday parties, business conferences, and more. Bordeaux’s venues are classically decorated with antique furniture and other refined features.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 383-5886

Catering Connection in St. Francisville is a family-owned and -operated business with over 20 years of experience catering events for groups from 20 to 2,000 people. Catering Connection can help plan events as well by bringing along and setting up everything from the food to tables and chairs, rented decorations, and music. The business caters both casual and classy events from backyard parties to weddings to corporate events. The company specializes in dishes that utilize seafood and Louisiana culture.

St. Francisville, LA(225) 921-7785

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Chef Celeste is a Louisiana chef who has won awards such as Chef of the Year from the American Culinary Federation and first place in the Fall Heat Cooking Competition. She has served clients like Rosie O’Donnell, Matthew McConaughey, and other cast members of Hollywood films. Due to the popularity of her cooking, Celeste began packaging and selling her own honey mustard along with other mixes and spices. Customers may shop for these products on her website. Chef Celeste also offers catering services or in-home private-cooked meals for families or small groups.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 324-5616

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Family Traditions Catering is a Gonzales business that offers highly customizable, full-service catering for corporate events, weddings, holiday parties, and more in the form of plated meals, buffets, carving stations, boxed lunches, and trays. The company’s website has a page with information about wedding packages with per person rates and menu options for appetizers, entrees, sides, carving stations, and chocolate fountains.

Gonzales, LA(225) 200-8232

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Heirloom Cuisine is a catering business in St. Francisville that specializes in serving multi-regional cuisine in styles for events from simply elegant to extravagant. The company’s website contains pictures of past events and favorite venues in the surrounding area. Also on the website are sample menus available for viewing to inspire customers with ideas for their event. Heirloom Cuisine offers onsite or offsite catering for breakfast, lunch, dinner, receptions, holiday parties, cooking demonstrations and more. Heirloom Cuisine can cook onsite in its mobile kitchen if the client would prefer.

St. Francisville, LA(225) 784-0535

Jasmines of the Bayou is a Cajun seafood restaurant in Baton Rouge that also offers full-service catering whether a customer wants the food prepared for pickup or served at his or her choice venue. The business’s website has the restaurant’s full menu, kids menu, and catering menus available in downloadable pdf formats. One customer said in a review, “ Better food than anything we had in New Orleans. The rocket shrimp is fantastic, corn & crab bisque was creamy and amazing, Alfredo is fantastic, and my youngest had their spaghetti, which was also yummy. Nice people and incredible food.”

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 753-3668

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Juban’s Restaurant in Baton Rouge creates classic creole dishes and upscale dining experiences. The restaurant can host private parties such as business meetings in a private room with a wireless projector or a wedding reception for up to 500 guests. The entire restaurant can hold up to 700 people. Juban’s Restaurant also caters offsite and offers hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, appetizer platters, soup and gumbo, meats, pasta, salad, and more. The business can also make boxed lunches with menu items like an avocado and seafood salad or a soft shell crab BLT.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 346-8422

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Mansurs on the Boulevard in Baton Rouge is open seven days per week and offers brunch, lunch, afternoon, dinner, and dessert foods. The restaurant has a selection of over 350 different wines and has received the Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence every year since 1995. Mansurs on the Boulevard has rooms available for private dining experiences and also offers offsite catering services.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 923-3366

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Marty J’s in Baton Rouge is a restaurant that specializes in burgers, seafood, and po-boys. Marty J’s offers catering services for breakfast, lunch, and tailgate parties, to corporate events and weddings. The business’s website has menus for both dine-in and catering services with food items like jambalaya, seafood, etouffee, barbecue pulled pork and ribs, salads, and more.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 939-4713

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Mr. Taco Cantina opened in 2011 as a family-owned Mexican cuisine restaurant in Baton Rouge. Mr. Taco Cantina also offers catering services ranging from business casual and family events to parties. One customer said about the restaurant, “I really liked the food, all of it was fresh and the family felt really comfortable there. There is a salsa bar with 10 different salsas that are made every day. We’ll be regulars.”

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 751-0036

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Oak Lodge Reception and Conference Center in Baton Rouge is a full-service venue with three distinct venues available for reservation. In addition to serving food for events taking place its facilities, the business offers offsite catering. One of Oak Lodge’s venues, its Reception Center, is characterized by brick paver flooring, chandelier lighting, and a large, copper and wood bar with an outdoor patio and gazebo. The company’s Bienville Room incorporates French elegance with Louisiana culture with its large chandeliers, wrought iron staircases, and eight-foot glass French doors. The Orleans Room has an open floor plan with brick walls, oak wood floors, custom-designed French doors, and a retractable projector and screen for presentations.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 291-6257

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Parc 73 Reception Center in Prairieville can host anywhere from 20 to 500 guests for weddings, corporate events, cocktail parties, and more. The venue is an elegant, spacious, southern style facility that sits on five acres, suited for both formal and informal events. The reception center offers onsite and offsite catering services that can include linens and glassware, table service, and even a full-service bar. One client said, “We visited over a dozen different venues before settling on Parc 73, and we would make the same decision all over again. Every person we interacted with from their team was a professional in their field. They provided guidance and support when we needed it and responded positively and immediately to our requests.”

Prairieville, LA(225) 744-3344

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Perfect Choice Catering in Baton Rouge offers catering services for large and small events, as well as gift meals with the option of delivery in some areas. Gift meals may be used as a housewarming or newlywed gift, or as a kind gesture toward new mothers, the ill, or those in bereavement. The meals typically have eight or more servings and are easily preservable. Perfect Choice Catering has information about these and menus for other catering services, such as breakfasts, business luncheons, hors d'oeuvres, platter packages, and more.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 939-6110

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Pot & Paddle is a restaurant with locations in Baton Rouge, Gonzales, and Denham Springs known for its jambalaya recipe and other Cajun dishes. The dine-in restaurant offers take-out and catering services, with menus for each available on the business’s website. Catering items are kept in insulated containers ensure freshness and hold in heat and are available for delivery.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 214-3555

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Ruffino’s at De La Ronde Hall is a catering company and special events venue in Baton Rouge that offers catering for any size event with menu items from casual appetizer platters and sandwiches to soups, salads, ribs, pasta, desserts, and more. Ruffino’s at De La Ronde Hall also offers its food items To-Go. The company is happy to fulfill any special requests for an event such as custom-designed menus or well-thought-out wine pairings.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 757-6499

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Southern Dawgz is a food truck and cart business that sells hot dogs, pork, chicken, brisket, and nachos from any location. The business offers catering services with options like gumbo, shrimp, fish, smoke meats, stews, crab, and other items. Southern Dawgz’s website has location posted where the trucks serve lunch and dinner throughout the week. The company offers additional services like snow cone parties for children’s birthdays, charity events, and more, and has a tour bus available for rent for tailgating parties.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 505-8594

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Street Breads is a restaurant with locations in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles that offers soup, salads, sandwiches, pizzas, breakfast foods, and desserts. The company uses organic, locally sourced ingredients whenever possible and has a range of vegan and vegetarian menu items. The business offers catering services for salads, wraps, sandwiches, drinks, and sides.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 930-4672

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TJ Ribs is a restaurant with two locations in Baton Rouge that also offers To-Go catering. The barbecue-based menu offers options like chicken wings, ribs, grilled sausage, beef brisket, and other items. The business’s catering menu has variety platters, package deals, and items by the pound on its take-out menu. TJ Ribs also has a menu with gluten-free items and a Lent menu.

Baton Rouge, LA(225) 383-7427

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