Italian Catering in Orlando

Real Italian Food for Your Event

There is a big difference between Italian catering and someone heating up trays of pasta from a food service truck. At Ciao Italia, the pasta is made by hand. The sauces are prepared fresh every day. The recipes come from the Navarra family, who have been running this restaurant since 1991. When you book Italian catering at Ciao Italia, you are getting the same food that has earned us 4,000+ reviews, served with the same care your guests would get on any regular evening.

We have hosted everything from 12-person birthday dinners to 110-person wedding receptions. Corporate groups in town for conventions. Families celebrating milestones. Friends who just wanted a big Italian dinner together. Whatever the occasion, the food is always made from scratch and served the way it should be.

Handmade Pasta, Not Catering Trays

The difference shows up on the plate. Our fettuccine is rolled and cut in-house. The ravioli are filled by hand. Pappardelle, sacchetti, linguine. Every pasta dish on your group menu is made the same way we make it every night for our regular guests. No shortcuts, no commissary kitchen, no frozen bags dropped in boiling water.

The sauces are just as important. Marinara simmered from San Marzano tomatoes. Alfredo made with real butter and parmigiano. Marsala, piccata, bolognese. These are the sauces that have kept people coming back for 35 years, and they taste exactly the same whether you are a table of two or a party of 80.

Group Menus Built for Italian Dining

Our group menus are designed around the Italian dining experience: multiple courses, shared plates, and enough variety that everyone finds something they love. Three tiers at $60, $70, and $80 per person. Each includes antipasti, salad, a selection of entrees, and dessert. The higher tiers add premium seafood, veal, and specialty dishes.

Custom menus are also available. If you want an all-seafood Italian dinner, or a menu built around specific regional Italian cuisine, the kitchen will work with you. Vegetarian, gluten-free, and allergy-friendly options are standard. Just let us know what your group needs.

Weddings, Corporate, and Celebrations

Italian food is celebration food. It is meant to be shared, passed around the table, and enjoyed with good company. That is why so many couples choose Ciao Italia for their rehearsal dinners and intimate wedding receptions. The private dining space holds up to 60, and a full restaurant buyout accommodates up to 110.

For corporate events, we are minutes from the Orange County Convention Center. Conference groups, client dinners, team celebrations. The food is memorable, the service is polished, and the free parking makes logistics easy. No valet lines, no parking garages, no hassle.

Why Authentic Matters

Anyone can call themselves Italian catering. But when your guests taste the difference between handmade fettuccine and the boxed stuff, between a sauce that simmered for hours and one that came out of a jar, that is when you know you made the right call. The Navarra family built this restaurant on doing things the right way, and that has not changed in 35 years.