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Florida Gulf Coast Weddings

Full-Service
Wedding Catering Sarasota, FL

Royal Flamingo Catering is a full-service wedding catering in Sarasota, FL for beach ceremonies, garden and estate weddings, and ballroom receptions across Florida's Gulf Coast. Choose plated dinners, a buffet, family-style platters, or food stations, then add cocktail hour appetizers, bar service, rentals, and a team that handles setup through cleanup.

1200+

Weddings Catered
Decades
of Experience
100%
Would Recommend Us
Sarasota
Florida's & Gulf Coast
What We Offer

Wedding Catering: Menus, Staff, Bar & Rentals

Every wedding deserves great food, attentive service, and a well-organized experience. We create custom wedding menus, provide professional chefs, servers, and bartenders, coordinate rentals, and handle setup and cleanup. Learn more about our catering and bartending services.

Custom Menus

Chef-crafted wedding menus served plated, buffet, family-style, or as food stations, with cocktail hour appetizers, late-night snacks, and vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options. Browse our full catering menu.

Beverage & Bar Service

Professional bartenders with full bar, beer-and-wine, or mixer packages, signature cocktails, and bar setup, or bartender-only service if you supply the alcohol.

Tastings & Planning

Complimentary tasting for booked couples, plus a planning call to set your menu, service style, dietary needs, and catering timeline.

Setup & Cleanup

Tables, chairs, linens, china, and glassware, or high-grade disposables, coordinated with your menu and set up and cleared by our team.

Event Rentals

Our team helps manage food setup, service flow, cleanup, and catering logistics so you can enjoy your wedding day.

Full Service Staff

Experienced chefs, servers, bartenders, and catering support staff help manage food service and guest experience from cocktail hour through the end of the reception.

Sample Wedding Menu

Custom Wedding Menus Crafted for Your Celebration

Our chef-designed wedding menus highlight coastal flavors, seasonal ingredients, elegant presentation, and flexible service styles for Sarasota weddings and Gulf Coast celebrations.
appetizers
Smoked Chicken on Endive

Tender Smoky Chicken on Endive w Brie, Apple & Fennel

Arancini (Italian Rice Balls)

Sausage, Tomato & Parmesan

Chimichurri Chicken Skewers

Pineapple & Roasted Red Pepper

Honey Chile Fried Chicken Bites

w/ Pickled Red Onion & Cilantro

Grilled Rib Eye Steak Bite

w/ Rosemary Cream

Vegetable Ceviche

(Cured – Pickled Fresh Vegetables in a Citrus Marinade) (V)

stations
Taco Bar

Choose 2 Proteins (vegetarian option included), Chicken Tinga, Fajita Chicken, Carnitas (pork), Al Pastor Pork, Marinated Steak, Seasoned Ground Beef, or Baja Grilled Shrimp *Comes with Spanish Rice or Cilantro Lime Rice, and Charro Beans. Assorted toppings bar, salsas, and corn/flour tortillas $21 pp **Add Chips, Salsa, Guacamole & Queso for $7pp **Add Churros for $3 ea ​

Low Country Boil

East Coast Style Seasoned Crab, Shrimp, Sausage, Potatoes, Corn, Carrots and Celery. Comes with Bread Assortment, Lemons, Garden Salad $26 pp *Add banana pudding cake cups & red velvet cake cups $6

Italian Station

Chicken Parmesan (baked or grilled), Handmade Meatballs, Pasta, Marinara & Alfredo Sauce, Grilled Vegetable Medley & a Caesar or Garden Salad. Served with Breadsticks $25 pp *Add mini Cannolis $5 pp *Add Limoncello Cake Cups / Tiramisu Cake Cups $7 pp (Vegetarian options available)

BBQ Smokehouse Station

Tender Sliced BBQ Brisket, Chargrilled Chicken Thighs, Smoked Sausage served with choice of 2 Sides - Classic Potato Salad, Ranch Pasta Salad, Sauteed Green Beans, Corn Pudding, Mac N Cheese. Comes with Rolls, Sauce, Onion & Pickles. $25 per person *Add a Dessert or Salad for $6 *Add banana pudding cake cups & red velvet cake cups $6

Fajita Station

Seasoned Fajita Chicken & Steak, with Peppers, onions and mushrooms. Accompanied with all the standard toppings, tortillas, Rice & Beans $25 pp *add Chopped Tex Mex Salad $6 *add Churros & Tres Leches Cake Cups $6 *Add chips, salsa, queso and guacamole $7

Mediterranean Station

Grilled Marinated Lemon Chicken Kebabs & Oregano Dusted Steak Kebabs. Served with grilled mediterranean style vegetables, parsley lemon potatoes (or rice pilaf), Greek Salad, Tzatziki & Pita Bread. $25 pp *Add dessert cake cup assortment $7 pp *Add an arrangement of Hummus, Eggplant Tomato Spread, Olive Tapenade with Pita/Bread $6 pp

desserts
Cake Cups

(Cake in a cup!) Red Velvet, Tres Leches, Coconut Pineapple Pecan, German Chocolate, Classic Chocolate, Classic Vanilla Bean $6 ea

Dessert Bars

Lemon, Apple Caramel, Chocolate Coconut Pecan, Chocolate Chunk $5 pp

Dessert Variety of All – $7 pp
Vegan & GF

Avocado Cocoa Bars / Sweet Potato Cocoa $6 pp

Flamingo Fruit Skewers

Classic Fruit / Tex Mex Fruit w/ Lime & Tajin / Tropical w/ Coconut & Agave / Rustico with Balsamic Glaze and Basil (You pick the variety) $6.50 pp

Grilled chicken wraps with fresh lettuce and vegetables prepared for catering in Sarasota
Mushroom Bacon & Thyme Smothered Pork Chop
Chicken Marsala

Tender Simmered Chicken in a Rich Marsala wine sauce, with baby bella mushrooms & fresh herbs

Pan Seared Miso Glazed Cod

with crispy Shallots and Green Onions

Vegan & GF

Avocado Cocoa Bars / Sweet Potato Cocoa $6 pp

Airline Chicken Breast

Shallots, Herbs, Dijon & White Wine

Spinach, Goat Chz & Pancetta Stuffed Pork Loin

with Pan Drippings Gravy

Begin Your Journey

Get a Custom Wedding Catering Quote

Royal Flamingo Catering offers custom wedding catering in Sarasota and nearby areas for plated dinners, buffet receptions, cocktail hours, beach weddings, and private events. Share your date, venue, guest count, menu, bar, rental, and budget needs for a tailored catering package.

1200+
Weddings Catered
Elegant wedding table setting prepared for a catered reception
Why Couples Choose Us

Why Couples Choose Our Sarasota Wedding Catering Services

Couples choose Royal Flamingo Catering for full-service wedding catering that feels personal, organized, and easy to enjoy. From beach weddings and backyard ceremonies to ballroom receptions and private estate celebrations, our team helps with menu planning, staffing, rentals, bar service, setup, cleanup, and wedding-day catering support.

Wedding Menu Tastings

Tastings may be available as part of the wedding planning process. Ask our team about current tasting options when discussing your menu.

Wedding Catering Planning

Our team helps coordinate the catering details from menu selection and service style to staffing, timing, bar needs, and setup.

Dedicated Coordinator

One person manages all catering details from first call to last dance.

Flexible Menu Customization

Menus can be tailored around your preferences, guest count, dietary needs, service style, and event vision.

Experience Across Gulf Coast Wedding Venues

Thoughtful plating, buffet presentation, and event setup help create a dining experience that looks as polished as it tastes.

Polished Presentation

Thoughtful plating, buffet presentation, and event setup help create a dining experience that looks as polished as it tastes.

Where We Celebrate

Recent Wedding Catering Highlights From Our Recent Events.

Grazing table with cheeses, charcuterie, fruit and appetizers for a catered event
Wedding catering display from a Royal Flamingo Catering event in Sarasota
Beet chip appetizer with fresh garnish prepared for event catering
Individual tapas cups prepared for a catered event
Where We Celebrate

Where We Cater Weddings on the Gulf Coast

What Sarasota Wedding Catering Clients Say

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Our Location

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Sarasota, FL

Let's Create Something Beautiful

Book Your Wedding Catering in Sarasota, FL

Royal Flamingo Catering offers custom wedding catering in Sarasota and nearby areas for plated dinners, buffet receptions, cocktail hours, beach weddings, and private events. Share your date, venue, guest count, menu, bar, rental, and budget needs for a tailored catering package.

Common Questions

Sarasota Wedding Catering FAQs

How much does wedding catering cost in Sarasota?

Food for our buffet stations starts at $21 per person. Full-service wedding pricing also depends on guest count, service style (plated, buffet, family-style, or stations), staffing, rentals, and bar service. Request a custom quote for exact pricing.

Full-service catering can include custom menu planning, food preparation, delivery, setup, service staff, buffet or plated meal service, bar service, rental coordination, cleanup, and event support.

Yes. Royal Flamingo Catering creates custom wedding catering packages based on your guest count, menu, venue, service style, bar needs, rentals, and event timeline.

Yes. We cater beach weddings, waterfront receptions, outdoor celebrations, and private property events across Sarasota, Siesta Key, Venice, Longboat Key, and Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Yes. We can provide bar service, professional bartenders, beverage planning, signature cocktails, and coordinate tables, chairs, linens, dinnerware, and glassware.