Catering in Sint Maarten, from a French bakery

What does a La Sucriere catering order look like?

Four formats cover almost everything people ask for on this island. Each one is built from the same counter production, scaled up and boxed for transport.

1. Breakfast and brunchButter croissants, pain au chocolat, almond croissants and raisin rolls, with baguette, butter and jam, plus fruit tartlets. Count roughly one and a half pieces of viennoiserie per person, plus a third of a baguette each.
2. Reception and cocktailMini viennoiserie, savoury bites, quiche cut into squares, petits fours and macarons. Count about six pieces per guest for a two hour reception where nothing else is served.
3. Sandwich lunchBaguette sandwiches cut in halves, quiche, a green salad and a sweet to finish. One and a quarter sandwiches per person is the number that never leaves anyone hungry.
4. Dessert tableTarts, flans, eclairs, choux and macarons arranged as a table rather than a plated course. Around four and a half pieces per guest across the spread.

How far ahead should you book catering in Sint Maarten?

Forty eight hours is enough for most orders up to about forty guests. Croissant dough is laminated, rested and proofed over roughly eighteen hours, so a morning order placed the night before cannot be laminated in time. Past fifty guests we need a week, because your trays have to be batched alongside the daily counter production for two bakeries.

High season runs from December into April, and Saturday mornings in that window fill up first. If your date is inside that window, ask earlier than you think you need to.

What does catering cost?

Everything is quoted per event, because delivery distance, time of day and format all move the number. As a starting point, a straightforward viennoiserie and baguette breakfast lands around nine dollars a head, a sandwich lunch around fourteen, and a dessert table around twelve. Counter prices for every individual item are published on our price list, so you can build your own estimate before you ask us.

Do you cater weddings and private villa events?

Yes, and they are two of the things we do most. Wedding work is covered on its own page, because tiered cakes need a longer runway and a conversation about the venue. Villa breakfasts, welcome boxes and standing orders for a week long stay are covered under provisioning.