Chef prepared catering brings the care of our kitchen to your table, office or event. Cooking from scratch with thoughtfully sourced ingredients, beautifully presented and ready to serve. Pick up / drop off catering makes hosting effortless with chef quality food, without the cost of on-site chefs and staff.

Pick up - Drive through our DERU Market pick up lane. Our team will bring your order out to your car and assist you loading it.

Delivery - When we deliver, we will carry in your order to your desired location. We will ensure all your questions are answered for the succeed of your event.

How is it presented?
- Our base presentation is in foil tins lined with parchment
- We offer upgrades of compostable platters or our stylist services with our food plated at your event on our wood, ceramic or enamel platters.

We currently offer deliveries for orders with a $250 minimum within a 10 mile drivable distance from our Kirkland location. Prices based on delivery distance.

We encourage ordering as soon as possible. Certain days or times may become limited or sold out. We offer ordering up to 60 days in advance.

We are cooking from scratch, with the highest quality in mind, our capacity is based on what we can do well for our guests!

We are cooking your order from scratch. Listed below is the minimum amount of time needed to process and produce your catering order: 

Sandwiches & Salads: 24 hours, 2pm cut off

Appetizers: 48 hours, 2pm cut off.

Mains & Sides: 48 hours, 2pm cut off.

Cakes: 48 hours, 2pm cut off.

LARGE ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME

*These times are subject to change due to black out dates, holiday closures and busier seasons where increased order time is needed. 

**Some dates and times may be sold out or have limited quantity. If the date or time you are interested in not available on our website please contact us directly info@derucatering.com

Sold Out - some dates sell out early.

Limited Availability - November 16th - December 31st our availability becomes limited quickly due to high volume catering.

Please reach out to us directly if you would like to inquire about a date that is unavailable: order@derucatering.com

For a full refund we require 48 hours notice from your pickup date to cancel your order in full. Because we must schedule and prepare everything from scratch, we are unable to refund or credit any order after 48 hours.

DERU Catering is proud to cook with seasonal ingredients from small local farms whenever possible. At this time, with supply chains obstructed, we may make ingredient substitutions without notice. They will always be changes of excellent quality. 

Black out dates may be dates we are only available in a limited capacity, sold out completely or closed. 

If your catering order falls on a black out date please fill out this form and our catering sales team will get back to you with availability. 

Listed below are dates that we have limited availability due to our holiday catering:

Monday, November 17th - Saturday, November 27th

Wednesday, December 17th - Saturday, December 27th

Listed below are dates we are closed and unavailable:

• Wednesday, November 26th
• Thursday, November 27th (Thanksgiving)
• Friday, November 28th
• Tuesday, December 23rd
• Wednesday, December 24th (Christmas Eve)
• Thursday, December 25th (Christmas)
• Friday, December 26th
• Wednesday, December 31st (New Years Eve)
• Thursday, January 1st (New Years Day)

Other dates not listed here may sell out. If the date that you are interested is not available for check out on our online store, please fill out this form and our catering sales team will get back to you within 24 hours regarding our availability.  Thank you!

We encourage you to place your order early. 

We take orders up to 60 days in advance. 

We ask for a minimum of 48 hours notice (some dates may be sold out or quantities limited) , but ordering further out is a great idea! We are baking each cake fresh, from scratch creating a limited capacity. 

It depends! It is all about how you cut the cake! In our restaurant we slice the cake in extra large generous slices designed for sharing. Below is a recommendation based off of standard single serving slices that work well for many of our guests. If you prefer a larger slice per person, size up!

6" Cake - 8 to 10 guests

9" Cake - 12 to 24 guests

12" Cake - 24 to 36 guests

Again, it is all about what serving size you are looking for! Our catering sales team is delighted to assist you with further recommendations: info@derucatering.com.

For a full refund we need 48 hours notice from your pickup date. 

We know emergencies come up, please reach out and we will let you know what options we have.

Our cakes are best held at room temperature. Our cakes hold well for one day. If you are serving your cake the next day, the cake is best on the counter overnight. 

If you are getting a cake in the small window of time in the PNW that it is above 70 degrees, please keep the cake in an air-conditioned room or cool garage until ready to serve. (Not in your hot car for too long!)

We no NOT currently offer gluten free cakes. We do make other gluten free desserts. Contact our catering team for more information: info@derucatering.com

We do not currently offer custom cakes.

Those are great cake styles, but they are not DERU’s. Round cakes are the only style we bake.