Catering in Paris.

Bespoke catering in Paris.

Paris is the stage for some of the most demanding events there are: executive dinners in hôtels particuliers of the 8th, corporate galas on rooftops facing the Eiffel Tower, private receptions in Marais lofts, company cocktails for international delegations. These occasions deserve a partner equal to the ambition.

Prémices is not a classic caterer with standard menus and a central kitchen. Every event is designed from scratch: the right chef for your event, a menu created with you, coordinated service (maîtres d'hôtel, professional waiters, sommeliers) and, if you wish, finding and booking a venue among our partners in Paris and Île-de-France. You describe your vision; Prémices takes care of the rest.

Our 4.9/5 Google rating reflects the standard our clients find every time, from a meeting of ten colleagues to a reception of three hundred guests.

Which events in Paris?

Corporate events

Paris concentrates a demanding corporate clientele. Prémices works with large groups and smaller companies alike on executive dinners, year-end parties, client receptions and product presentations, with references including LVMH, Air Liquide, Bouygues Construction and IBM. See corporate catering.

Birthdays and private receptions

A milestone birthday, a reception in a Haussmann apartment or a villa in a fine neighbourhood: Prémices builds the catering that matches your space, style and number of guests. From fifteen to a hundred and fifty people: seated dinner, cocktail dinner or gastronomic buffet.

Cocktails and galas

Launch cocktail, charity gala, private view or prestige evening: Prémices coordinates every detail from amuse-bouche to the final sweet. Gastronomic bites, tray service and culinary entertainment, including tastings led by Meilleurs Ouvriers de France. See cocktail catering.

Seminars and team building

Gastronomy is a powerful driver of cohesion. Prémices adds culinary entertainment to your Paris seminars: cooking workshops and wine or cheese tastings led by selected chefs and sommeliers. See culinary entertainment.

How the organisation works.

• Contact and framing. You send us the date, number of guests, type of event and your venue, or your wish to find one. A fifteen-minute call is enough to qualify your project.
• Menu and venue design. We select the right chef and build the menu with him. If you need a venue, we draw on our network of partner venues (hôtels particuliers, rooftops, estates, reception rooms). You receive a complete proposal, with no commitment.
• Coordination on the eve and the day. Prémices handles confirmations, logistics, access and any specific needs. The chef shops for fresh, selected produce and the service team is briefed.
• Execution. The chef and his team arrive early, set up, cook on site and serve. At the end of the evening the spaces are put back in order. You manage nothing.

For a complete view, see our catering page and our exceptional venues.

"A wonderful experience for a business dinner for eight. The chef and maître d'hôtel duo was flawless and the menu of great quality. Highly recommended." Amélie Quidor, HR Director, Bouygues Construction

Chefs and service of excellence.

Prémices is not a marketplace listing thousands of unverified profiles. Every chef has passed a rigorous selection: a cooking test in real conditions, assessment of plating and presentation, hygiene checks, punctuality and professional manner. In Paris, our chefs come from gastronomic restaurants, palace hotels and great houses. They master haute French cuisine as well as Mediterranean, Asian and vegetarian cooking, to meet every requirement, including the most international guests.

Service is provided by professional maîtres d'hôtel and waiters, also selected by Prémices. Sommellerie is available as an option, with carefully built pairings served by the glass or the bottle. For more intimate dinners, discover our private chef in Paris.

Where we cater in Paris and Île-de-France.

• Paris: every arrondissement, from the private salons of the 16th to the lofts of the 10th.
• Hauts-de-Seine: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Boulogne-Billancourt, Levallois-Perret, Courbevoie, Nanterre, Rueil-Malmaison, Suresnes, Saint-Cloud, Meudon, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Montrouge.
• Yvelines and Seine-et-Marne: châteaux and estates further out, on quotation.
• Essonne: private receptions and villa events.

Nearby: catering in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Boulogne-Billancourt, Versailles and Île-de-France.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a high-end caterer in Paris cost?

Prémices works on quotation, depending on the format, the number of guests and the services included (chef only, service staff, sommellerie, venue). Request a free quote for a precise estimate, and see our pricing page for reference points.

For how many guests can you organise an event?

From ten to three hundred guests. For smaller private dinners of two to fifteen, our private chef service in Paris is a better fit. For very large receptions, we bring several chefs and a complete service team.

How is it different from a classic caterer?

A classic caterer delivers dishes prepared in a central kitchen and reheated on site. At Prémices, the chef cooks on site on the day with produce bought that morning: living, personalised gastronomy. We also coordinate service, wine and venue, which a standard caterer does not.

Do you cater outside Paris?

Our catering teams cover the whole of Île-de-France. For private chef dinners on the French Riviera or in the Alps, see our private chef pages.