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Rinfresco catering in Rome

This page brings together 46 Rome caterers that prepare a rinfresco, from family celebrations to toasts at the office, with details checked on their official websites.

Free, no obligation · data from official websites

Decide whether the rinfresco replaces lunch

Allow a 10-15% margin on guest numbers

Cut back on pastries if there is a cake

Ask for the allergen list

46 caterers in Rome

Alphabetical order · data from official websites

  • The catering arm of Forno Pistilli in Cori, a family bakery, for receptions and parties in Latina and Lazio.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
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  • Bakery, café and pastry shop in Flaminio with self-service catering or catering with waiting staff.

    • Private parties
    • Corporate events
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Vegan
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  • Bar Pasticceria Rustichelli

    Fiumicinosince 1961

    A bar, pastry shop and gelateria in Fiumicino run by the Rustichelli family since 1961, with buffets and personalised cakes for parties.

    • Weddings
    • Private parties
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • Rome and Lazio operator that combines event catering with contract catering for companies, schools and hospitals.

    • Corporate events
    • Weddings
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  • A bar and pastry shop in Velletri with party buffets, buffets and working lunches, including a waiter for service and set-up.

    • Private parties
    • Christenings and communions
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • Camp's

    Casilina (Laghetto)

    Venue on the Casilina with a pastry shop, pizzeria, grill and cocktail bar, offering rinfreschi and catering towards the Castelli Romani.

    • Private parties
    • Birthdays
    • Pizza
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • Hire of vintage carts and Ape vans for gelato, granita, beer and crêpes, which can be branded with a company logo.

    • Corporate events
    • Private parties
    • Street food
    • Food truck
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  • Family kitchen in Ciampino for rinfreschi, coffee breaks, lunch boxes and dishes delivered to your door.

    • Private parties
    • Corporate events
    • Organic and local
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  • Receptions, buffets and cake design in Rome, also delivery-only, with table and gazebo hire.

    • Corporate events
    • Birthdays
    • Finger food
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • Cavone Catering

    Aurelio / Casalotti

    A Rome-based caterer for parties, ceremonies and companies, with a home restaurant service in which the chefs cook in the client's home.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
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  • Polish-born chef in Rome: cooking on site, a kitchen inspection beforehand and buffets with themed stations for up to 100 guests.

    • Private parties
    • Birthdays
    • Gourmet and fine dining
    • Show cooking
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  • Ciani Catering

    Primavalle

    Rinfreschi and buffets from Primavalle, with in-house pastries and breads and two options: delivery without service or banqueting with staff.

    • Corporate events
    • Birthdays
    • Finger food
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • Cotto e Mangiato Catering

    Casilinosince 1994

    Family caterer in Casilino since 1994, with buffets, coffee breaks, vegan menus and many extra services.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
    • Vegan
    • Vegetarian
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  • Caterer in Pigneto using organic, locally sourced and fair-trade produce, with menus that follow the seasons.

    • Corporate events
    • Weddings
    • Organic and local
    • Vegetarian
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  • A pastry shop and deli in Prati with a range of savoury and sweet party buffets.

    • Private parties
    • Birthdays
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • Roman delicatessen specialising in rinfreschi and food supplies, with refrigerated delivery and vegan or gluten-free menus.

    • Corporate events
    • Weddings
    • Vegan
    • Gluten-free
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  • Fondi dal 1936

    Frascatisince 1936

    Food business in the Castelli Romani since 1936, with venues in four towns and catering for dinners and pizza parties.

    • Private parties
    • Corporate events
    • Pizza
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  • Food Love

    Civitavecchia

    Banqueting on the coast north of Rome, run by Vincenzo Monteleone and his son Alessio, with Castello Odescalchi in Santa Marinella among its venues.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
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  • Francellini 1926

    Capenasince 1926

    A long-established bakery in Capena, open since 1926, catering for 20 to 200 people, with a private room for companies.

    • Private parties
    • Corporate events
    • Pizza
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • A long-established bar and restaurant in Ladispoli with a pastry shop and gelateria, which takes its cooking to clients' events.

    • Private parties
    • Birthdays
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Roman cuisine
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  • The pastry shop of Marta Boccanera and Felice Venanzi, with sweet and savoury buffets and personalised cakes for parties and events.

    • Private parties
    • Birthdays
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • An artisan bakery and pastry shop in Ladispoli preparing catering and party buffets, with home delivery.

    • Private parties
    • Birthdays
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • Il Forno di Fabio e Laura

    Genzano di Romasince 2010

    A bakery and pizza shop in Genzano di Roma since 2010, with party buffets delivered to your home in the Castelli Romani.

    • Private parties
    • Pizza
    • Finger food
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  • La Dolcecassia

    Cassia / Olgiata

    A pastry shop, bar and gelateria on the Via Cassia with fixed-price buffet packages for 20 to 50 people and home delivery.

    • Birthdays
    • Graduations
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • The catering and banqueting division of a food distribution company founded in Sabaudia in 1999, with its own production kitchen.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
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  • Roman banqueting company from coffee breaks to gala dinners, with mobile venues such as trams and boats.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
    • Organic and local
    • Open bar and mixology
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  • Azzarone family business in Esquilino handling MICE and institutional events, with an organic and vegan line.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
    • Vegan
    • Organic and local
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  • Leonardi Catering

    San Lorenzosince 1965

    The catering arm of Bar Leonardi in San Lorenzo, open since 1965, for coffee breaks, lunches, aperitivi and buffets.

    • Corporate events
    • Private parties
    • Finger food
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  • Maan Catering & Banqueting

    Frascatisince 1991

    A Frascati caterer working in Rome and the Castelli, with ethnic and fusion wedding menus, vegan options and hire of equipment and outdoor cover.

    • Weddings
    • Private parties
    • International cuisine
    • Vegan
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  • Mancini Catering

    La Rusticasince 1999

    A caterer founded in Rome in 1999, with a price list published online, takeaway, a cook in your home and supply to public bodies through MePA.

    • Corporate events
    • Private parties
    • Finger food
    • Roman cuisine
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  • Mancini il Forno

    Vigna Stellutisince 2014

    A Roman artisan bakery with buffets delivered and set up, birthday menus and a terrace for parties.

    • Birthdays
    • Christenings and communions
    • Pizza
    • Finger food
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  • Catering for companies and parties in Rome and the province, with a published price list, lunch boxes delivered to the office and meals transported to regulatory standards.

    • Corporate events
    • Christenings and communions
    • Finger food
    • Vegan
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  • Catering and banqueting from Ladispoli with buffets at your home, aperitivo and apericena packages and per-person prices on its website.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
    • Finger food
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  • Catering and banqueting company in Prenestino that also handles conferences and trade fairs, with styling, equipment hire and a vegan option.

    • Private parties
    • Corporate events
    • Vegan
    • Finger food
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  • Sweet and savoury buffets and personalised cakes in Trionfale, Monte Mario and Primavalle.

    • Birthdays
    • Graduations
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • A pastry shop with branches in EUR-Torrino and Trastevere, preparing sweet and savoury buffets for meetings, openings and family occasions.

    • Corporate events
    • Christenings and communions
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • Pasticceria Il Giglio

    Guidonia Montecelio

    An artisan pastry shop on Viale Roma in Guidonia Montecelio, with party catering, personalised cakes and wedding cakes.

    • Private parties
    • Weddings
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • Pasticceria Pomiciò

    Anguillara Sabazia

    A pastry shop in Anguillara Sabazia with sweet and savoury products, which states it does corporate buffets and banquet supply.

    • Private parties
    • Corporate events
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • An artisan pastry shop in Fonte Nuova run by Massimo Vitelli, with sweet and savoury party buffets and platters to order.

    • Weddings
    • Christenings and communions
    • Pastry and desserts
    • Finger food
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  • Rinfreschi Online

    Tor Sapienza

    A party-buffet service with an online shop open around the clock and daily delivery in time slots across Rome and the province, with free collection in Tor Sapienza.

    • Corporate events
    • Private parties
    • Finger food
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  • Rinfresco a Domicilio

    Prenestino / Tor Pignattara

    Party buffets delivered to your home by the Cecchini family, between Prenestino and Tor Pignattara, with a gluten-free range and collection from the shop.

    • Private parties
    • Birthdays
    • Finger food
    • Gluten-free
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  • A caterer based in EUR delivering to companies and homes, with fixed-price menus and compostable containers.

    • Corporate events
    • Private parties
    • Finger food
    • International cuisine
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  • Sushi restaurant in Infernetto offering catering for lunches, dinners and buffets, as well as takeaway and delivery.

    • Private parties
    • Corporate events
    • Sushi and Japanese cuisine
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  • Three Japanese and Chinese restaurants in Rome with sushi catering and delivery in refrigerated vans.

    • Weddings
    • Corporate events
    • Sushi and Japanese cuisine
    • International cuisine
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  • Te Sforno

    Pomezia

    A bakery with shops in Ardea, Pomezia and Torvaianica, with takeaway party menus and cakes for ceremonies.

    • Christenings and communions
    • Birthdays
    • Pizza
    • Pastry and desserts
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  • Vago Catering

    Roma Nord (Cassia)

    Food carts, food trucks, artisan gelato and party buffets in the north of Rome, with cakes made in its own pastry kitchen.

    • Birthdays
    • Christenings and communions
    • Food truck
    • Street food
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What a rinfresco is

A rinfresco is a small standing reception, usually after a ceremony or an official moment: the christening at the parish church, the thesis defence, the signing of a contract, a colleague's retirement. People eat with their fingers or a fork, raise a glass, and after an hour or two they leave.

That is exactly the difference from a lunch or dinner: the rinfresco goes with the event, it does not replace it. If, however, it falls at lunchtime and guests will not eat anything else, it should be planned as a meal, with larger quantities and at least one hot dish. For a fuller format, with pasta and main courses, read the guide on the cost of a birthday buffet or see the page on finger food.

The most common occasions in Rome

Christenings, first communions and confirmations. In Rome these ceremonies are concentrated between April and June, often late on Sunday morning. If the rinfresco follows the 11 or 12 o'clock Mass, guests arrive hungry: it is worth treating it as a lunch. You will find the details on the pages on christening catering and communion and confirmation catering.

Graduations. Sessions at Sapienza, Tor Vergata and Roma Tre are concentrated in a few days, and the exact date is often known late. Ask the caterer how much notice it needs and whether it can confirm a few weeks ahead. For the party itself, there is the page on graduation catering.

The office. Openings, presentations, Christmas greetings: here precise timings matter, and trays that are easy to pick from between conversations.

Sweet and savoury: how to put it together

The classic rinfresco mixes savoury and sweet. On the savoury side, there are always mini pizzas, tramezzini (soft crustless sandwiches), savoury pastries, pizza al taglio and mini rolls, and in Rome often supplì (fried rice balls) and pizza bianca (plain white pizza) too. On the sweet side, small pastries, tarts, ciambellone (a ring cake) and, in many Roman families, mini maritozzi (sweet buns filled with whipped cream).

A practical rule: savoury first, sweet after the cake or the toast. If there is a ceremony cake, cut back on the other pastries, or a lot will be left over. Remember alcohol-free drinks for children and drivers too.

What quantities you need

Quantities depend on the time of day. CateringRoma.it's guide to the christening rinfresco gives two practical reference points:

  • a rinfresco before or after a meal: about 4-6 pieces of finger food per person;
  • a rinfresco that replaces lunch: at least 12 pieces per person, plus a pasta course in a small cup.

Add a margin of 10-15% for guests who turn up unannounced. These are indicative figures: a supplì is more filling than a canapé, so ask the caterer how big the pieces are. The full calculation is in the guide on food quantities for a buffet.

At home, in a hall or at the parish

Many Rome parishes have a hall that can be used after the ceremony: ask the parish priest whether it is available and whether there are rules on times and cleaning. At home you need space for the table and an empty fridge; you will find the details in the guide to home catering in Rome.

In spring, when the weather is good, many families choose the garden or the terrace. Keep a covered plan B and some shade for cream desserts, which don't last long in the May sun. A restaurant or a privately booked room takes set-up and cleaning off your hands, but needs booking earlier.

How much does a rinfresco cost

We don't publish an average price: each caterer builds it from its own items. What counts is the number of pieces per person, drinks, the cake, delivery and above all the staff. A rinfresco delivered on trays costs less than one with waiters, set-up and hire. Ask several caterers for the same menu for the same number of guests, so the quotes can be compared. The overall picture is in the guide how much catering costs in Rome.

What to ask the caterer

  • How many pieces per person do you plan, savoury and sweet?
  • Is the cake included or can I bring it from outside?
  • Do you have the allergen list for each tray?
  • Do you just deliver, or is there someone to serve and clear?
  • What time do you arrive, relative to the end of the ceremony?

Once you have the date, the place and the number of guests, request up to 3 quotes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a rinfresco and a buffet?

A *rinfresco* is a short standing reception that goes with a ceremony. A buffet can be a full meal with pasta and main courses. If the *rinfresco* falls at lunchtime, it should be planned as a buffet.

How many pieces per person for a rinfresco?

As an indicative reference, about 4-6 pieces if the *rinfresco* comes before or after a meal, at least 12 if it replaces one. Add a 10-15% margin and ask the caterer how big the pieces are.

What is served at a rinfresco in Rome?

On the savoury side mini pizzas, *tramezzini*, savoury pastries, *pizza al taglio* and fried food such as *supplì*; on the sweet side small pastries, tarts and, for a Roman touch, mini *maritozzi*. Plan alcohol-free drinks for children and drivers.

Can you hold a rinfresco in the parish hall?

Many parishes allow it. Ask the parish priest about availability, times and cleaning rules, then pass everything on to the caterer.

How far in advance should I book a graduation rinfresco?

It depends on the caterer and the time of year. Since the session date is often known late, ask straight away how much notice is needed and whether they can confirm a few weeks before the event.

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