Culinair Creatief Catering & Events

What Culinair Creatief Catering & Events does

Culinair Creatief Catering & Events is a privately held Dutch catering and event-services company founded in 1995 and based in Venray, Noord-Limburg. The company prepares and delivers food for private celebrations (birthdays, weddings, anniversaries) and corporate events (company parties, openings, business meetings), and additionally runs culinary workshops. Its offering is structured as a service-based catalogue spanning cold and warm buffets, build-your-own custom buffets, themed buffets (French, regional Limburg, Greek/Turkish, Spanish, Oriental, Italian), a deep BBQ lineup (including a winter BBQ and equipment rental), breakfast/lunch/brunch/high tea packages, and full multi-course dinners. It also operates two sub-brands under separate storefronts: De Lunchbus, a corporate and individual lunch-delivery service, and Senioren Maaltijden Venray, a senior meal-delivery service for elderly customers in the area.

The business is run from an owned kitchen at Keizersveld 20, Venray, and goes to market as a direct-to-consumer catering operator. Orders are placed through the company website (culinaircreatief.nl) for delivery or pickup with a 5-day advance-order rule, supplemented by a quote-request flow for larger events and corporate occasions. Pricing is per-person or per-item unit pricing across a wide range — from €1.15–€2.10 appetizer items and €3.50–€17.50 cold buffet items up to €19.00–€29.00 premium per-person packages — with minimum-order thresholds on certain items (e.g., high tea requires a minimum of 10 persons). Marketing runs through the website, seasonal content guides (e.g., Lente & Zomer Gids), and a news/newsletter channel; allergen advice is handled by phone. The founder, owner and director is Yvonne Welbers, and the management team disclosed is single-person. The firm has no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, no disclosed revenue, no patents or trademarks, and no documented AI/ML or proprietary technology stack — the model is fundamentally a local food-services business with an e-commerce ordering layer rather than a software or platform company.

Name

Culinair Creatief Catering & Events

Legal name

Culinair Creatief Catering & Events

Website

https://culinaircreatief.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Culinair Creatief Catering & Events is a privately held Dutch catering company in Venray that prepares and delivers buffets, BBQ, brunch, dinner and themed menus for private celebrations and corporate events in Noord-Limburg, also running Lunchbus and Senioren Maaltijden sister brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Catering Services

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Caterers (72232), Food Service Contractors (722310)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Catering (Weddings, Social, Private Parties) (THAFAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA), Gala, Fundraiser & Nonprofit Event Catering (THAHAKAF), Wedding & Social Event Catering (THAHAKAE), Event Culinary Staffing & Back-of-House Services (Chefs, Servers, Bartenders) (THAHAKAN)

Keywords

• Event catering services
• Buffet meal packages
• BBQ catering
• Cooking workshops
• Meal delivery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Venray

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Catering Services: Revenue generated from preparing and delivering food catering for events, parties, and celebrations. Customers order buffets, BBQ packages, brunch, high tea, dinner courses, and themed events for delivery or pickup.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Culinair Creatief Catering & Events prepares and delivers in-house catering for private celebrations (birthdays, weddings, anniversaries) and corporate events (staff parties, openings, meetings) across Noord-Limburg, Netherlands. The offering spans buffets, themed buffets, BBQ and gourmet packages, brunches, high teas, and full dinners, supplemented by cooking workshops and two sub-brands for lunch and senior meal delivery.

Product overview

Culinair Creatief Catering & Events is a catering company based in Venray, Noord-Limburg, offering a comprehensive range of catering services for private and corporate events. The company's core offerings include Partys catering, Events catering, and Cooking Workshops. Their product portfolio spans multiple categories: Buffets (cold, warm, and customizable combinations), Theme Buffets (featuring regional and international cuisines such as French, Italian, Turkish/Greek, Spanish, Oriental, and Dutch specialties), Appetizers for drinks, Barbecue & Gourmet packages (including 15+ BBQ variants and seasonal winter BBQ options), Breakfast/Lunch/Brunch/High Tea services, and full Dinner menus including soups, appetizers, main courses, and desserts. The company also operates two sub-brands: De Lunchbus (mobile lunch delivery) and Senioren Maaltijden Venray (senior meal delivery). The offering is a service-based model rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Party Catering (Partycatering) Catering service for private parties including birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and other personal celebrations, providing buffets, BBQs, brunches, high teas, and dinners delivered to the customer's location.
• Event Catering (Events) Catering service for corporate events, office openings, staff parties, and professional gatherings, with scalable buffet, BBQ, and dinner options booked via the quote request system.
• Cooking Workshops Hands-on cooking workshops and culinary experience sessions for groups, conducted by Culinair Creatief in Venray.
• Themed Buffets (Themabuffetten) Themed buffet packages featuring French, regional Dutch, Greek/Turkish, Spanish tapas, Oriental, Italian, and street-food cuisines for events and celebrations.
• BBQ & Gourmet Catering Barbecue packages and gourmet dining sets for events, including multiple BBQ variants (budget, customizable, premium, vegetarian/no-meat), a seasonal winter BBQ, BBQ equipment rental, and gourmet sets for traditional, premium, vegetarian, and children's diners.
• Breakfast / Lunch / Brunch / High Tea Catering Daytime catering including breakfast buffets, customizable brunch packages, and High Tea selections (Winchester and Hyde Park variants), suitable for private and corporate daytime events.
• Dinner Service (Diner) Full dinner catering service with soups, appetizers, main courses (meat, fish, vegetarian), potato garnishes, vegetables, desserts, and walking dinner options for events.
• Cold Buffets (Koude buffetten) Cold buffet selections including cold dishes, seafood platters, bread selections, and fruit platters prepared in-house, sold per item or per dish.
• Warm Buffets (Warme buffetten) Warm buffet options featuring a variety of meat, fish, and vegetarian dishes with sauce options for events.
• Custom Cold & Warm Buffet Builder Build-your-own buffet configurator that allows customers to combine cold dishes, warm dishes, warm vegetarian dishes, and side dishes into a custom buffet order.
• De Lunchbus (Mobile Lunch Delivery) Mobile lunch delivery service operated under the De Lunchbus sub-brand (delunchbus.nl) for corporate offices and individual customers in the Noord-Limburg region.
• Senioren Maaltijden Venray (Senior Meal Delivery) Meal delivery service for seniors in the Venray area, operated under the Senioren Maaltijden Venray sub-brand (senioren-maaltijden.nl), offering senior-friendly meals delivered to homes.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group: World's largest contract food service company, operating in the Netherlands through sub-brands serving corporate, healthcare, education, and event clients. Comparable across all three of Culinair Creatief's sub-brand segments but at massive global scale.
• Sodexo: Global food service and facilities management company with significant presence in the Netherlands, providing corporate catering, event hospitality, and senior meal services. Overlaps with Culinair Creatief's event catering, Lunchbus (corporate lunch), and Senioren Maaltijden sub-brands but at multinational scale.
• Hutten: One of the largest Dutch food service and catering companies, providing corporate catering, healthcare, and hospitality meals. Overlaps with Culinair Creatief on event/corporate catering and shares a multi-segment GTM, but operates at much larger national scale with institutional clients.
• Albron: Large Dutch food service provider with hospitality, catering, and event services across the Netherlands. Directly competes in event catering and corporate meal delivery (overlapping with Lunchbus), but at institutional scale with national contracts.
• Vermaat: Major Dutch hospitality and food service company operating restaurants, cafés, and catering in workplaces, hospitals, and event venues. Comparable to Culinair Creatief in offering event and corporate meal services, but with a national B2B contract focus rather than regional B2C.

Others

• Deli XL: Major Dutch food service distributor supplying restaurants, caterers, and hospitality operators. Comparable as a key supplier/ecosystem participant to Culinair Creatief rather than a direct competitor, sharing the same B2B foodservice value chain.
• Bidfood: One of the largest food service wholesalers in the Netherlands, serving caterers, restaurants, and hospitality operators. Functions as a likely supplier/ecosystem partner to Culinair Creatief rather than a direct catering competitor, but operates in the same Dutch foodservice value chain.

Direct peers

• Maison van den Boer: Dutch premium event caterer serving corporate and private events across the Netherlands with full-service catering, buffets, and themed dining — directly comparable in product mix (event catering, buffets, themed concepts) to Culinair Creatief but at significantly larger national scale.

Emerging players

• Apetito: Dutch senior and institutional meal delivery service provider offering frozen and fresh meal solutions to elderly and care facilities. Directly comparable to Culinair Creatief's Senioren Maaltijden Venray sub-brand in the senior meal segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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