How much does office catering cost in Knoxville?

Three caterers on this list publish prices. Take Out Thyme box lunches run $12 to $14.50 each. Brown Bag's six catering menus cost $13.95 to $14.45 per person. Dead End BBQ's packs are $12 to $14 per person at lunch and $16 to $26 at dinner. Everyone else quotes per event. Add 9.25% sales tax, which in Tennessee also applies to the delivery fee on a taxable food order.

Which Knoxville caterers take online orders?

Brown Bag, Dead End BBQ, Goodness To Go, Ham'N Goodys and City Catering's Drops line all let you order online. Dead End uses online ordering for its 10 to 50 person delivery tier. Take Out Thyme and Knoxville Catering & Special Events take orders by phone or email, and Rothchild, Rosa's, Bissel, Sweet P's and Gonzo Gourmet start with a quote request form.

How much notice do Knoxville caterers need?

Brown Bag asks for 24 hours, and online orders are confirmed if placed 12 hours before delivery. Dead End BBQ needs 24 hours for pickup or delivery and prefers 7 days for full service. Sweet P's BBQ wants 48 hours for delivery and a week for attended events. The rest of the list does not publish a lead time, so ask when you request a quote.

Which caterers deliver to Oak Ridge, Farragut and the suburbs?

Rothchild names Oak Ridge, Morristown, Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Crossville. Brown Bag delivers up to 25 miles from its store, and City Catering's Drops goes up to 25 miles with an extra $50 past 15 miles. Sweet P's and Rosa's both travel up to an hour. Goodness To Go has a Farragut kitchen, and Ham'N Goodys caters from Cedar Bluff and Northshore.

What delivery fees and minimums should I expect?

Brown Bag charges a flat $30 delivery fee and needs 30 people for deliveries after 3pm on weekdays. Dead End BBQ requires $200 for delivery and charges $20 within 5 miles. Sweet P's needs $300 within 25 miles and $500 farther out, plus $12 per chafing set. City Catering's Drops charges $25 on weekdays within 15 miles. Rosa's charges no driving fee within an hour.

Is there a caterer that can handle a standing office lunch?

Brown Bag is the closest fit. It runs six fixed menus at $13.95 to $14.45 per person, takes orders online with 24 hours of notice, and includes chafing stands, plates and utensils with delivery. Take Out Thyme's $12 to $14.50 box lunches also work for repeat orders. Neither publishes a formal recurring program, so ask about one when you call.

Best Caterers in Knoxville, TN for Office & Corporate Catering

Best caterers in Knoxvillefor office & corporate catering

Knoxville office catering starts at $12 box lunches from Take Out Thyme and $13.95 per person menus from Brown Bag. We checked 13 caterers for the pricing, minimums, lead times and delivery areas 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 Knoxville 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 13 listed, 3 publish pricing and 3 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 Knoxville: what to expect

Knoxville's office market is tight. Metro vacancy sat around 3.2% in mid 2026 with no new office space under construction, and West Knoxville submarkets were already under 4% the year before. The big headcounts are health care, the university and the lab: Covenant Health has about 11,357 employees, UT Knoxville about 9,000 and Oak Ridge National Laboratory about 6,000. Downtown, Brown Bag runs its catering kitchen on South Gay Street. Out west, Rothchild works from an event center on Kingston Pike, Ham'N Goodys caters from Cedar Bluff and Northshore, and Goodness To Go cooks in Rocky Hill and Farragut. Bissel is up in Powell, and Rothchild will travel to Oak Ridge, Sevierville and Morristown if your team sits outside the city.

Only three of these caterers post real prices. Brown Bag lists six menus from $13.95 to $14.45 per person. Take Out Thyme sells box lunches from $12 to $14.50, with a minimum of 10 per sandwich type. Dead End BBQ's catering packs run $12 to $14 per person at lunch and $16 to $26 at dinner, with a $200 minimum for delivery. Lead times are short at the casual end: Dead End and Brown Bag both want 24 hours, and Sweet P's asks for 48 hours plus a $300 minimum. For ordering without a phone call, use Brown Bag, Dead End, Goodness To Go, Ham'N Goodys or City Catering's Drops line. Rothchild, Rosa's, Bissel, Sweet P's and Gonzo Gourmet all work from quote forms.

Some local details before you order. Knoxville's sales tax is 9.25%, and Tennessee taxes a delivery fee the same way as the food on the invoice, so the fee gets taxed too. Delivery fees are posted plainly here: Brown Bag charges a flat $30 inside 25 miles, City Catering's Drops charges $25 on weekdays within 15 miles, and Dead End charges $20 within 5 miles. Rosa's charges no driving fee within an hour. The Knoxville Convention Center has about 120,000 square feet of exhibit space, and Dead End warns that home football Saturdays fill up, so book early around big weekends. Babalu's website would not load when we checked, so call before you count on it.

Common questions about catering in Knoxville

Best caterers in Knoxvillefor office & corporate catering

Rothchild Catering & Event Center

Goodness To Go

Dead End BBQ

Brown Bag

Take Out Thyme

Sweet P's BBQ

Ham'N Goodys

Babalu Knoxville

City Catering

Rosa's Catering

Bissel Catering

Knoxville Catering & Special Events

Gonzo Gourmet