New York Wedding Catering By Us

One Caterer, Five Boroughs, and Every Wedding Format from 30 to 3,000 Guests

Planning a New York City wedding means choosing between hundreds of caterers — and hoping the one you pick can actually handle your venue, your guest count, your family's dietary requirements, and the dozen logistical curveballs that come with feeding people in this city. Here's what most caterers won't tell you: very few of them operate comfortably across all five boroughs, and even fewer can scale from a 30-person ceremony dinner to a 3,000-guest celebration without dropping quality. Green Apple Catering & Events does both. We've been doing it since 2004 — DOHMH licensed, HACCP certified, backed by government contracts and private clients like Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Cartier, and Marriott Hotels. One team, one standard, any borough.

Why One Caterer for the Entire Wedding Weekend

Modern NYC weddings often span multiple events across multiple days — a rehearsal dinner in Manhattan on Friday, the ceremony and reception in Brooklyn on Saturday, a farewell brunch in Queens on Sunday. Most couples hire separate caterers for each event, which means three different teams, three different quality levels, and three sets of logistics to manage. We offer a single-caterer solution: one event captain coordinates all events, one kitchen team maintains consistent quality, and one contract covers every meal from Thursday welcome drinks through Sunday brunch. The savings in coordination time alone justify the approach, and the consistency is something guests notice even if they can't articulate why everything felt seamless.

Scaling from Intimate Dinners to Massive Celebrations

A 40-person plated dinner at a West Village townhouse and a 2,500-person reception at a convention center are fundamentally different operations — different equipment, different staffing ratios, different service formats, different timelines. We handle both ends of that spectrum and everything in between. For intimate events, we assign a dedicated chef and server team with a ratio that allows personalized attention. For large-scale celebrations, we deploy multiple kitchen stations, section-based service teams, and staggered plating systems that ensure every guest receives hot food within minutes. In 22 years, we've refined the systems that make scale invisible to guests.

The Wedding Tasting Process: What to Expect

Every Green Apple wedding begins with a consultation — we learn about your vision, your guest count, your cultural traditions, dietary requirements, venue constraints, and budget. From there, our culinary team develops a proposed menu. Once the menu direction is approved, we schedule a private tasting at our kitchen where you'll sample each course, adjust seasoning, swap dishes, and finalize every detail. Tastings typically happen 3-6 months before the wedding date. We encourage couples to bring family members — especially if cultural dishes need to meet a grandmother's standard. The tasting isn't a sales pitch. It's a working session where the final menu gets built.

Dietary Accommodations at Scale: Halal, Kosher, Vegan, and Beyond

If you're serious about making every guest feel welcome, dietary accommodations can't be an afterthought stapled to a standard menu. We build dietary options into the core menu design — halal proteins prepared according to proper protocols, kosher service with appropriate certification, vegan courses that stand on their own as compelling dishes (not a side salad), and allergen management for gluten, nuts, dairy, and shellfish. For weddings over 500 guests, we track dietary requirements by table assignment and prep specialized plates that arrive with the correct covers. No one has to flag down a server and explain their allergy mid-service.

Explore wedding catering across every borough: Manhattan wedding catering for hotel ballrooms and rooftops, Brooklyn wedding catering for loft and waterfront venues, Queens wedding catering for multi-day cultural celebrations, Bronx wedding catering for church and community hall receptions, and Staten Island wedding catering for waterfront estates and garden ceremonies. View our wedding catering menu samples, browse wedding cakes catering, or learn more about Green Apple Catering and our culinary team.

Get a Custom Catering Quote for Your Event

Green Apple Catering & Events has been feeding New York City since 2004 — from intimate ceremonies in Tribeca to 3,000-guest celebrations across all five boroughs. If you're planning a wedding and want to talk through the details, request a catering proposal here and we'll get back to you within one business day.

Or call us directly at (347) 808-8756.