Live Cooking Stations in Sydney
Seven stations, each one a chef cooking a single dish properly, in the room with your guests.
Built into a package, or booked on their own.
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Most catering arrives. Ours cooks in the room.
A live station is one chef, their equipment, and a single dish done properly — set up where your guests are standing rather than behind a kitchen door. There are six, and each one can be built into a package or booked on its own.
The Stations
Each is staffed by a chef and styled with our own signage and linen. Il Forno is the exception noted below: it comes with its own pizzaiolo.
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Our signature experience
The MozzaBella Bar
Fresh fior di latte, hand-stretched and prepared to order — tableside or at a station of its own. The single most talked-about moment at every event we cater.
- Served with pesto as standard
- Mortadella, sundried tomato or olives, +$3pp each
- White truffle oil, truffle honey, peach or blueberries, +$9pp each
From $900 booked on its own, minimum 30 guests.
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Pasta cooked in front of your guests
Pasta Bar
An immersive station bringing the nourishment of a homely pasta meal to your guests — including two dishes finished inside a whole wheel of Parmigiano at the table.
- Gnocchi Napoletana in velouté, with shaved Grana Padano
- Spaghetti cacio e pepe, tossed inside the cheese wheel
- Paccheri Norcina with pork sausage, truffle and mushroom
- Risotto Marinara on slow-cooked carnaroli, or a custom pasta by arrangement
From $22pp as an add-on, or $900 on its own, minimum 30 guests.
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The fry station
La Friggitoria
A theatrical frying station with the energy of a Neapolitan street market. The chef cooks to order in full view of your guests — the sizzle and the aroma are part of the experience.
- Calamari, prawns and zucchini, fried golden and served straight into a cone
- Crispy Australian barramundi bites with house aioli, +$4pp
From $22pp as an add-on, or $900 on its own, minimum 30 guests.
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Mussels and prosecco bar
Cozze e Prosecco
Fresh Southern mussels steamed to order and served in their shells with crusty bread — best paired with a glass of cold prosecco.
- Cozze al vino bianco with garlic, parsley and chilli
- Or cozze alla marinara in a tomato broth with herbs and olive oil
- Focaccia and artisan bread alongside for dipping, +$2.50pp
- Prosecco pairing optional: you supply the bottles, we provide the theatre
From $28pp as an add-on, or $900 on its own, minimum 30 guests.
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The charcuterie and salumi board
Banco dei Salumi
An abundant, styled Italian salumi station — a visual centrepiece as much as a culinary one. Prosciutto can be carved by hand in front of your guests on request.
- Prosciutto, mortadella and cacciatori salami — three varieties minimum
- Pecorino Sardo, Parmigiano Reggiano and aged provolone
- Olive tapenade, grilled bread, grissini and olive oil
- Full board styling with fresh herbs and branded signage
From $48pp as an add-on, or $1,950 on its own, minimum 30 guests.
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The baking and bubbles station
Focaccia e Prosecco
Focaccia baked at the station throughout service, with guests choosing their own toppings while the prosecco is poured. Equal parts delicious and theatrical.
- Rosemary and sea salt, cherry tomato and olive, or pesto and mortadella
- A second topping, +$2.50pp
- House-blended olive oil with herbs and aged balsamic for dipping
- Prosecco service optional: you supply the bottles, we style and pour
From $18pp as an add-on, or $650 on its own, minimum 30 guests.
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The wood-fired pizza station
Il Forno
A wood-fired oven on wheels, brought to your event and run through service by its own pizzaiolo. It works above 400°C, which is why a pizza takes about ninety seconds from peel to plate.
- Napoletana-style pizza, cooked to order in front of your guests
- The oven arrives on its own trailer and is fired on site
- From twenty guests, which is fewer than any other station takes
- Cooked by our partner Rotonda Pizza Catering, not by our kitchen
From $22 a head through our partner Rotonda, minimum 20 guests. Setup and delivery quoted separately.
Cooked by Rotonda Pizza Catering , our partner for pizza.
What Every Booking Includes
The same service whatever the occasion — the kitchen arrives, cooks in front of your guests, and leaves the space as it found it.
- Full set-up
- Live cooking
- Servingware
- General clean up and pack down
- Dietary requirements
- We can cater to vegan, vegetarian, dairy free, gluten free, halal and kosher upon request.
- Securing the date
- We require a 50% non-refundable booking fee to secure the date and the balance to be paid 7 days prior to your event.
- Outside Sydney
- We cater up to 3 hours out of Sydney at an additional cost.
Where To Start
Four ways the kitchen works. Any of them can be taken apart and rebuilt around your event.
- La Tavola Semplice The Simple Table — a standing cocktail reception built around four live stations, for 30 guests or more.
- La Bella Serata The Beautiful Evening — canapés on arrival, pasta cooked live and a dessert station, for 30 guests or more.
- Il Gran Banchetto The Grand Banquet — our full live-station feast with an antipasto grazing table, for 50 guests or more.
- La Tavola Privata The Private Table — a plated three-course dinner served to share, from eight guests to thirty.
Packages from $89pp — staffing and delivery quoted separately
Stations are priced two ways. Added to a package they run from $18 a head for Focaccia e Prosecco to $48 for the Banco dei Salumi. Booked on their own they start at $650, or $1,950 for the salumi board, with a minimum of 30 guests either way. Staffing and delivery are quoted separately.
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