How much does office catering cost in Charleston?

Only three of the fifteen caterers we checked post prices. Home Team BBQ lists family style combos from $15.95 per person and boxed meals at $18.25 to $21.25. Southern Roots Smokehouse lists boxed meals at $16.95 to $23.95 per person. Good Food Catering's station packages run $90 to $100 per person plus a 22% service charge and tax. Everyone else quotes per event, and Charleston adds a 2% hospitality tax on prepared food.

Which Charleston caterers let me order online?

Hamby Catering takes Market orders online, including boxed lunches and casseroles. Salthouse runs Gourmet to Go online for boxed lunches and platters, and Rosemary & Rye sells its Provisions menu online for pickup or delivery. Home Team BBQ, Southern Roots, Good Food, Crazy Dutchman, Iron Clay, Reeds, Duvall and Cru use quote or inquiry forms. Charleston Bay Gourmet, Sandlapper, Charleston Catering & Events and Charleston Hospitality Catering take orders by phone or email.

How much notice do Charleston caterers need?

Home Team BBQ asks for 48 hours on all pickups and deliveries, and Southern Roots wants 48 hours for pickup orders. Hamby requests 72 hours but can sometimes do 48, and Salthouse needs 72 business hours for Gourmet to Go. Crazy Dutchman says pickup and corporate lunch orders may work with a week's notice and does not take same-day orders. Duvall asks for at least six weeks for full-service events.

Which caterers deliver to Mount Pleasant, North Charleston or Summerville?

Rosemary & Rye lists Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Summerville, Isle of Palms, Sullivan's Island, Kiawah and Folly Beach. Salthouse works across the tri-county area and delivers free within 10 miles of its James Island kitchen. Crazy Dutchman covers about 50 miles from North Charleston. Charleston Bay Gourmet and Sandlapper are based in Mount Pleasant, and Charleston Catering & Events is on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston.

Which Charleston caterers handle dietary restrictions?

Hamby says it accommodates allergies and offers vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Sandlapper says it handles special needs from gluten-free to vegetarian. Good Food Catering offers vegetarian options on request, and Iron Clay marks vegetarian options and asks about allergies when planning starts. Duvall and Rosemary & Rye both say they adjust menus for dietary restrictions, though Rosemary & Rye notes it depends on the menu and the request.

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Q: What fees and service charges should I expect?

Salthouse adds an 18% service charge to all online orders, and Good Food Catering adds 22% plus state and local taxes. Home Team BBQ charges 10% of the order or $35 for delivery, Southern Roots charges 12%, and Hamby's delivery starts at $90 with optional setup at $100. Iron Clay adds 3% for card payments and asks a 20% deposit for parties of 50 or more. The city's 2% hospitality tax applies to prepared food.

Best caterers in Charlestonfor office & corporate catering

Charleston office catering runs from $15.95 per person for family style BBQ at Home Team to $90 per person station packages at Good Food Catering. We checked 15 caterers and pulled the prices, minimums and lead times each one actually publishes.

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How we pick these caterers

This list is alphabetical, not ranked, and no caterer paid to be on it. We look for Charleston restaurants and catering companies that publish a real catering menu, handle drop-off or delivery for groups, and come up again and again when local offices talk about who they order from.

Pricing, minimums, lead times and delivery areas come from each caterer's own website and were last checked in October 2026. Of the 15 listed, 3 publish pricing and 6 state a lead time. If a detail is missing, the caterer doesn't publish it. Confirm before you order. Spot something wrong or missing? Email us.

Office catering in Charleston: what to expect

Charleston's office market is small and tight. CBRE put overall vacancy at 8.1% in the second quarter of 2026, and East Cooper was the tightest submarket at 4.4%. The biggest leases that quarter show where the lunches go: Boeing took 80,000 square feet in North Charleston, a confidential tenant took 34,000 on Daniel Island, and Insight Global took 10,000 on the Peninsula. Add Joint Base Charleston at nearly 25,000 jobs and MUSC at about 17,000, and most demand sits downtown and north of the city. Charleston Catering & Events and Crazy Dutchman work out of North Charleston, Good Food Catering and Charleston Hospitality Catering are downtown, Charleston Bay Gourmet and Sandlapper are in Mount Pleasant, and Hamby, Rosemary & Rye and Southern Roots are in West Ashley.

Only three of the fifteen publish prices. Southern Roots Smokehouse lists boxed meals from $16.95 to $23.95 per person with a 20 person minimum. Home Team BBQ posts boxed meals at $18.25 to $21.25 and family style combos from $15.95 per person, with a $500 delivery minimum. Good Food Catering's packet shows station packages at $90 to $100 per person. On minimums, Cru On the Go starts at 10 people, Hamby's Market delivers from $300 Monday through Thursday, and Salthouse delivers free on Gourmet to Go orders of $250 or more. Lead times run from 48 hours at Home Team and Southern Roots, to 72 hours at Hamby and Salthouse, to six weeks for Duvall's full-service events. Hamby, Salthouse and Rosemary & Rye take orders online. Most of the rest work from quote forms or the phone.

Read the fees closely. Salthouse adds an 18% service charge to every online order, Good Food Catering adds 22% plus tax, Home Team charges 10% or $35 for delivery, Southern Roots charges 12%, and Hamby's delivery starts at $90 with $100 for optional setup. The City of Charleston also adds a 2% hospitality tax on prepared food, on top of state and county sales tax. Crazy Dutchman covers about 50 miles from North Charleston and charges a travel fee past 30 miles round trip, and Iron Clay notes that Seabrook and Wild Dunes need a gate pass. Duvall, Iron Clay and Sandlapper quote every job and are built around staffed events. Reeds Catering's site still shows a 2022 to 2023 footer, so call before you count on them.

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Best caterers in Charlestonfor office & corporate catering

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Southern Roots Smokehouse

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