Off-site catering buffet line set by the Maravela's team

Off-Site Catering

Our kitchen, at your event.

From boxed lunches to full-service catering, we bring our scratch-made menus to homes, offices, churches, and venues across Chicagoland.

Catering for Any Occasion

Scratch-made, delivered, served by us.

Every dish is prepared by our own cooks, in our own kitchen — then delivered, set up, and served with the same care we bring to the banquet hall. We’ve been catering across Chicagoland since 1982. The recipes, the people, and the kitchen are all the same as the one your guests would eat at if you booked the hall.

Tell us the occasion, and we’ll build the menu around it.

What We Cater

Every menu, delivered.

Buffet & Plated Dinners

Full banquet menus served on-site at your venue, home, church, or office. Buffet or plated, with our staff handling service from start to finish.

Hors d’Oeuvres

Cocktail-hour packages and à la carte selections — hot, cold, light, or heavy. Built for receptions, openings, and corporate events.

Boxed & Corporate Lunches

Boxed lunches for meetings, corporate buffets for conferences, and continental or hot-breakfast service for early starts.

Fiesta Latina

Carne Asada, Pollo Asado, Carnitas, and all the fixings — our quinceañera and Latin-celebration menu, off-site.

BBQ & On-Site Picnics

Summer cookouts and outdoor catering — grilled mains, picnic sides, and the staff to keep it running.

Bar & Late-Night Snacks

Full bar service with professional bartenders, plus late-night snack stations for receptions that run long.

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How It Works

Three steps. One team.

i.

Tell us about it

Date, guest count, location, occasion. We’ll talk through menu options and any dietary needs.

ii.

We build the menu

We design a menu and a clear quote — delivery, setup, and service included. No surprise add-ons.

iii.

We bring it to you

Our team arrives, sets up, and serves. You enjoy your own event.

Made in Our Kitchen

The sweet table, scratch-made.

Cookies, truffles, and pastries — trays of them, baked from scratch in our own kitchen and set out for your guests. Gluten-free and dairy-free options included. It’s the last thing they remember, so we don’t outsource it.

A full dessert table of scratch-made cookies and pastries at a Maravela's event
Amaretto cookies, gluten-free and dairy-free, on a Maravela's dessert table
Amaretto · GF & DF
Chocolate truffles with gold drizzle on a Maravela's dessert table
Chocolate truffles
Rum balls arranged on a silver tray at a Maravela's event
Rum balls
Powdered-sugar nut cups on a Maravela's dessert table
Nut cups

We received many, many compliments on the food.

Heidi Lyjak, bridal shower

Frequently Asked

Answers, up front.

We prepare your menu in our kitchen, then deliver, set up, and serve at your location. The per-person rate includes food, delivery (free on orders over $350 within 30 miles of Ingleside), setup, and service. Tell us your guest count and date and we’ll quote it.

Drop-off means we deliver the food packaged for self-service. Full-service means our staff sets up, serves, and manages the meal — and the bar if you’d like one. Full-service costs more but frees you from running the event.

Yes. Combine hors d’oeuvres with a plated dinner, add late-night snacks to a boxed lunch, or build a buffet that pulls from multiple menus. We build a custom quote around whatever makes sense for your event.

We cater across Chicagoland — Lake County, McHenry County, Northern Cook County, and southeast Wisconsin. Free delivery on orders over $350 within 30 miles of Ingleside; outside that radius, delivery is $35.

Yes. Wedding cakes, tiered cakes, sheet cakes, and dessert tables — all made in our own kitchen. Call 847·587·6100 and describe what you’re envisioning.

Let’s cater your event.

Tell us what you’re planning and we’ll put together a menu and a clear quote.

Forty-four years. Three generations. One kitchen.

Maravelous since 1982.

Call 847 · 587 · 6100