Choose Your Week by Thursday Noon
Pick your plan, meal count and exclusions on the order form by Thursday at 12:00 noon for the following week. Payment is weekly, by card payment link or bank transfer.
Institutional
Meal Prep Service in Medellín
Medellin Elite Catering cooks weekly meal prep for people in Medellín who want to eat well without shopping, cooking or washing up. The same kitchen that has catered weddings and corporate parties since 2019 portions your lunches and dinners, chills them fast and brings them to your door.
Our customers are expats settling into El Poblado and Laureles, remote workers on long stays, busy families and professionals who travel during the week. Menus come in English and Spanish, and you can set up a plan from abroad before you land.
Meal prep is a different discipline from party catering. Food has to taste right on day four, survive a microwave and keep its texture, so every dish on the weekly menu is tested for chilling and reheating before it goes on the list.
- Itemized quotes available
- Bilingual English and Spanish coordinators
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Our Meal Prep Service
Our meal prep service delivers a week of chef-made, portioned meals in two drops, ready to heat in 2 to 3 minutes. You choose a plan, the number of meals and any ingredients to leave out, and we handle the rest.
Each week brings a menu of about 12 dishes, rotating on a four-week cycle with seasonal produce from Antioquia. Expect grilled chicken with quinoa and hogao, beef sudado with criolla potatoes, trout with coconut rice, lentil and plantain bowls, and a lighter bandeja paisa with lean pork, red beans and avocado.
Breakfast add-ons include overnight oats with mango and arepas with egg and quesito, ready to toast. Most customers take two meals a day on weekdays and leave the weekend free for Medellín's restaurants.
Meal Plans
We offer four plans, each available at 10, 15 or 20 meals a week. The table shows what goes into each plan and who usually picks it.
| Plan | What it is | Usually chosen by |
|---|---|---|
| Balanced | Lean protein, whole grain and vegetables, about 550 kcal | Desk workers who want steady weekday lunches and dinners |
| High-protein | 40 to 50 g of protein per meal, for training weeks | Gym regulars, runners and cyclists in a training block |
| Plant-based | Fully vegan, built on legumes, grains and vegetables | Vegans, vegetarians and anyone cutting back on meat |
| Low-carb | Under 25 g of net carbohydrate, more vegetables and healthy fats | Customers watching blood sugar or carbohydrate intake |
The plant-based plan uses the same standards as our vegan catering, with no animal products in the kitchen batch. Customers watching blood sugar often choose the low-carb plan, which follows the portion approach of our diabetic-friendly catering menus, though it is not a substitute for medical advice.
Every plan can exclude up to three ingredients, such as cilantro, pork or mushrooms. Gluten-free versions of the balanced and high-protein plans are available on request.
How Weekly Ordering Works
Ordering runs on a weekly rhythm with a clear cutoff and two delivery days. Most customers set it up once and only touch it to change exclusions or pause.
We Cook on Delivery Day
Meals are cooked early on the morning of each delivery, portioned by weight and blast chilled below 5 °C within 90 minutes. Each container is then sealed and labeled.
Delivery on Monday and Thursday
Meals arrive in an insulated bag between 7:00 and 11:00 a.m. Monday's delivery covers Monday to Wednesday, and Thursday's covers Thursday to Sunday; if you are out, the driver leaves the bag with your building's portería.
Heat and Eat
Lift a corner of the lid, microwave for 2 to 3 minutes until steaming, stir and rest for a minute. Oven instructions are printed on every label for dishes that crisp up better that way.
Storage and Food Safety
Keep meals in the fridge below 5 °C and eat them within four days of delivery, by the date printed on each label. Meals can also go into the freezer the day they arrive and keep for up to a month, then thaw overnight in the fridge.
Each label shows the dish, the cook date, the eat-by date, kcal, protein, carbohydrate and fat, plus the allergens it contains. Reheat until the center reaches 74 °C; the microwave times on the label are set for a standard 800 to 1,000 W microwave.
Our kitchen follows Colombia's food-handling rules under Resolution 2674 of 2013, and the cooks portioning your meals hold food-handler certificates renewed every year. The blast chiller is what makes the four-day shelf life possible, because it takes cooked food through the risky zone between 60 °C and 5 °C in minutes rather than hours.
Delivery Areas
We deliver meal prep across Medellín and the southern Aburrá Valley on fixed routes, with each zone served on set days. Most of our expat customers live along the routes for catering in El Poblado and catering in Laureles.
| Zone | Typical drive from our kitchen | Delivery days |
|---|---|---|
| Laureles, Estadio, Belén, central Medellín | 15 to 30 min | Monday and Thursday |
| El Poblado | 20 to 35 min | Monday and Thursday |
| Envigado, Itagüí | 30 to 45 min | Monday and Thursday |
| Sabaneta, La Estrella | 35 to 50 min | Monday and Thursday |
| Bello, Copacabana, Caldas | 40 to 60 min | On request |
| Llanogrande, Rionegro and eastern Antioquia | 1 to 2.5 hours | Not available |
Two neighbors or colleagues in the same building can share one drop on the same route. Offices that want a one-off team lunch rather than a weekly plan should look at our catering delivery service instead.
Questions and answers
Meal Prep FAQs
Can I pause my meal plan?
Yes, you can pause your plan for up to four weeks at a time. Tell us before the Thursday 12:00 noon cutoff and the following week is skipped. Longer breaks, such as a trip home for the holidays, simply restart when you place a new weekly order.
Are the containers reusable?
No, our meal containers are compostable rather than reusable. Meals come in microwave-safe sugarcane fiber (bagasse) trays that break down in industrial composting, which avoids the hygiene risks of washing and returning containers. The insulated delivery bag is the reusable part: we collect it at your next delivery.
Reserve your date
Start Your Weekly Meal Plan
Tell us your plan, the number of meals and your neighborhood through the quote form, and we will confirm your first delivery within 24 hours. Questions about ingredients can go to 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)