Websites for Caterers and Events

People choosing a caterer, a wedding supplier or a café are buying with their eyes first. They want to see the food, picture it at their event and feel sure you can handle their date. Then they want to ask a question without filling in a long form. We are Ecomm Development, a small Shopify and Orbit Commerce studio in Kingsley, Northampton, and we build and improve websites for caterers, event suppliers and food businesses.

How people choose a caterer or event supplier

A couple planning a wedding, or someone organising a party or work event, will usually shortlist several suppliers and compare them. They search terms like "wedding caterer near me", "event catering Northampton" or "buffet catering for a party", and come back to the sites that looked good and answered their questions. Your website has to make that shortlist and stay on it.

What a catering or events website needs

A proper gallery

Good photos of your food, your setups and real events matter more than any other part of the site. We organise galleries by type of event, so a couple can go straight to weddings and a company can go straight to corporate lunches. Each image gets alt text, which helps it appear in Google image results.

Menus people can read on a phone

Menus are often uploaded as a PDF that is hard to read on a phone and invisible to Google. We put your menus and sample packages on proper pages, with a starting price per head where you are happy to share one. Dietary options such as vegetarian, vegan and gluten free are easy to find.

An enquiry form built around the date

The first thing you need to know is whether you are free. We build enquiry forms that ask for the event date, type of event, rough guest numbers, venue or postcode and any dietary needs. You get what you need to reply with availability and a price.

Reviews and real events

Wedding and event customers rely heavily on what other customers say. We link to your Google reviews and can feature short write-ups of real events you have catered, with photos and the venue named where the client is happy for you to do so.

For cafés and food shops

A café needs opening hours, location, a current menu and up-to-date photos front and centre, plus a Google Business Profile that matches. If you sell food, gifts or vouchers online, Shopify can handle orders and collection.

Case study: Kitchen 94, London

Kitchen 94 provides bespoke wedding and event catering in London. They already had a Shopify site, so our work focused on SEO. With full access to their Search Console, Analytics and Google Business Profile, we planned content from real search data, and set up their local search for London. Read the Kitchen 94 case study.

Plenty of food businesses have a good-looking site that few people find. If that sounds like you, our local SEO service may be all you need, and our free Google Maps ranking report will show where you appear on Google Maps today.

Shopify or Orbit Commerce?

We are a Shopify Partner and an Orbit Commerce Partner. Caterers and event suppliers who mainly take enquiries usually suit Orbit Commerce, with galleries, menus and enquiry forms. Food businesses selling products, hampers or vouchers online usually suit Shopify. If your current site needs a fresh start, see our website redesign page.

What it costs

Websites start from £250 one-off, with tiers at £250, £495 and £795. You own the site once it is built. Before you pay anything, we build a free preview of your homepage.

Local SEO and social management starts from £70 a month with no contract: your Google Business Profile managed, weekly Google Maps rank scans across your area, and posts to your website, Google and Facebook. See the pricing page.

Frequently asked questions