Christmas 2026 with BLAKEAWAY: Christmas Catering in Melbourne
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A generous table. Beautiful food. Time to enjoy it all. Our Christmas catering menu for Melbourne brings you the feast without the work, with five set menus or the freedom to build your own. Our chefs take care of the cooking. You simply heat, assemble and serve.
Alongside the Christmas menu, our handmade gingerbread houses return, together with hampers for festive giving. From planning Christmas lunch to choosing a gift, here’s what’s coming from our kitchen in 2026, with ordering links and the dates to know.
Choose your Christmas catering menu
Christmas lunch for a smaller gathering, a generous family feast or drinks with friends. Our five set menus bring together the food to suit your occasion, with the preparation already taken care of.
The Intimate Christmas serves 4–6, with turkey, porchetta, king prawns, salads, roast potatoes and pavlova. A complete Christmas lunch for a smaller table, with some leftovers to enjoy.
The Classic Christmas Table serves 8–10, bringing together turkey with caramelised apple and sage stuffing, glazed ham, baked salmon, sides and accompaniments. Pavlova and our traditional Christmas plum pudding finish the meal.
The Christmas Grazing Table caters for 8–12, with salmon blinis, crayfish and prawn brioche buns, arancini, ribbon sandwiches and fruit mince tarts. Made for Christmas drinks and gatherings that don’t call for a sit-down meal.
The Christmas Cold Buffet serves 10, with seafood, glazed ham, sandwiches, salads and pavlova. Simply unpack, assemble and serve, without turning on the oven.
The Long Lunch serves 12 or more, with porchetta, turkey, ham, king prawns, sides and two desserts. A generous spread for a Christmas lunch that carries into the afternoon.
Build your own Christmas lunch
If you already have a few favourites in mind, choose individual dishes from our Christmas menu and bring together a table of your own.
Start with free-range turkey, blood orange and Dijon-glazed ham, roasted eye fillet with salsa verde, porchetta or baked salmon. Add summer salads, roast potatoes and the condiments that belong beside them. There’s eggplant melanzane for a vegetarian main or another dish to pass around.
Whether we’re preparing the whole meal or a few dishes to sit alongside your own traditions, follow the finishing instructions supplied with each item, then bring everything to the table.
Explore our Christmas catering menu
Christmas desserts from our kitchen
Our traditional ‘Blakes’ Christmas Plum Pudding follows Granny Blake’s recipe. The dried fruit is macerated in brandy and rum for two months before the pudding is steamed and left to mature for another month. Served warm with brandy custard, it brings a little of our family history to your Christmas table.
For a summer finish, choose strawberry, passionfruit and toasted coconut pavlova or roasted peach, raspberry Sauternes jelly and mascarpone trifle.
Our pastry chefs’ fruit mince tarts are made with buttery pastry and brandy-macerated fruit. Bring them out with coffee, share them after lunch or keep a few aside for the days between celebrations.
Handmade gingerbread houses in Melbourne
Our gingerbread houses return for Christmas 2026, pre-assembled, decorated and packaged in a clear box with green BLAKEAWAY ribbon. Ready to give, share or make part of your own Christmas tradition.
Choose the original BLAKEAWAY Gingerbread House, the Filled Gingerbread House, with mixed lollies inside, or the Mini Gingerbread House for a smaller gift.
Pre-orders close on 13 November 2026. Collect from your chosen BLAKEAWAY store between 16 and 22 November 2026: South Yarra, Armadale, Brighton, Chadstone, 101 Collins or Glen Iris.
Quantities are limited. Gingerbread houses are collection only, with no shipping or collection outside this window.
Christmas hampers for festive giving
For the host, a friend or someone whose Christmas table you can’t join, our hampers bring together festive accompaniments and pantry favourites, presented in white hamper boxes.
The Christmas Condiment Hamper includes cranberry relish, apple sauce, onion marmalade and truffled mustard. The Classic Christmas Hamper pairs cranberry relish, apple sauce and truffled mustard with Red Claw Pinot Noir.
For a more generous pantry selection, explore the Christmas Table Hamper or Christmas Pantry Hamper. The Long Christmas Lunch Hamper brings together festive nibbles, accompaniments and a half bottle of Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé.
Pre-order hampers for delivery or store collection between 16 and 24 December 2026.
Christmas 2026 ordering, delivery and collection
When can I collect my Christmas food?
Christmas food collection is available from Glen Iris between 16 and 24 December 2026. Select your dishes or set menu online and check the fulfilment details on each product before ordering.
Do you offer Christmas catering delivery in Melbourne?
Delivery is available for selected Christmas dishes and menus between 16 and 24 December 2026, subject to the location and item ordered.
The Intimate Christmas, Christmas Cold Buffet and Long Lunch menus offer delivery within Melbourne Metro or collection from Glen Iris. The Classic Christmas Table is collection only. Individual pavlovas, trifles and Tarts Anon Eggnog Tarts are also collection only. Please check your chosen product’s details before ordering.
When do gingerbread house pre-orders close?
Gingerbread house pre-orders close on 13 November 2026, with collection from any BLAKEAWAY store between 16 and 22 November 2026. Houses cannot be shipped.
When are Christmas hampers available?
Christmas hampers are available to pre-order for delivery or store collection between 16 and 24 December 2026.
From our family kitchen to your Christmas table
However you’re gathering this Christmas, we’ll take care of the food so you can enjoy the occasion. Choose your menu, organise the gifts and leave a little more time for everyone around your table.
