About us
Food made for celebrations
Jain Cooking Catering & Services is a pure vegetarian catering service. We cook for weddings, birthdays, housewarmings, corporate events, religious functions and family gatherings, with menus built around the occasion and Jain or no onion, no garlic options prepared on request.
Our story
Catering that starts with a conversation, not a menu card
We cook vegetarian food for celebrations in Gwalior. Not everyday meals, not a restaurant service - the occasions where food is a large part of how the day is remembered, and where what reaches the plate has to suit the people sitting down to eat it.
A wedding reception, a griha pravesh lunch and an office function are three different problems. They need different quantities, different timings and a different way of serving. Planning them the same way is how food ends up arriving cold, running short, or simply not being what the family asked for.
So we ask first. What the occasion is, who is coming, what time they eat, which cuisines suit them, and what needs to be left out. Jain and no onion, no garlic requirements are part of that conversation from the start rather than an adjustment made to a standard menu at the end.
What comes out of it is your menu. Dishes move between cuisines, courses are added or dropped, and preparations are adjusted to your requirements - with availability for any particular dish confirmed while the menu is being finalised.
Our approach to food
How we think about a catering menu
Good catering is less about a long list of dishes than about choosing the right ones for the people eating them, and getting them to the table in good condition.
- Pure vegetarian, all of it
- Everything we cook is vegetarian. There is no separate non-vegetarian menu running alongside yours and nothing to keep apart in the kitchen.
- The menu is yours to shape
- Nothing on our menu page is a fixed set. Dishes can be swapped, courses added or removed, and a spread built from whichever cuisines suit your guests.
- More than one regional kitchen
- South Indian, North Indian, Gujarati and Rajasthani preparations, chaat, breads, rice dishes, sweets and beverages - mixed freely within one menu.
- Jain and no onion, no garlic
- You set out what should be excluded and we confirm that list back to you. Part of a menu or all of it can be prepared to those requirements.
- Planned around the event, not the dish
- Guest count, meal time and how the food is served shape the menu as much as taste does. A standing reception and a seated lunch call for different food.
- How it looks when it reaches the table
- Counters laid out so guests move through easily, dishes labelled, and Jain preparations kept in their own marked section rather than mixed in.
Pure vegetarian
Vegetarian food, at every kind of function
Everything we cater is vegetarian, whatever the occasion: weddings and engagements, birthdays, housewarmings and griha pravesh lunches, corporate events, religious functions and family celebrations. The scale changes and the menu changes; that part does not.
It also means nobody at your event has to ask what is in a dish before serving themselves, and that guests who eat vegetarian food are choosing from the whole table rather than from one corner of it.
See the occasions we cater for
Jain catering
Jain and no onion, no garlic menus
Jain requirements are not an adjustment we make at the end. You tell us what should be left out, we confirm that list back to you, and the menu is planned from there.
- Part of a menu or all of it prepared to Jain requirements
- Dishes cooked without onion and garlic on request
- Availability for any particular dish discussed while the menu is finalised
Planning a menu
What we ask before anything is planned
A catering menu is the answer to a handful of questions. These are the ones we work through with you.
- What is the occasion?
- A reception, a puja, a birthday and an office lunch each suit different food, and set the tone for everything that follows.
- How many guests, and who are they?
- Numbers decide quantities and service format. Who is eating - children, elders, colleagues, out-of-town family - shapes what goes on the menu.
- What time do they eat?
- Breakfast, an afternoon lunch and a late dinner are three different menus. Timing also decides what can be cooked fresh through service.
- Which cuisines suit them?
- Some events call for one regional menu throughout, others for a mix. This is usually the most enjoyable part of the conversation.
- Is anything to be left out?
- Jain requirements, no onion and no garlic, or anything else your family avoids. We confirm the list in writing before the menu is finalised.
- How should the food be served?
- Buffet, seated service or live counters, and how many courses. What a venue allows sometimes decides this, so we confirm it early.
What we cater
Celebrations we cook for
Weddings
Pure vegetarian menus for engagements, receptions and multi-day wedding functions.
Birthdays
Vegetarian catering for birthday parties, from small home gatherings to larger celebrations.
Corporate
Vegetarian catering for meetings, conferences, office events and staff functions.
Housewarming
Traditional vegetarian catering for griha pravesh ceremonies and new-home gatherings.
Religious Functions
Sattvic vegetarian catering for pujas, ceremonies and community functions.
Family Functions
Vegetarian catering for anniversaries, naming ceremonies, reunions and smaller private occasions.
On the menu
The food we cook
Regional Indian cuisines, mixed freely within one menu. These are a few of the categories most events are built from.
How we work
Most of catering is decided before anyone starts cooking
- Understand the event first.
- The menu comes after the occasion, the guest count and the timing are clear - not before.
- Customise rather than package.
- Our packages are starting points. Almost everyone changes something, and that is how they are meant to be used.
- Keep food preferences in writing.
- Jain, no onion and no garlic, and any other exclusions are confirmed back to you rather than left to memory.
- Plan around the guests, not the spread.
- How people queue, where counters sit and when each course appears matter as much as the number of dishes.
- Keep the process simple.
- One conversation, a written menu, and a clear answer on what is and is not possible for your event.
In the gallery
The food, the counters and the setup
Buffet lines before service, plated dishes, dessert tables and the team at work - the parts of catering guests see, and the parts they do not.
Buffet line before service Plated vegetarian dish Dessert table Service team attending guests
Why people ask us to cater
Vegetarian only
Pure vegetarian catering is the whole of what we do, not one option among several.
Jain food options
Jain and no onion, no garlic preparations discussed while the menu is being planned.
Flexible menu planning
Dishes, courses and cuisines adjusted to your event rather than fixed in advance.
Several Indian cuisines
South Indian, North Indian, Gujarati and Rajasthani food, chaat, sweets and more.
Catering for every celebration
Weddings, birthdays, housewarmings, corporate events, religious and family functions.
Customisable packages
Packages that give you a place to start, then change to suit what you are planning.
Let's plan the food for your celebration
Tell us about your event, your guest count and your food preferences, and we will help you plan a catering menu around them.
Explore our menu