Catering for a memorial

Oct, 2024

Corporate hospitality, business meeting catering

Given the importance of the occasion, it’s essential when catering for a memorial to get things right.

Following the funeral service, a memorial or wake is a special time for friends and family to join together to mourn their loss and remember good times. And the memorial buffet is often central to the refreshments.

What to include in a wake buffet?

As well as a selection of sandwiches – meat, cheese, egg and hummus, perhaps, to cater for most tastes – add mini pies and of course quiche. Quiche is usually a mainstay of any buffet. Choose mini quiches or pre-cut quiches for convenience.

Frank Dale quiches for memorials

Frank Dale offers a range of quiches that are ideal for memorial buffets.

The Frank Dale mini quiche selection features 48 individual pieces and is perfect when catering for a wake. It includes 12 of each flavour: tomato and basil, cheese, onion and chive, mushroom and cheddar, and Stilton and broccoli. All of these mini quiches are suitable for vegetarians.

Our plant-based mini quiche selection is ideal for those guests with dietary requirements, but tastes so good it’s sure to go down well with everyone.

Another option is the Frank Dale vibrant mini quiche selection – 24 cheddar with onion and chive in beetroot pastry mini quiches and 24 spinach and red pepper with Greek feta in spinach pastry mini quiches.

Or Frank Dale also offers quiche pickups – pre-sliced premium quiches which look super on any memorial buffet. And with a wide range of flavours available, there’s something to suit all tastes.

Hot or cold?

When catering for a memorial buffet, a decision will need to be made about whether to serve hot or cold quiche. You have options with Frank Dale quiches – either thaw and serve or heat and eat, according to the instructions.

Something sweet

Mini cakes or mini scones are ideal for the sweet side of a memorial buffet. Frank Dale offers delightful mini Victoria sponges, mini black forests, mini scones, along with a selection of mini cakes. Simply thaw and serve to include fresh-tasting cakes in the buffet …. perfect when catering for a wake.

While many mourners may be local, some people will have travelled far for the funeral, so a carefully thought out memorial buffet will provide them with much-needed refreshments.

Catering for a wake after a funeral is a privilege, given the sensitive nature of the occasion. Frank Dale thaw and serve and heat and eat products can help ensure caterers get it just right.

Browse our range to find out more about our sweet and savoury selections that are available for food service professionals when catering for a memorial.