Corporate
Corporate Lunch Catering in Medellín
Medellin Elite Catering delivers lunch to offices across Medellín and the southern Aburrá Valley, whether that means 12 boxes for a planning meeting or 300 hot meals every weekday. Our kitchen has been cooking for working teams since 2019, and office lunch is now one of the orders we deliver most often.
We serve multinational offices on the Milla de Oro, tech and BPO teams in Ciudad del Río and Envigado, startups at Ruta N and law and finance firms that host client lunches in their boardrooms. Office managers choose us because lunch arrives before noon, every box is labeled, and the electronic invoice matches the order.
Since 2019, one lesson keeps repeating: office lunch succeeds on small things, such as rice that is not dry at 12:30, a vegetarian option that is more than a side salad, and a delivery driver who already knows which tower entrance accepts deliveries.
- Itemized quotes available
- Bilingual English and Spanish coordinators
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Our Corporate Lunch Catering
Our corporate lunch catering covers three needs: lunch for a single meeting, a team lunch for a celebration or training, and a recurring daily lunch for teams of 10 to 500. All three come from the same kitchen and the same menus, so a company that starts with one meeting order already knows what a daily contract will taste like.
We deliver boxed lunches, hot executive lunches in individual containers, buffets that stay warm in chafing dishes, salad bars and plated lunches served in the boardroom. A coordinator helps you choose the format by headcount, available space and how long people have to eat.
Every lunch order includes a vegetarian choice and clear allergen labeling, and vegan or gluten-free meals can be added by name. For larger company gatherings, such as product launches and conferences, see our corporate event catering service.
Lunch Formats for the Office
The right format depends on whether people eat together, at their desks or between sessions. This table compares the five options offices order most.
| Format | Best for | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Lunch box | Meetings, trainings, desk lunches | Sandwich, wrap or grain bowl, side, fruit or dessert, drink |
| Almuerzo ejecutivo (hot, individual) | Daily team lunch | Soup, protein, rice, principio (beans or lentils), salad, juice |
| Hot buffet, drop-off | Team lunches of 15 to 80 | Two proteins, rice, vegetables, salad, dessert, chafing dishes |
| Salad bar | Health-focused teams | Greens, grains, three proteins, toppings, four dressings |
| Plated boardroom lunch | Client and board lunches | Three courses served by our staff |
The almuerzo ejecutivo is the lunch most Colombian employees know: a cup of soup, a plate with rice, a protein and principio, and a fresh fruit juice such as lulo or mora. International teams often discover they prefer it to sandwiches after the first week.
Daily Lunch Contracts
A daily lunch contract delivers lunch to your office every working day on a rotating menu, invoiced once a month. It suits companies that offer lunch as a benefit, teams on extended project weeks and offices without a nearby place to eat.
Menus rotate on a four-week cycle, so no main dish repeats within the month, and each day offers a meat, a fish or chicken option and a vegetarian main. The office sends the next day's headcount by noon, and we bill what was confirmed.
Each contract is quoted on headcount, days per week and the menu rotation you choose. Corporate contracts start with a tasting at our kitchen, and our meal prep service covers individual weekly meals for staff who want lunch at home too.
Lunch Meetings and Client Lunches
A client lunch in the boardroom needs restaurant food without the restaurant. We plate three courses in your office kitchen or a side room and serve them at the table, with one server looking after each 10 to 12 diners.
A typical boardroom menu might open with a small ajiaco or a green salad with mango, continue with sea bass on coconut rice or a beef tenderloin with criolla potatoes, and close with a passion fruit mousse and coffee. We bring plates, flatware, glassware and linen napkins, and we clear the table quietly between courses so the conversation is not interrupted.
For meetings that cannot stop for a served meal, we deliver individual lunch boxes 15 minutes before the break and collect the waste at the end. Long workshops often pair this with a mid-afternoon tray from our sandwich platter catering menu.
Packaging and Delivery
Lunch boxes travel in compostable packaging, and each one carries a label with the date, the dish, the allergens and, when ordered, the employee's name. Hot meals travel in insulated Cambro carriers, staying above 60 °C, while salads and sandwiches stay below 5 °C in a refrigerated van.
We deliver between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., arriving 15 to 30 minutes before the lunch time you choose. Drivers register at the tower lobby, follow each building's delivery entrance rules and carry the order up to your floor. Drop-off orders need 48 hours' notice, and the DIAN-validated electronic invoice follows each delivery.
| Zone | Typical drive |
|---|---|
| Laureles, Estadio, Belén, central Medellín | 15 to 30 min |
| El Poblado, Milla de Oro, Ciudad del Río | 20 to 35 min |
| Envigado, Itagüí | 30 to 45 min |
| Sabaneta, La Estrella | 35 to 50 min |
Offices in El Poblado should allow extra time at midday, when Avenida El Poblado and Las Vegas slow down. Teams with offices in Envigado usually get the 11:30 a.m. slot, because traffic back toward the city is lighter.
Questions and answers
Corporate Lunch FAQs
What is the minimum order for office lunches?
Daily lunch contracts start at 20 lunches per day, and staffed lunches with servers start at 15 guests. For one-off drop-off orders, the minimum depends on the menu and the delivery zone, and your coordinator confirms it on the quote.
Can each employee pick their own lunch?
Yes, we send a simple pre-order form with three mains, one of them vegetarian, and each employee picks their choice by noon the day before. Every box arrives labeled with the person's name, the dish and its allergens, so the office manager does not have to sort anything. Orders without a choice default to the chef's dish of the day.
Reserve your date
Feed Your Team This Week
Give us the office address, how many people eat and the time lunch should land, and a lunch proposal will be in your inbox within 24 hours. Office managers can also order by email at info@medellincatering.com.
- Itemized quotes available
- Menus, staff, tableware, setup and cleanup in one quote
- Food-handler certified team and labeled allergens on every tray
- Monday to Saturday
- 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday
- Closed (events still run)