Wedding and private chef catering on the Costa Brava, in Girona and Barcelona
With forty years of cooking between us, we bring the same personal, handmade approach to your table, whether it's a wedding for one hundred or a quiet dinner for two.
Mediterranean Food Journeys is a catering company based just outside Girona, in Catalunya, Spain. We cater weddings, private chef dinners, parties and retreats across the Costa Brava, the Empordà and Barcelona, and Steve leads every event personally.
We cook the way we always have: with whatever's best that week, from the same small producers who supply our retreats and raise their animals well. Nothing is made with colourings or preservatives, and everything is made fresh. We believe in eating together, so food arrives as one big feast for the table to share, passed from hand to hand, which gets people talking. Our dishes take their inspiration from around the Mediterranean: Catalunya and Spain first, where we live, then France, Italy, Greece, and on through the Middle East and North Africa. Life's too short not to explore the melting pot.
Think whole spiced lamb shoulders, sticky and golden, falling apart at the touch of a fork, scattered with fresh herbs and pomegranate seeds. A tuna crudo to begin, with pink onions and a Sicilian relish of oranges, raisins, rosemary and capers. Towering pavlovas piled with fruit to finish, or a tiramisu your guests help themselves to at the table.
We cater across the Costa Brava and Empordà, including Begur, Pals, Palafrugell, Llafranc, Calella de Palafrugell, Cadaqués, Platja d'Aro, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Tossa de Mar and Girona, and head into Barcelona for city events and villa dinners further afield.
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Weddings
This is your day, so the food and drink should feel like you. We've cooked for intimate elopements of a dozen guests and long, lantern lit feasts for up to 150, always the same way: good ingredients, cooked properly, served without fuss. We keep weddings small on purpose, taking on four a year, so every table still feels personal.
We cook feasting style: big shared platters down the middle of the table, plenty of it, passed around rather than plated. It's how we eat at home, and it gets guests talking to each other. Our sample menus show the kind of spread to expect, and from there we tailor the dishes to you.
Private Chef in Girona and the Costa Brava
We come to you, whether that's your villa, your holiday home or your kitchen, and take care of everything: the shopping, the cooking, the serving, and a kitchen left cleaner than we found it. One dinner or your whole stay, you get a proper Mediterranean meal without lifting a finger. We can also arrange serviceware, table styling and anything else that makes the evening easy.
Catering for Retreats and Groups
Our retreat catering is shaped around your group: breakfast, lunch and dinner, all built around what your retreat is about. For a wellness retreat, that might mean homemade protein snacks between meals and fresh juices. For an art retreat, perhaps a spread of seasonal fruit and flowers, laid out for guests to sketch before it becomes lunch. Whatever the focus, we build the menu around it. Get in touch to tell us what you're looking for and we'll put together a proposal.
Learn more about our retreat menus
Party and Event Catering
From milestone birthdays to garden parties, we bring our feasting style spreads to your event, seated or standing, dressed up or barefoot in the grass. We choose from our existing menus and adapt them to suit the occasion. Cocktails and late night bartending can be arranged too, so the whole evening is looked after.
Catering questions, answered
Where do you cater?
Mediterranean Food Journeys is based just outside Girona, and most of our catering happens here on the Costa Brava, or in and around Girona and Barcelona. We also spend time in the UK and love an adventure, so don't hesitate if you have an unusual request. Travel is included for events in the Costa Brava and Girona area. Further afield, we'll add a travel supplement to your quote.
How many guests can you cater for?
From intimate dinners for two to weddings and events of up to 150 guests. We keep things this size on purpose, so the planning and the day itself always feel personal.
How far in advance should we book a wedding caterer?
May to July and September to October fill up quickly. Weddings are a big responsibility and a lot of work, so we only take on four a year.
Can you cater for dietary requirements?
Yes. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and other dietary needs are part of how we plan every menu, never an afterthought.
How much does catering cost?
Private chef experiences start from €65 per person (excl. IVA), and weddings from €150 per person, depending on what you need. Send us a few details about your event and we'll put together a quote.
Words from the table
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Mediterranean Food Journey catered my 50th birthday celebration in Cadaqués, and I honestly couldn't have asked for a more perfect experience.
From the moment I met Steve and Suki to discuss my vision for a four-day fiesta for 20 people, with multiple dietary needs including a severe nut allergy, they were an absolute pleasure to work with. Thoughtful, kind, and incredibly talented, they took care of every detail with calm confidence and total professionalism.
The food? Next level. Every dish was clean, flavour-packed, and beautifully presented, from the classic croquettes and parmesan sables to the roasted cauliflower with butter bean sauce, grilled pumpkin with gremolata and honey, and vibrant beetroot carpaccio with walnuts and gorgonzola. The broad bean, feta & mint filo was a hit, and their roasted chickens with garlic sauce were devoured in minutes.
They also mixed killer cocktails and brought the most wonderful energy to the celebration. It genuinely felt like they were part of the party.
If you're lucky enough to book them, do it. They were the heart and soul of our celebration and a total highlight of the week. Thank you, Steve, Suki, and team — unforgettable.
Chelsea Anthon, 50th Birthday Celebration, Cadaqués
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Mediterranean Food Journeys catered our wedding in the Costa Brava and guests continue to rave how tasty the food was! Full of flavour and colours, we chose a middle eastern style menu that was perfect for sharing and tucking in. The pavlovas for dessert were just wow, so delicious, our friends and family couldn't get enough!
Steve & Suki were a total dream to work with. We loved their energy, full of excitement in preparations but also with a naturally calm vibe - something we greatly appreciated. Hats off also to their amazing team, who kept on smiling and being fab despite the crazy down pour of rain. Definitely recommend these two for any catering needs, we hope we get to have another celebration with them again soon.
Eloise Crawley, Wedding, Costa Brava
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We chose MFJ to cater our wedding and we honestly couldn't be happier with how it all went! What we loved most was the level of personalisation Suki & Steve allowed us in every detail. The process started with them asking about our favourite dishes and how we imagined the day to taste and feel. They then came back with a full proposal covering dishes, serving formats and a menu genuinely tailored to our taste, instead of a standard package.
Once we agreed the menu, communication with Suki and Steve was super smooth and pleasant. We ended up postponing the wedding by a year, and they were incredibly patient with us, happily revisiting everything we'd discussed twelve months earlier without any fuss.
On the day itself, everything ran seamlessly, and above all, the food was delicious. They catered for all 90 of our guests with handmade pasta, solomillo cooked to perfection, and a tiramisu that several of our Italian guests said rivalled their own nonna's. We definitely recommend Suki & Steve to anyone looking for professional catering delivered by genuinely lovely people serving delicious food.
Clarelisa Camilleri, Wedding at Can Farres, El Bruc