Weddings
Nikkah, walima, mehndi and reception catering built around your guest count and your family's expectations.
ExploreLuton · Bury Park · Bedfordshire
The Flavour Behind Every Celebration
Premium South Asian catering for weddings, parties, corporate events, religious gatherings and private celebrations — across Luton and the surrounding towns.
- Weddings
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Corporate Events
- Religious Gatherings
- Private Parties
What we cater
Catering built around the occasion
At Al Kareem Catering, we believe every occasion deserves delicious food, beautifully presented and made with care.
Corporate Events
Office lunches, staff celebrations, client hospitality and training days — delivered on time, invoiced properly.
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Birthdays, anniversaries, engagements and family gatherings — at home, at a hall, or wherever you are celebrating.
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Eid, iftar, khatam, aqiqah, mosque events and community fundraisers — catering that understands the occasion.
ExploreOur packages
Choose your package
Three tiers, at 50, 100 and 200 guests. Every one of them can be changed to suit your event — and you can ignore them entirely and build a menu from scratch.
Bronze
- 50 Guests
- 100 Guests
- 200 Guests
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The essentials, done properly. A complete hot menu with a starter, a curry, rice, bread and a dessert — the format that has fed Luton family gatherings for generations.
Includes
- Papri or Channa Chaat
- Chicken Drumsticks
- Pilau Rice
- Meat Curry
- Roti or Naan
- Mint Sauce
- Gajar Halwa or Sweet Rice
Most requested
Silver
- 50 Guests
- 100 Guests
- 200 Guests
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Our most-requested spread. Adds samosas, kebabs and the choice of biryani — the package most couples and party hosts land on once they have seen the full menu.
Includes
- Papri or Channa Chaat
- Chicken Drumsticks
- Roti or Naan
- Veg or Meat Samosa
- Kebabs
- Chicken Biryani or Pilau
- Meat Curry
- Mint Sauce
- Gajar Halwa or Sweet Rice
Gold
- 50 Guests
- 100 Guests
- 200 Guests
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The full celebration table. Samosa chaat, kebabs, a choice of daal, lamb or chicken biryani and two desserts — built for weddings and the occasions people talk about afterwards.
Includes
- Papri or Samosa Chaat
- Chicken Drumsticks
- Veg or Meat Samosa
- Kebabs
- Meat or Chicken Biryani or Pilau
- Meat Curry
- Choice of Daal
- Roti or Naan
- Mint Sauce
- Gajar Halwa, Sweet Rice or Kheer
Desserts: choose 2
Packages are quoted rather than fixed-price, because cost depends on guest numbers, the dishes you choose and whether you need delivery or collection. Or build your own menu from all 36 dishes
Why Al Kareem
Five things we hold to
These are the promises printed on our flyer. Here is what each one actually means when we cater your event.
More about us-
Authentic flavours & premium ingredients
The menu is the food people actually cook at home for an occasion — handi, biryani, seekh kebabs, chaat, gajar halwa — not a shortened version of it.
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Hygienic preparation & professional service
Food is prepared under the food safety procedures a registered catering business is required to operate.
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Custom menus to suit your occasion
Every package on this site can be changed. You can also ignore the packages entirely and build a menu dish by dish from the full list.
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Affordable packages for every budget
Three tiers at three guest counts, and a quote for anything outside them. Tell us the budget and we will tell you straight what it covers.
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On-time service you can rely on
Timing is agreed at booking against when food must be on the table, not when it leaves the kitchen.
From our kitchen
How a table comes together
Catering is bought on trust, because the customer never sees the part that matters. This is the work between your order and your guests sitting down.
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The table
Every event starts the same way: an empty table and a number. Fifty guests, a hundred, two hundred. That number decides the quantities, the timings and the size of the pots — and getting it wrong is the single most common catering mistake.
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Two
The grill
Seekh kebabs, chicken drumsticks, lamb chops and tikka, cooked over heat rather than held under a lamp. Grills are timed last so they reach the table while they are still worth eating.
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Three
The degh
Biryani and pilau cooked in the pot and rested before serving, the way it is done at home. Rice is the dish most often under-ordered and the one guests notice first when it runs out.
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Four
The curries
Handi, jalfrezi, palak, keema and a choice of daal. These fill the middle of the table and they have to hold their temperature and texture through an entire service, not just the first ten minutes.
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Five
The spread
Naan and roti, chaat, salad, then gajar halwa, kheer and ras malai. Laid out so a long queue moves quickly — the layout matters as much as the cooking when there are two hundred people waiting.
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Served
On time, at temperature, and looking like an occasion. This is the only part your guests ever see, and everything before it exists to make it happen.
Our work
Food that looks like an occasion
Every image here will be food we have actually cooked, at events we have actually catered.
Have we catered for you before?
We would rather our review page was honest than full. If we have catered for you, a few words would help the next family decide.
Leave a ReviewWhere we cater
- Luton
- Bury Park
- Dunstable
- Houghton Regis
- Bedford
- Harpenden
- St Albans
- Milton Keynes
- Watford
- Hemel Hempstead
Outside these areas? Ask us anyway — we will tell you honestly whether we can do it well on your date.
Questions
Before you enquire
What areas do you cover?
We cater across Luton, including Bury Park, and the surrounding towns — Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Bedford, Harpenden, St Albans and further into Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire depending on the date and the size of the event. If you are outside that, ask anyway and we will tell you honestly whether we can do it well.
How much does catering cost?
Our packages are quoted rather than fixed-price, because the cost depends on guest numbers, the dishes you choose, and whether you need delivery or collection. Send us your date, guest count and the package you are interested in and we will come back with a clear figure.
How many guests can you cater for?
Our packages are built around 50, 100 and 200 guests. For anything larger, or for an event with several sittings, ask us for a quote and we will tell you what we can commit to for your date.
Can I change what is in a package?
Yes. Every package can be customised, and you can also build a menu from scratch using the full menu. Tell us what you want on the table and we will price it.
How far in advance should I book?
The earlier the better, particularly for weddings and for dates in Ramadan, around Eid and through the summer wedding season, which are the busiest periods. If your date is close, still ask — we will tell you straight away whether we can take it.
Let us cater your next event with taste, care & perfection.
Tell us your date, your guest numbers and the kind of occasion it is. We will come back with a clear quote and honest advice on what works.