The Boardroom
For meetings, client presentations and interviews, from a morning session to a working lunch.
- Breakfast or lunch platters
- Or individually boxed meals
- Tea, coffee, juice and water
- Delivered and set out in the boardroom
Johannesburg & Gauteng
Corporate catering Johannesburg, in four packages
Boardroom meetings, daily staff meals, conferences and corporate functions, each sold as a clear package with one price basis. Corporate catering Johannesburg businesses can brief once and book again without starting from scratch.
4Corporate packages
06h00Earliest delivery
10 yrsCatering Gauteng
The Working Week
Daily staff meals as a standing order, one to five days a week, individually packed for every person.
- Set team lunch or staff choice
- Main, side, and dessert or fruit
- Dietary meals counted in
- Office meal fridge available
The Conference
Every food point of a training or conference day, priced per delegate and delivered to your venue.
- Arrival tea, coffee and food
- Mid-morning and afternoon breaks
- Buffet lunch
- Half-day to executive day options
The Corporate Function
Launches, year-end functions, networking evenings and client dinners, run from set-up to clean-up.
- Canapés, buffet or plated dining
- Chef, waiters and an event manager
- Crockery, décor and seating
- Mobile bar with bartenders
How the corporate packages compare
| Item | Boardroom | Working Week | Conference | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used for | Meetings | Staff meals | Training and conferences | Launches and events |
| Priced | Per head | Per meal | Per delegate | Per head, itemised |
| Food | Platters or boxes | Individual meals | Breaks and buffet | Canapés, buffet or plated |
| Tea and coffee | Included | — | Included | Can be added |
| Staff on site | — | — | Optional | Included |
| Booking | Per meeting | Standing order | Per event | Per event |
Packages combine well: a standing Working Week order for staff, Boardroom catering on meeting days, and a Function at year-end.
Corporate catering formats
The package decides the job. The format decides how people eat. Each format below has its own page with packages and detail.
Breakfast catering
Boxes, platters and staffed buffets, delivered from 06h00.
Platters
Savoury, sandwich and sweet platters for meetings and team mornings.
Boxed meals
Individually packed lunches for working sessions and site teams.
Buffet catering
Four buffet packages, from a light lunch to an executive buffet.
Canapés
For launches, networking evenings and cocktail functions.
Spit braai
For team-building days and relaxed outdoor staff functions.
The corporate catering year
Corporate catering follows the business calendar. Planning the peaks early is the simplest way to get the date and the team you want.
January to MarchKick-offs
Strategy sessions, planning days and new-year team events.
April to AugustConferences
Training cycles, AGMs and conference season.
September to OctoberLaunches
Product launches, client events and year-end planning.
November to DecemberYear-end
Year-end functions and Christmas catering. Book early.
Corporate catering is judged by the person who booked it. Nobody praises the office manager when lunch is on time; everyone notices when it is not.
So we build corporate catering around the person doing the booking: four packages with a clear price basis, one contact who knows your office, a quote with every line itemised, and repeat bookings that do not need a new brief each time.
Everything is cooked in our kitchen in Fairland, Randburg, and delivered to offices, boardrooms, venues and sites across Sandton, Rosebank, Bryanston, Randburg, Fourways, Midrand, Woodmead, Sunninghill and the Johannesburg CBD.
What corporate catering costs, and what drives it
Every package is quoted on one basis, per head, per meal or per delegate, so you can compare it directly with another supplier or last year's budget.
The package
A platter meeting, a staff meal, a conference day and a staffed function carry very different costs per person.
Head count
Larger numbers bring the per-head price down; very small orders carry fixed delivery and set-up costs.
Service
Delivered and set out costs less than a chef, waiters and a manager on site.
Timing
Deliveries before 07h00 are arranged in advance and can carry a surcharge.
Frequency
A standing weekly order is priced differently to a once-off lunch.
Extras
Crockery, décor, seating and a bar are itemised separately, never hidden in the food price.
Easy to buy from, for procurement and finance
Supplier onboarding
A registered South African company
Company registration, tax and compliance documents are supplied on request for vendor onboarding.
Payment
Purchase orders and invoices
We work to your purchase order and invoice per event or monthly for standing orders.
Quotes
Itemised before you commit
Food, delivery, staff, equipment and extras shown line by line, so the quote can be matched to your purchase order.
One contact
Someone who knows your office
Access, parking, delivery points and the dietary list kept on record, so repeat orders need one line.
Dietary requirements in corporate catering
Send the dietary numbers with the head count. Two vegetarians out of forty is a separate meal. Fifteen out of forty changes the menu, and we would rather plan it than improvise on the day.
Vegetarian, vegan, banting and gluten-free options are available across every package. We prepare Halaal-friendly menus on request using Halaal-sourced ingredients where specified. We are not a certified Halaal kitchen and cannot guarantee full separation of preparation areas, so tell us at enquiry stage if certified catering is required.
Allergies and intolerances must be sent in writing before a menu is confirmed. Our kitchen handles nuts, dairy, gluten, egg, soy, sesame, fish and shellfish daily, so we cannot offer an allergen-free environment — but we can prepare and pass affected items separately when we know in advance.
Corporate catering across Johannesburg's business districts
From our Fairland kitchen we deliver to every major business node in northern Johannesburg, and to Pretoria and Centurion on request.
Corporate catering questions we get asked
How much does corporate catering cost in Johannesburg?
It depends on the package, the head count, the level of service and the timing. We quote one clear basis per package, per head, per meal or per delegate, with delivery, staff and extras itemised, usually the same working day.
What corporate catering do you offer?
Four packages: the Boardroom for meetings, the Working Week for daily staff meals, the Conference for training and conference days, and the Corporate Function for launches, year-end functions and client events.
How early can you deliver to the office?
From 06h00 as standard. Deliveries before 07h00 are arranged in advance and can carry a surcharge.
Is there a minimum order?
Most corporate orders start at ten people. Smaller meetings are usually best served by platters or boxed meals.
Can we set up a regular weekly order?
Yes. The Working Week package runs as a standing order on set days, and you adjust numbers rather than rebooking each week.
Can you provide supplier documents for vendor registration?
Yes. Company registration, tax and compliance documents are supplied on request.
Do you cater corporate functions with staff and a bar?
Yes. The Corporate Function package includes a chef, waiters and an event manager, and our sister company Jozi Bars supplies mobile bars with bartenders.
How far in advance should we book?
A week is usually enough for meetings and conferences. Book functions two to four weeks ahead, and year-end functions earlier, because November and December book out.
Corporate catering Johannesburg: choosing a corporate caterer
Most corporate caterers can produce a good lunch. What separates them is the fortieth order: whether it still arrives on time, whether the vegetarian meal is still right, and whether the quote still matches the invoice.
The Imagination Box has provided corporate catering in Johannesburg for over ten years, from a kitchen in Fairland. We cater boardrooms, staff lunches, conferences and functions for businesses across Sandton, Rosebank, Randburg and Midrand, and we would rather tell you a cheaper package fits than sell you one that does not.
Brief us once. After that, a repeat order is a one-line email.
Send the date, the head count and the package
With those three things and your delivery address, we will come back with an itemised quote — usually the same working day.