FOOD & ETHOS

Our food uses local and reputable suppliers based around York and Yorkshire.

Ethically sourced and free range where possible. Used in menus that are created from scratch to create BBQ platters and foodie feasts and more.

We use the words feasting and sharing a lot to describe our food. It’s a type of ethos… creating relaxed food, with lots of options to share, beautiful in quality and generous in size but creating the atmosphere that comes from those memorable nights, sat around with your closest friends and family all eating, talking and enjoying time together.

We love styles of food that include barbequing and slow smoking as it blends so well into our ethos.

It’s also where we began our business, spending years perfecting smokehouse and BBQ dishes and serving in a street food style before we decided to raise the bar, the food became worthy of more, it could be elevated to create feasts and platters to rival even food the most finessed dishes other caterers were providing.

Barbeque, smoking and natural methods of cooking are also versatile and create big flavours that work perfectly in lots of different styles. From dressed up American style BBQ platters full of ribs and brisket, or the best Yorkshire meats slow smoked til they fall apart, to charred cuts of meat or vegetables combined with different influences such as Mediterranean or North African flavours. The possibilities are limitless.

Next comes our produce, which is the bare bones of great food and it’s something we’re passionate about.

Our ethos includes sourcing food locally and ethically wherever we can, we’ve built a strong network of suppliers and producers. Many based in and around York, our meat is raised in Yorkshire from R&J Farmers and Butchers, including our rare breed pork and grass fed beef. We source our chicken from Herb Fed, a passionate supplier of free range meat.

Our seafood from the East Coast, via Fowlers of York. Our other produce is from local and reputable sources including Haxby Bakehouse who creates exceptional artisan breads and Heslington Fresh Foods, a Yorkshire family run business. This builds an important foundation in our food. We then create all our recipes from scratch in house, from our sauces and rubs, to curing, pickling, slow smoking and more.

Making our food in house means you have lots of control and flexibility over the style and ingredients used in your food.

For example if you want certain dishes adjusting to your taste, or for allergies or intolerances its easily done either for all the food or just to suit a particular number guests. We can also create perfectly balanced options to suit vegetarians and vegans alone or combine these dishes into your main menu, keeping it just as flavourful and interesting as the rest of your menu. But mainly proper in house cooking from scratch by really talented chefs means that the food tastes its best and is created with real passion, bringing out the absolute best in the food.

What we offer

Relaxed food and ethos

Corporate and private events.

We love to cater all types of corporate and private events and something unique to any occasion. Usually we bring along our beautiful little custom built airstrem trailer, it can be parked up anywhere, looks the part and provides amazing street food options to impress your guests. There’s also our range of grazing menus, picnics, canapes and dessert tables that all work well for any size of gathering.

Don’t take our word for it.

what our clients say

Wow - what incredible wedding food!!!! We originally asked Blues Catering to provide our wedding breakfast and canapés as we loved the idea of sharing platters using our own home reared and sourced meats. Nothing was too much trouble and they were happy to use lamb from our farm, quail eggs, pigeon and venison for our canapés. The menu was perfect and tailored to suit us. Although the size of the celebration was hugely scaled down due to the restrictions nothing was too much hassle for Morgan, Kate and the team. We were competently looked after for the whole day and everyone was incredibly friendly and professional. The food was AMAZING! Every guest has commented that the food was the best wedding food they have ever tasted and we couldn't agree more. Thank you once again. We will definitely be using you in the near future. Mr & Mrs Sadler

My son & newly made daughter-in-law employed the ...Blues team for their wedding day catering last weekend. Canapes. Outrageously good. Dinner. Not only served in the most efficient & well mannered way but hot & utterly delicious. Evening supper. Topped off a great day for anyone that could possibly manage to fit more food in, with (again) hot & delicious food! Our brides father bought the team into the hall for a polite “Thank You” round of applause. I’ve been to a lot of weddings in my time but I can honestly say, I have NEVER seen 60 people - many previously unknown to each other - unanimously raise the roof with appreciation in decibels completely disproportionate to their number. Don’t bother prevaricating. Book. Enjoy & know you are on a winner. From myself to the team. Thank you again. You were all an utterly charming part of our day!

Kate & Morgan catered for our wedding and were utterly incredible! Everyone raved about the food (...and haven’t stopped!). We chose a relaxed feasting style with a selection of meats and salads brought to the table and it was perfect. Foodie heaven! We chose the Cajun chicken, Sticky pork ribs and Texas beef... Could not recommend highly enough. Thank you for making such a difference to our day.

Wherever your dream venue, whatever food you’ve dreamed of, let us know.

Please feel free to get in touch and let us know anything we may be able to help you with, from an informal chat to arranging a consultation or tasting.