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CH Catering

WHAT DO WE BRING TO THE TABLE?

Our collection of menus offers relaxed food experiences.

Using a wealth of local produce brought together by a love of great grub and decades of industry experience.

By choosing CH Catering you are not only supporting an independent, family run business but also the local growers, producers and suppliers we work with.

CH Catering has a 5* Food Hygiene rating. This means you can be confident your food is prepared to the highest hygiene standards & your guests are in safe hands.

We cater for corporate events, private parties and bereavement refreshments.

CH CATERING

By buying local produce you not only enjoy the best but also make an essential contribution to the sustainability of the countryside, the rural economy, environment and our market towns

Recent "Thank You's" from Customers

August 2026

HOT BOWLS & HOMEMADE CAKES

Just a quick note to say a very big thank you for yesterday. The food was excellent and enjoyed by everyone. Your staff were such lovely, friendly people and so very helpful. 
 
Thank you from both of us and all our family.

July 2026

BBQ

Ashley and the team were great last weekend, the food was amazing, really made the day
 
Thank you all!

July 2026

Big Pans

Everything went well on Tuesday - guests were very complimentary about the food - said it was delicious. Thanks to Ashley and Milo who worked hard to ensure everything went according to plan.
 
Thank you once again for making my birthday celebration so enjoyable.
 

June 2026

Big Pans

Hi Emma and Team,  
Just wanted to thank you all for doing a superb job on Saturday,  fantastic! Everyone was very complimentary about your staff and obviously loved your food. So thanks Emma and team for making my day very enjoyable and stress free!!! 

June 2026

BBQ
Good morning Emma and the team!

I am writing this with a very full heart (and a very full stomach!) to say a massive, heartfelt thank you for the absolutely spectacular catering spread you put on for Martha’s 21st birthday party.

From start to finish, you were simply amazing. I am not exaggerating when I say it was the best garden party food we have ever had! Throughout the entire evening, I had guest after guest coming up to me absolutely raving about the food. And as for the puddings. They were completely to die for!

You made the whole thing look entirely effortless. The setup was flawless, the timing was absolutely perfect, and your presence just made the whole evening flow beautifully. In fact, you were such a hit that I’ve already had people asking me for your contact number, so expect some well-deserved popularity and future bookings heading your way! It was just perfect from start to finish.

June 2026

Big Pans
Good morning Emma and the team!

I am writing this with a very full heart (and a very full stomach!) to say a massive, heartfelt thank you for the absolutely spectacular catering spread you put on for Martha’s 21st birthday party.

From start to finish, you were simply amazing. I am not exaggerating when I say it was the best garden party food we have ever had! Throughout the entire evening, I had guest after guest coming up to me absolutely raving about the food. And as for the puddings. They were completely to die for!

You made the whole thing look entirely effortless. The setup was flawless, the timing was absolutely perfect, and your presence just made the whole evening flow beautifully. In fact, you were such a hit that I’ve already had people asking me for your contact number, so expect some well-deserved popularity and future bookings heading your way! It was just perfect from start to finish.

June 2026

BBQ

Thanks very much for the lovely BBQ yesterday - everyone said how much they enjoyed the food and the whole process was all very organised and professional 

June 2026

BBQ

Please thank Emma and her team for the great BBQ on Saturday. 

April 2026

Garden party

Your staff were fabulous, your food was delicious, your service exemplary, and we would not hesitate to recommend Court House Catering to anyone who asks.
 
Please thank the staff on our behalf and thank you for all your help in making our special event such a success.

March 2026

Conference Catering

I thank you for all the food that your team provided; it was fabulous.  We have received feedback from the day and catering scored highly!

March 2026

Packed Lunches

I just wanted to thank you and your staff very much for today's lunch boxes - which were well-received and I enjoyed my GF sandwich too thank you. 

March 2026

Buffet Lunch

Just wanted to say thank you for another excellent lunch on Tuesday this week.  We always enjoy your lunches and the fact that we know you will be there, efficient, on time and the food will be good takes a lot of the stress out of organising our events.

February 2026

Seated Meal

I’m writing to extend our sincere thanks for the fantastic catering you provided on Wednesday evening.
 
The delicious food and seamless service played a huge part in making our very first Awards Evening such a memorable occasion. Everything was beautifully presented and thoroughly enjoyed by our guests.
 
Please do pass on our thanks and appreciation to the rest of your team.
Many thanks again.

January 2026

Finger Buffet

Thank you for our themed buffet yesterday, it was absolutely delicious and looked so inviting.

December 2025

Hot Bowls

Just to say a very big THANK YOU to you, Ash and the team for our lovely lunch yesterday!   

 

As always, the food was fabulous (my choice, veggie chilli, was delicious) and Ash and the lovely ladies  did the usual brilliant job of looking after us so wonderfully   

 It was great to have the ingredients info on the tables too, to help anyone with dietary requirements – thank you for taking the trouble to make the little ‘sign boards’ up

December 2025

Big Pan Dishes

What a wonderful event you put on for us! It just couldn’t have gone better. Thank you so much for everything.

December 2025

Wake

Please pass on my best wishes to the staff who provided such an excellent service and superb food for my late mother’s wake. Very happy to recommend Court House Catering. 

December 2025

Wake

As usual the food was perfect on Friday. The staff were lovely and everyone said they loved the food.

November 2025

3 course meal

The party, as I have previously said, was a huge success and your company very much helped to make it so. The food was excellent, and the staff were so helpful and friendly. It is certainly a 10 out of 10.

Thank you again, Emma, for all the help and kindness you have shown over the period. It has always been very appreciated.

November 2025

3 course meal

Thank you Emma for all your help with my 90th celebration and the very high standard of food and the excellent staff, You all helped to make it a very memorable and wonderful day for me.

October 2025

Wake

I just wanted to say how amazing your catering service was for our Dad's Wake last Thursday, the food was amazing and so was the service of your staff. We had many people ask after you and we received so many good reviews on your food. Hopefully you will get some customers out of the service that you provided. We will certainly be using you again for future events

October 2025

Celebration Lunch

Thank you so much to you and your wonderful team for giving us such a wonderful meal yesterday.  
 
The food was really very tasty (every course) and I really appreciated you and your team’s careful, thoughtful approach to the tables, the layout and laying up, flexibility over timings and gentle presence serving in the room.  They were superb and so friendly and accommodating.   We are indebted to you all for enabling our family to have a peaceful, fun family celebration without all the usual worries of the catering.

October 2025

Wake

I just wanted to say thank you so much for the delicious buffet you served at Hanger Farm yesterday.
 
There were many comments about how good it was, with people asking who had catered.
 

October 2025

Wedding

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for Saturday, the food and set up was fantastic.

October 2025

Wedding

Wow... the food was absolutely outstanding. 
 
Please pass on our sincerest thanks to Ashley and Milo who were both amazing! Nothing was too much trouble even when my dad kept asking them to make cups of tea!
 
Everyone commented on the lunch and the paella. The desserts were amazing!!! 

September 2025

Wedding

Thanks for the amazing job you did at our wedding on Saturday. Everyone commented that the food was terrific (including those with dietary needs who said it went perfectly). We are very happy!

September 2025

Afternoon Tea

Just a quick message on behalf of St Theresa’s church to say many thanks to you and catering team for a superb buffet you put out for us on Saturday. Much appreciated. I had many compliments from the guests and the Clergy attending.

Also, can you say a big thank you to your team who helped with setting it all up, and keeping us all well fed and watered throughout the afternoon at the Totton Community Hall. The whole event was a great success in planning and it all came together on Saturday, even the Weather obliged! 😆 We can all breathe easily now!

July 2025

BBQ & Big Pans with Salads

Thank you for providing a splendid  supper last Saturday for our 40th anniversary and helping make the event such a big success!  I've had several emails from friends and all have remarked on the excellent BBQ and salads.
 
Please pass on my special thanks to the team who worked so hard and helped make this a memorable evening
 

July 2025

Wedding at Home Farm Barn

Emma, what can I say! I cannot honestly thank you enough the food was outstanding and your team were amazing and so helpful, well presented!
 

July 2025

Delivered Hot Bowls with salads & Desserts for self-service

We were really pleased with the food and service.

July 2025

Finger Buffet

Many thanks for helping to make our party so special.

July 2025

Canapes

I just wanted to extend my thanks to you and the team once again for providing the canapes for the Gala.

We have such wonderful feedback every year, and this year was no exception!

July 2025

BBQ

Could you please pass on our grateful thanks to Ashley and Gemma for the delicious food they provided for our event on Saturday - we really appreciate their efforts particularly in the extremely hot weather. Our guests enjoyed everything and the standard of food was again superb!

July 2025

Working Lunch

Thanks for the catering you did for our event on Tuesday. I just wanted to pass on to you and your team that we have had a lot of feedback from attendees regarding both the quality and selection you provided with a large number of them highlighting the deserts which are also a personal favourite of mine. On what can be a long day for everyone attending the lunch is always a high point. There is a reason we keep requesting you to cater our events! Thanks very much to all involved.

June 2025

Big Pan dishes

Thanks again, very much, for everything you did yesterday. It was all delicious and very professionally presented. Please thank all the members of your for me.

June 2025

BBQ

We had a great time and everyone said how wonderful the food was. A huge thank you to you, Ash and the two other staff . The food was a hit and so were they.

June 2025

Conference Catering

I just wanted to pass on a huge thank you to you and your team for catering the Faculty Research Conference this week.  The food was fantastic (as always) and thoroughly enjoyed by all our attendees.

Please do pass on my thanks to Matt and the rest of your brilliant team who helped make the event a success.

June 2025

Big Pans provided for a Wedding

A huge huge thank you for the wonderful job you and your team did for our wedding last Saturday - we were so impressed with how smoothly everything ran, and the food was absolutely delicious. 
 
We had so many compliments from our guests and we will absolutely be recommending you to anybody that we can. It's been a pleasure to work with you and we hope to find another reason to do so again in the future! 

May 2025

Hot Bowls with Desserts

Just want to say a big thank you to your team for lunch last week.
 
Everything was wonderful, and the team were very happy.

May 2025

Wedding

Thank you again for everything, the food went down so well at our wedding, all our guests loved it and your staff were very helpful and professional.

May 2025

Afternoon Tea

Just wanted to say thank you to Court House Catering for the wonderful job they did for us on Saturday.  We were all delighted with the food and service.
 
A big thank you to the staff who were efficient, friendly and most helpful.

April 2025

Hot Bowls

Everything was great and the food was amazing; probably the best yet (according to everyone I spoke to).

February 2024

Wake

Everything was first class and nicely presented and served. 
Everyone commented on the excellent cup of tea! 

December 2024

Wake

Just to say we were overwhelmed by the quality and amount of food supplied for the funeral of Mum. Everyone commented on the freshness of all the food. So nice dealing with you, thank you. All your staff were so helpful and kind.

November 2024

Family Celebration

The food was delicious and everyone loved it and we were able to have several more meals from it which was great with everyone staying!

Your organisation was second to none and meant that Mike and I could completely relax and enjoy ourselves, knowing you had everything under control.

Oct 2024

Conference Catering

Saturday was a triumph! Thank you so much for everything you and the team did.

August 2024

Event Catering

Thank you very much. The food was delicious and nicely presented - very popular with our guests and disappeared very quickly.

August 2024

Funeral Catering

Everyone commented on the quality of the refreshments. Thank you.

August 2024

Conference Catering

Just wanted to say thank you for Friday.

Everyone commented on how lovely the food was and how helpful Matt was. 

The choices available exceeded our expectations and added to the general feel of what a good day it was.

August 2024

Canapes & Hot Bowls

Just a note to thank you for your services last Saturday which I found both efficient and professional and all those there thoroughly enjoyed the food and the canapes.
 
Once again many thanks.

August 2024

Wedding at Hanger Farm

We would like to thank you and your staff for providing amazing service and food, our guests said they hadn't had such good food at a wedding.
 
Alistair and Deanna 

July 2024

Party Menu

I wanted to email to say thank you for the lovely food and high standard of
service you always provide at the ORC Graduation Reception in July.

Everyone really enjoyed.

July 2024

BBQ

Just wanted to say a very big thank you for the fabulous food and friendly efficient service they all gave us on Saturday for our BBQ.
 
Everyone really enjoyed it - the quality and variety of the food and delicious taste was a big topic of conversation with guests asking me for more details on your company.  
 
Looking forward to next year and hopefully other events very soon!

July 2024

Packed lunches

Just a note of thanks for the packed lunches today, absolutely spot on and exactly what we needed !

June 2024

WEDDING

We would like to say a huge thank you for your great service. The food was amazing, and you did a great job at making our special day go smoothly.

We received only positive feedback from our guests, mainly about how attentive and helpful everyone was. It made a huge difference to our day being able to enjoy it without worrying that it was all coming together at home.

Thanks again and we are very happy to recommend you to other people.

June 2024

Rustic Buffet

A quick note to say very many thanks once again for excellent quality and service. Everything worked really well on Friday and everyone was happy.

Hopefully, we’ll be able to do the same again next year!

April 2024

Rustic Buffet for 220 guests

Just wanted to thank you for another lovely buffet yesterday. We had loads
of great comments and everyone was really happy.

April 2024

Afternoon Tea

Just a quick message to say thank you so much for your speedy service and
delicious food yesterday. Our colleague was very pleased and the attendees
were very full.
 
 
 
Your colleague was especially attentive in setting up and tidying away

March 2024

Packed Lunches

Thank you so much for yesterday, we even took a photo of all the lunches!
Thank you too for the individual meals.

February 2024

Canape Event

Dear Emma & Ashley
 
We wish to congratulate you and thank you very much for the excellent service and superb spread you provided for us. We can’t thank you enough. Everyone was happy and impressed by the service and food.

February 2024

Wake feedback

Dear Emma
 
I just wanted to say thank you very much for catering for my mum’s wake last week.
 
The food was delicious and very much appreciated by everyone, and the staff were super efficient. Knowing that everything was so well taken care of made the day less stressful.

February 2024

Hot Bowls

I just wanted to say thank you so much for the delicious lunch today on behalf of everyone at KalVista
 
The dishes were delicious!

January 2024

Baby Shower - Afternoon Tea

Once again Courthouse Catering was amazing at my daughter’s baby shower.

Everyone was very complimentary about the food and the service Ash provided. I always think it’s a difficult line to tread being present and warm, serving clients and not being intrusive. Ash managed this so well.

Thank you as always for your repeated service, we will continue to use Courthouse Catering for parties and events and would not hesitate to recommend your team to our friends for any catering events.

January 2024

Working Lunch for the Probation Service

I just wanted to contact you following the catering you provided for our
event yesterday. I overheard many staff commenting both on the selection
and quality of the food and how it was one of the highlights of the event.
Additionally, the surprise at the size of the desserts was another nice
talking point. In summary I wanted to thank you for helping to ensure that
our event was a success.

December 2023

Buffet menu

Many thanks for catering the buffet again this year, it was very well received and very much enjoyed.
 

December 2023

Hot Bowls Menu

Matt just left after our Festive hot bowl lunch. It was amazing!!!
Everyone loved the food, thank you so much
 

November 2023

Hot Bowls Menu

 
Just a quick email to let you know that I was delighted with the buffet
that you provided last Saturday. There were many complements about the food!
 

November 2023

Wake

Many thanks Emma and your team for the service you provided for my mum’s wake on Monday at Awbridge church.   The food looked and tasted great and the servers left the church rooms clean and tidy. 
 

November 2023

Hot Bowls and Homemade Cakes

Just a note to say thank you very much for providing the food yesterday. It was absolutely lovely and the staff were patient and lovely to work with.
 
We really appreciated their flexibility as some of the timings changed and they were very accommodating. We look forward to working with you again for our other study days.

November 2023

Southampton University

Just wanted to say thank you for the catering yesterday, the food was amazing and everyone really enjoyed it.

November 2023

Corporate Event Southampton General Hospital

Food was delicious- feedback from everyone was the same.

November 2023

Birthday Party

Thank you so much for the catering on Saturday and the two lovely young
men who served us then. The food was wonderful and the service was
excellent, we really appreciated it.

October 2023

Family Party

Thank you again for making our family event so successful. We have had tremendous feedback regarding the staff and the catering.
 
I have just transferred the balance of the account and will certainly contact you for further events

September 2023

New Forest District Council

Just a note to say thank you SO much for all of your hard work and efforts
with our staff event. We had very challenging conditions in the marquee
with the heat but your team were fantastic and really helped it to go
smoothly.
 
You were all superstars and we are so grateful, thank you again.

August 2023

Wedding

I would like to say an enormous and heartfelt THANK YOU for everything in the lead up to and during the wedding. I cannot thank you and your team enough. On the day you guys just turned up and suddenly everything was
ready and I literally didn't even notice anything, you just magically produced food and drink that looked and tasted fantastic. We've had SO many comments from guests about how superb the food was, and it's true, it was perfect. All the full options were lovely, and everybody with dietary requirements felt incredibly well looked after. Your staff were so friendly, polite, and helpful through the whole day, especially considering how much there was to do, from moving your entire bar set up right at the start, finishing the table set ups so efficiently, to saving us canapes so
we didn't miss out, to setting up the teas/coffees/dessert so beautifully
with literally no guidance from me, and to setting up the evening food so wonderfully, with even less guidance. I didn't end up having any evening food on the day, or even seeing it, but when we got the photos it was so nice to see how lovely it all looked! For someone who is a huge micromanager and struggles to put trust into people, walking into the barn to see everything you guys had just sorted out perfectly without being asked or anything, I cannot thank you more for just being absolute professionals who really know what you're doing with all things events
catering!

July 2023

Southampton University

I just wanted to say thank you to you, Matt and Lucy from last week on campus on Fri 21 July for our ZI Graduation Reception.
 
The food and service was exceptional as always. Our students and their families really enjoyed the event.

March 2023

Corporate Event

I just wanted to write and say how perfect everything was with the catering. Everyone enjoyed the food and your packing/serving boxes made it all so easy. I also appreciated how everything was labelled in detail and the vegetarian options were really nice. The sweets were a particular hit!
Please pass my thanks on to the team for helping make our family day great.

March 2023

Wake

Thank you for wonderful lunch.
 
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the spread.

January 2023

Family Party

I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you very much for the absolutely amazing and stress-free service and food that you provided for our birthday party. Our family and friends still talk about how tasty the food was and how it was presented very well.

Feburary 2023

Wake

On behalf of myself and my Sister, I would like to thank you sincerely for
the excellent food quality and service on the day.
 
 
 
Everything was faultless and you played a big part in what was a perfect
send off for our father.