Mealtraysin Paris
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The meal tray that means something
In Paris, ordering meal trays too often means sad boxes, assembled the day before and delivered with no soul. At Berchoux, every tray comes from the same kitchen as our Montmartre canteen.
We write the contents back from the market, cook that very morning, and build trays we'd happily serve at our own table: simple, generous, easy to share in a meeting.
What's inside
How a tray comes together
A Berchoux meal tray follows a simple thread: good produce, cooked in the morning, built to be eaten anywhere. Here is what makes up each tray.
A generous main
A well-filled seasonal bowl, a slow-cooked hot dish or a fine toast on specialty bread from Bun's Bakery. The centrepiece changes with the market.
A fresh starter
Seasonal vegetables, pulses or a crunchy salad: a starter cooked on site that adds depth to the tray, never a reheated pouch.
A homemade dessert
A dessert made in our kitchen, including our carrot cake, now the house signature. The sweet note that turns a working lunch into a real pause.
Ready to go
Each tray is built to be enjoyed anywhere: in the meeting room, at the office or outside. We deliver across Paris, ready to serve at the agreed time.
Why these trays
Real flavour
A tray cooked that very morning has nothing to do with an industrial lunch: more freshness, more flavour, cooking you can feel is alive all the way to the meeting.
Nothing goes to waste
Our cooking is anti-waste: we use the whole produce and adjust quantities to your exact number of guests, for trays that are right-sized yet generous.
Easy flexitarian
Vegetables take pride of place, with meat and fish alongside. The trays gladly come in vegetarian versions for the whole team.
In the tray
Bowls, hot dishes and seasonal toasts
Depending on the order, the tray takes the shape of a well-composed seasonal bowl, a slow-cooked hot dish or a generous toast on Bun's Bakery bread — enough to please big appetites and lighter cravings alike.
Each option stays balanced and easy to eat on the spot, with no complicated setup: a fork, a napkin, and you sit down without leaving the meeting.
For your events
Meetings, seminars, team lunches
Berchoux meal trays fit the moments when there's no time to go out: board meetings, training days, film shoots, team lunches or a small office event.
We settle the number of trays, the vegetarian preferences and the delivery time with you. All that's left is to open the boxes and sit down.
How many trays?
A well-built tray is a complete meal: we don't over-order, we size it right. It is the first anti-waste step of a successful lunch.
One tray per person
Generous main, fresh starter and homemade dessert: for 20 confirmed guests, the baseline is 20 trays, with nothing added on top.
A margin of about 5%
Rounded up to the next tray, ideally vegetarian: 1 to 2 trays for 20 guests, 3 for 50. No need to add 20% more.
Diets upfront
Vegetarians, allergies, intolerances: one question in the invitation is enough, and each adapted tray is labelled to avoid mix-ups at serving time.
Headcount at D-2
Everything is cooked the same morning: the final headcount confirmed two days ahead lets us adjust the market shopping, without cooking for absentees.
The detailed calculation for 10, 20, 30 or 50 guests is in our guide how many meal trays for 20 guests.
Trays, buffet or cocktail
Which format for your lunch?
The headcount alone doesn't set the format, but it points the way. Three questions settle it: how long the meal lasts, whether guests are seated or standing, and whether the room has space for a service.
These are guidelines: a board of 50 seated people is easily served with trays, while a team of 15 celebrating a farewell will prefer a buffet. We choose the format together, to suit your day.
Meal trays
Up to 30 or 40 seated guests, for a 30 to 60 minute meal in a meeting room. No service area, one portion each: the easiest format to size.
Buffet
From about twenty guests, for a longer lunch where everyone builds their own plate around a serving table.
Our buffet cateringGrazing cocktail
For a standing event from 30 guests, when the point is to mingle: you then count in pieces per person.
Our grazing cocktailThe chef
Thirty years of stars in your trays
Julie Berchoux spent thirty years in Michelin-starred kitchens, alongside houses such as Robuchon, Ducasse, Taillevent and Fauchon, before opening her Montmartre canteen.
That rigour is what she puts into every meal tray: the same respect for produce as in fine dining, at the service of market cooking you simply share among colleagues.
Delivery & area
Delivered across Paris, from Montmartre
Our kitchen is at 105 rue Caulaincourt, in the 18th, near Lamarck-Caulaincourt metro station, in the heart of Montmartre. From there, we deliver your meal trays across Paris and the near suburbs, within about 5 km, ready to serve at the agreed time.
Frequently asked questions
How do you order meal trays in Paris at Berchoux?
A call or a quote request is enough. Together we settle the number of trays, the vegetarian preferences, the address and the delivery time in Paris, then we cook that very morning.
What does a Berchoux meal tray contain?
Each tray brings together a generous main (seasonal bowl, hot dish or toast on Bun's Bakery bread), a fresh starter and a homemade dessert. The contents follow the market and change with the seasons.
Do you offer vegetarian meal trays?
Yes. Our cooking is flexitarian: plants take pride of place. We gladly turn all or part of the trays into vegetarian versions, specified when you order.
Do you deliver trays across all of Paris?
We deliver across Paris and the near suburbs, within about 5 km of our kitchen in the 18th, in Montmartre. Depending on the address and time, we agree on the most suitable delivery slot together.
How many meal trays should I order for 20 people?
One tray per person attending, plus a margin of about 5% rounded up to the next tray, ideally vegetarian: 20 trays and 1 to 2 spares for 20 guests. The homemade dessert is already included in our trays, so no need to order it separately.
Meal trays, buffet or grazing cocktail: which to choose?
Trays suit seated meals in a meeting room with no service area; a buffet suits longer lunches where everyone serves themselves; a grazing cocktail suits standing events. We help you decide based on the headcount and the shape of your day.
Do you need to order well in advance?
As everything is cooked that very morning, it's best to book your trays as soon as your meeting date is known. A little lead time lets us fine-tune quantities and everyone's preferences.
Are the trays anti-waste?
Yes. We use the whole produce and adjust quantities to your exact number of guests, to avoid waste while keeping the trays generous.
How is the price of a meal tray set?
Every order comes with a tailored quote: the price depends on the number of guests, the options chosen and any vegetarian preferences. We build market-fresh, homemade cooking, with no hidden extras.
Can you adapt the trays to allergies and special diets?
Yes. Everything is cooked on site, so we gladly adjust the trays to vegetarian diets and the main allergies or intolerances. The simplest thing is to tell us your team's requirements when you order.
Can we customise the contents of the trays?
Partly, yes. The main piece follows the market and the seasons, but together we set the balance between plant-based, meat and fish dishes to suit your guests' tastes, for trays that work for the whole table.
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Fancy meal trays in Paris?
Tell us the date, the number of guests and the address: we'll build homemade market meal trays, delivered ready to serve across Paris.
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