Great Holiday Gifts
Purchase an e-gift card & give the gift of a meal or a week of meals for
your family or friends. Cards can be purchased at
Chef Paul Catering e-Gift Cards
Available with 3 Business Days Notice Throughout December
Cookie Tin
Your choice of a dozen each of 2 varieties of cookies from our desserts list below.
This can be delivered to your recipient with a Christmas card for an additional charge.
Christmas Dessert Platter
Christmas petit fours, fresh strawberry tarts, fresh kiwi tarts, and mini chocolate eclairs on a disposable wooden platter (24pcs.). This can be delivered to your recipient with a Christmas card for an additional charge.
Individual Box Lunch Style Ham Dinner
Great for Smaller Families or Charitable Giving.
No substitutions-available on December 24th only
Sliced ham with apricot glaze, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans with butter toasted almonds, roasted vegetables with garlic and herbs, dinner roll with honey butter, and slice of red and green layer
cake with buttercream icing. Ready to heat & eat.
This can be sent to an alternate address if desired. Just send us an email to let us know where.
$23.00
Ala Carte Christmas Menu
Bite Sized Appetizers
Cold
Caprese Bites
with fresh mozzarella, basil, cherry tomato,
& balsamic vinaigrette
$15.00 dozen
Classic Deviled Eggs
garnished with cream cheese rosette & cornichon slice
$13.32 dozen
Salami Cones
with cream cheese filling
$10.80 dozen
Pineapple Bread Squares
with chicken salad, tarragon, & toasted almonds
$11.76 dozen
Hot
Ready to heat
Chicken Piccatta Bites
with lemon butter dip
$12.00 dozen
Bacon Wrapped Waterchestnuts
in a brown sugar glaze
$12.24 dozen
Mushroom caps
stuffed with crabmeat
$16.92 dozen
Bite Size Beef Wellington
$23.52 dozen
Appetizers Trays & Extras
Small Charcuterie Box
(8 1/2 x 11)
with sliced meats, gourmet cheeses, fresh fruit and vegetable, dried fruit, roasted nuts, & pickles
$56.00
Small Vegetable Box
(8 1/2 x 11)
with broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, & spinach dip
$29.48
Christmas Cheese Box
with havarti, sundried tomato and basil chevre, brie, and boursin cheeses garnished
with dried fruits & nuts and served with Carr’s crackers
$31.27
Freshly Baked Cocktail Rolls
6 for $2.88
Pint of Cranberry Relish
$7.80
Pint of Turkey Gravy
$5.00
Salads
Fresh Spinach Greens
topped with warm bacon berry vinaigrette, sesame seeds, & fried tortilla crisps
$3.90 side salad
Delicate Greens
topped with sliced strawberries, crunchy jicama, & raspberry vinaigrette
$3.59 side salad
Entrées
Minimum 2 Servings for Each Entrée
Sliced Turkey Breast
smothered in gravy
$6.17 serving
Sliced Boneless Ham
with apricot glaze
$6.17 serving
Walnut Breaded Chicken Breast
with roasted red pepper cream sauce
$6.48 serving
French Toast Casserole
$4.62 serving
6oz. Tenderloin
filet topped with artichoke spinach dip
& parmesan cheese
$20.40 serving
Roast Half Duck
with orange glaze over wild rice medley
$23.00 serving
Ham & Egg Strata
$3.94 serving
Sides
$2.50 Per Serving Except Where Noted
Savory Sausage, Onion,
& Mushroom Stuffing
(add $.74 serving)
Mashed Potatoes
Garlic & Herb Roasted Red Potatoes
Double Baked Potatoes
(add $.20 serving)
Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole
Wild Rice Medley
with dried cherries & scallions in shallot butter
(add $.10 serving)
Green Beans
with butter toasted almonds
Creamed Spinach
Candied Carrots
Baked tomatoes
stuffed with parmesan & garlic bread crumbs
Desserts
Baked From Scratch in Our In House Bakery
Pies
Dutch Apple Pie
$15.75
Chocolate Pecan Pie
$16.50
Cherry Streusel Pie
$12.50
Full Size Desserts
Half Size Yule Log
decorated with gum paste Poinsettia
(chocolate cake with Bavarian cream & raspberry filling with chocolate buttercream frosting)
$31.40 serves10
11” Eggnog Cheesecake
$49.50
6” Red & Green Layer Cake
with buttercream frosting
$24.86
Grandma’s Cinnamon Bundt Cake
$23.94
Mini Pastries
available by the half dozen
Chocolate Petit Fours
made with flourless chocolate cake
topped with ganache
6 for $8.22
Mini Kiwi Tarts
drizzled with white chocolate
6 for $7.14
Mini Strawberry Tarts
topped with whip cream & milk chocolate drizzle
6 for $6.84
Mini Chocolate Eclairs
6 for $5.40
Cookies
available by the half dozen
Chocolate Chip Cookies
6 for $3.48
Oatmeal Butterscotch
6 for $3.48
Mint Surprise Cookies
6 for $4.20
Vanilla Glazed Shortbread Cookies
with red & green swirl
6 for $6.00
Candy Cane Cookies
6 for $6.00
Flower Arrangements
This year we have partnered with Balmes Flowers in Gurnee to offer the following arrangements to brighten up your table. Add any of the following for delivery or pickup with the rest of your catering order
Ordering Instructions
All Orders Must be Placed No Later Than 6pm on Thursday12/17.
We'll Send Confirmation of Your Order Within 24 Hours
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Calling or Text your order to 847-623-8750. Please leave a message if we are not in and we will call you back.
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Email your order to ginger@freshappetizers.com.
All Christmas Eve orders can either be:
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Delivered to your home between 11am-4pm on Thursday12/24. These will be delivered “no contact” to your doorstep in a non-insulated bag which we will set on your porch then ring your doorbell to let you know we have delivered. Homeowner must be home to receive delivery and refrigerate immediately OR leave a cooler out on the porch with ice packs for us to put your delivery into. If this option is chosen we will email you a 1 hour delivery window once our routing is complete. This option is only available for customers who live within 20 miles of our Gurnee location. We apologize but we cannot take requests for delivery time frames. Delivery Is Free As A Holiday Gift To Our Local Customers. Prior to your delivery we will email an invoice for your event payable online.
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Picked Up at our Gurnee location between 9am - 12pm on Thursday 12/24. Curbside pickup only. On arrival, text 847-623-8750 with your name and we will bring your order out to you. Prior to your delivery we will email an invoice for your event payable online.
If you don't receive a confirmation of your order within 72 hours, please give us a call.