A healthy aperitif cocktail with no added sugar – Homemade – La Caze à Manoue

Description

What if the drinks served at your next corporate event were as good for your teams as they are for your health? This independent chef – who works as both a private chef and a caterer specialising in sweet and savoury dishes – has built her concept around eco-friendly baking that combats and raises awareness about refined sugar. Everything is made from scratch, with no added sugar and no lactose, using high-quality, seasonal, locally sourced produce from short supply chains.

The result: a generous and healthy cocktail reception or dinner with flavours from Réunion, served as a turnkey service at the venue of your choice. The chef also offers bespoke breakfast receptions to get your day off to a good start. An ideal catering solution to round off a team-building event, accompany a seminar or liven up a corporate evening in Réunion.

The concept: healthy, local and home-cooked food

• Artisanal production: every dish is prepared by the chef.
• No added sugar and lactose-free.
• Priority given to local, seasonal produce sourced directly from local suppliers.
• An eco-friendly approach, designed to help you rediscover the joy of eating well without sacrificing indulgence.

A turnkey service

The chef will support you from start to finish throughout your event. The service includes:

• Handcrafted savoury and sweet treats
• On-site service
• Clearing up
• Cleaning at the end of the event

Package options

Cocktail reception

The ideal way to round off an event or meeting: 5 savoury canapés per person, accompanied by one non-alcoholic drink and one alcoholic drink per person.

Full sweet and savoury cocktail reception

For a longer reception, a generous package that serves as a meal: 11 savoury canapés and 8 sweet canapés per person, with a drinks bar (water, fresh fruit juices, local beers, red and white wines, and our house-made Ti Punch).

Bespoke breakfast reception

The chef also offers bespoke breakfast receptions, tailored to your preferences and the nature of your event: a healthy and indulgent way to welcome your teams before a seminar, a meeting or a team-building day.

Pastry Workshop

Choice of pastry workshop (tarts, gluten-free bread, flans, pâté kréol, local cookies).
3-hour workshop.
Participants take home their creations and a recipe sheet.
The price includes ingredients, travel costs and the running of the workshop.

Examples of à la carte items

Savoury bites

• Chicken samosas
• Moringa pesto and mozzarella puff pastry
• Piton Maïdo smoked mini burgers
• Mini burgers with scrambled eggs, massalé and cumin
• Chicken skewers with truffle oil
• Combava prawn skewers
• Toast with Lontan sardine rillettes
• Foie gras toast
• Verrine with feta, sun-dried tomatoes and seasonal vegetables
• Avocado, salmon and sun-dried tomato verrine
• Verrine of achards and white pudding
• Kaloupilé bacon cookie
• Spinach and feta biscuit
• Olive cake

Sweet treats

• Banana cake
• Potato cake
• Creole pâté with candied papayas
• Dakatine biscuit
• Bounty tartlet
• Seasonal fruit tartlet
• Victoria pineapple skewers
• Passion fruit panna cotta

Drinks

• Iced tea with seasonal fruit
• Fresh fruit juice
• Homemade exotic Ti Punch
• Local beers
• Red and white wines

Options and customisation

• Number of courses per person and menu composition tailored to your event (light aperitif or full cocktail reception).
• Optional baking workshops: the chef shares her expertise with your teams, offering a fun and convivial culinary experience to complement your cocktail reception or breakfast.
• Educational workshops led by the head chef to rediscover the art of eating well: an original and meaningful activity.

Suitable for which events?

A breakfast reception before a meeting or seminar,

A cocktail reception to round off a team-building event,

A gourmet break or seminar wrap-up, after-work drinks, corporate evening, opening ceremony, works council event…

The chef comes directly to your venue.

Why choose this caterer for your corporate event?

Because a homemade, healthy and locally sourced cocktail reception makes more sense — and tastes better. You’re treating your staff to artisanal cuisine with the flavours of Réunion, with no added sugar or lactose, whilst supporting the island’s producers and an eco-friendly approach. With service, crockery and cleaning all included, you can enjoy your event to the full: a committed, all-inclusive catering service for your team-building events, seminars and corporate evenings in Réunion.

General information

Packages: aperitif cocktail (5 savoury items per person) or full sweet-and-savoury cocktail (11 savoury and 8 sweet items per person); bespoke breakfast reception

Optional: pastry-making workshops

Included: artisanal preparation, service, crockery and cleaning

Locations: Originally from the south of the island, Emmanuelle travels all over Réunion.