Production Catering Dubai
Film, photo and event crews. Craft services and crew lunch are separate purchases, both from AED 90 per person, timed to the call sheet.
CATERING THAT KEEPS PRODUCTION ON TIME
Production catering Dubai, timed to the call sheet
Production catering in Dubai, including film crew catering, follows the call sheet. Craft services are snacks, fruit and hot drinks through the call hours. Crew lunch is a hot meal for each name on the sheet. They are separate purchases. Both start from AED 90 per person. Meals move if the day moves.
Television, photo, branded content and live event crews use the same operation: a moving team, a call sheet, and food that has to arrive hot at the right moment. Exhibition stand meals sit on exhibition catering. The hub is corporate catering in Dubai.
Craft services and crew lunch
Craft services and crew lunch are separate drop-off purchases, each from AED 90 per person. Craft services run through the call hours. Crew lunch is one hot meal per person named on the sheet.
| Package | Best for | What you get | What's included | Minimum | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production craft services | shoot | A separate purchase from crew lunch: snacks and drinks through the call hours, timed to the sheet. None remaining in the room. Your team serves itself. | Food and delivery | 10 guests · AED 900 min order | From AED 90 per person 5% VAT is shown as its own line. |
| Crew lunch | crew lunch | A separate purchase from craft services: one hot lunch per crew member named on the call sheet. None remaining in the room. Your team serves itself. | Food and delivery | 10 guests · AED 900 min order | From AED 90 per person 5% VAT is shown as its own line. |
Production craft services
Snacks through the call · Fruit · Hot drinks · Water
Not included: Service staff in the room.
Crew lunch
Hot main · Salad · Bread · Dessert
Not included: Service staff in the room.
The full company brief
What a corporate catering day includes
Food is only the start. A company day also needs chefs or a drop-off kitchen, service staff when the room requires them, equipment that fits an office pantry, clearly labelled dietary options, a loading-bay window and one person who owns the timeline. The lists below are what we write into corporate quotes. The written quote names the dishes, the team and the price.
How the room is served
Service formats for a Dubai office or venue
Choose delivered lunches, a staffed buffet, passed canapés or individually plated service to suit the meeting. Drop-off is food, delivery and layout. A staffed buffet adds people for setup, replenishing and clearance. Canapés keep a standing room moving. Plated service is courses at a table. Each format has its own starting price.
What's included
- Drop-off, laid out, you serve
- Drop-off plus collection of empties
- Staffed buffet line
- Passed canapé reception
- Bowl-food standing service
- Plated courses at the table
- Live station where the building allows flame and power
- Hybrid: drop-off lunch, staffed evening
What the headline covers
- Food only
- Food and delivery
- Food, delivery and setup
- Food, staff, setup and clearance
- 5% VAT as its own line
- Unusual venue access quoted separately
Call-sheet food
Shoots, crews and craft services
Production catering, including film crew catering, follows the call sheet. Meals move if the day moves. Craft services (snacks and drinks through the call) and crew lunch are separate purchases. Brief production work here.
On the sheet
- Craft table: fruit, snacks, hot drinks, water
- Crew lunch, one per name on the sheet
- Early call breakfast
- Wrap lunch
- Shift meals that hold
What goes on the table
Corporate catering food that survives a mixed room
Halal ingredients are the default. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes are planned when named. Labels go on the tray. We do not promise an allergen-free kitchen.
Hot
- Grilled chicken or fish
- Slow lamb or a lentil stew
- Herb rice, bread, vegetables
- Live pasta or grill station where allowed
- Shawarma station where the building allows it
Cold and make-ahead
- Fattoush, slaw, mixed salad
- Mezze that holds without a kitchen
- Cut fruit
- Exhibition bites that do not need a stove on the stand
Dietary marks
- Halal by default
- Vegetarian line
- Vegan line when named
- Gluten-free when named
- Named allergen, named guest
Who is in the room
Catering staff for a company meal or event
Drop-off has no staff remaining in the room. A staffed buffet includes one to two people for the line. Canapés need service staff to pass plates. Plated service needs a chef plus a floor team sized to the table. Extra roles are extra lines. Included waiters are not charged twice.
Roles we book
- Chef
- Waiter
- Runner on larger rooms
- Barista for a named break
- Floor supervisor on larger events
What they do
- Setup and pack-down inside booked hours
- Replenish the line
- Pass and clear
- Hold the timeline against the agenda
- Leave the pantry as found
Not included unless named
- A complete coffee-cart package
- Bartender and bar kit
- Overtime after the booked window
- Uniform changes for a brand colourway
What we bring
Equipment that fits a tower pantry
A Dubai office is not a ballroom. We bring what the format needs and check power, flame and lift size before the menu is locked. Unusual hire is a separate line.
Drop-off kit
- Sealed packaging
- Tongs and serving spoons
- Napkins
- Dietary labels
Staffed kit
- Chafing dishes
- Linen for the line
- Trays and stands
- Hot boxes
- Tableware for plated service
- Place settings on the dinner package
Beverages
Soft drinks as standard. Alcohol only where licensed
Water, coffee and tea are the default. Mocktails can be staffed. Wine or champagne is only where the venue licence allows it and the proposal names it. We do not assume an open bar.
Always available to quote
- Still and sparkling water
- Arabic coffee and tea
- Soft drinks
- Mocktail service
- Coffee break urns
Only when agreed
- Wine service where licensed
- Champagne toast where licensed
- Bartender with bar station
- Client-supplied alcohol, we serve if the licence allows it
Getting into the tower
Delivery, loading bays and building rules
DIFC, Business Bay, Downtown and Media City each have a different desk. Names, vehicle plates and lift slots change when food can arrive at temperature. Mention the building early. Unusual access is quoted separately.
What we need
- Tower and floor
- Loading-bay window
- Service-lift booking
- Security name list
- Power for hot-holding equipment
- Open-flame permission in writing, or we drop flame from the menu
Clearance
- Pack-down after the last meal
- Collection of empties on drop-off, if asked
- Waste handled to the building rule
- Pantry left as found on staffed jobs
What stays with you
What myCHEF does not supply
We coordinate with your planner, production team and venue. Room hire, audiovisual equipment, staging and entertainment stay with those specialists unless the quote names them.
Not in the catering operation
- AV and screens
- Staging and lighting
- Entertainment and DJs
- Venue hire
- General conference production
- Photographing or naming your clients unless you agree in writing
PRODUCTION FORMATS
Catering for Every Production
Photo & Editorial Shoots
Lighter trays for photo and editorial days. Food is not placed next to cameras, laptops or monitors.
Learn MoreCraft Services
Continuous craft tables of snacks, fruit, pastries, and hot drinks that keep production teams refuelled between setups without breaking the flow.
Learn MoreEarly & Extended Hours
Pre-call breakfasts and late wrap meals for productions that start before dawn and run well into the night across multi-day schedules.
Learn MoreFull Dietary Range
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, and allergy-aware options prepared alongside the main service so every member of the production is looked after.
Learn MoreMobile Location Service
Self-contained setups with our own equipment for studio, warehouse, desert, and on-street productions anywhere across the Dubai region.
Learn MoreWHO WE FEED
Built for the Production
TV & Commercial Productions
For television series, commercials, and branded content shot across Dubai, we run dependable daily service for large units, planning breakfast, lunch, and craft tables around the production schedule and adjusting as the day evolves.
Photo & Editorial Shoots
Fashion, product, and editorial shoots call for catering that looks as good as it tastes. We keep talent and crew supplied with fresh, light, beautifully presented food that suits long studio days without weighing anyone down.
Event & Live Productions
Behind every event production is a crew that needs feeding. From conferences and concerts to brand activations, we coordinate catering for the technical and operational teams who build, run, and break down the show.
Multi-Day & Remote Shoots
For extended schedules and locations away from any fixed kitchen, we arrive fully equipped and self-sufficient, delivering consistent catering and craft services across every day of the production.
Feature Films & Commercials
Film crew catering for feature shoots and high-end commercials across Dubai: pre-dawn call-time breakfasts, substantial hot lunches and a continuously stocked craft table, scaled to the headcount on the call sheet and adjusted day to day as numbers change.
Night Shoots & Wrap Meals
Twelve-hour days and overnight shoots need food at the right moments, not just at noon. We plan warm second meals and late wrap catering around your shooting blocks so the unit stays fuelled however far the schedule runs: desert, beach, industrial backlot or studio.
What Our Production Catering Includes
Timed to the call sheet
Breakfast, lunch and wrap meals sit in named windows. Late changes after the kitchen deadline are quoted again.
Craft services
Snacks, fruit and hot drinks kept stocked on set while you shoot.
Early and late sittings
Pre-call breakfasts and wrap meals when the day overruns. Hours are named in the booking.
Named dietary lines
Halal by default. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free when you name them. We do not describe a menu as allergen-free.
Kitchen that can travel
Studio, warehouse or remote site. Power and access are checked before the menu is locked.
Staff who stay off camera
The team sets, serves and clears around the shoot. They do not join the set.
A Taste of Our Production Catering
Production Catering Dubai: the questions we get before a booking
we coordinate catering for television and broadcast shoots, commercials, photographic and editorial productions, branded content, and event productions across Dubai. Whether the unit is small or large, we scale the service to suit.
Our craft tables are kept continuously stocked with snacks, fresh fruit, pastries, and hot drinks throughout the shoot, so the production team can refuel between setups without losing momentum.
Yes. We routinely serve pre-call breakfasts before dawn and provide wrap meals for productions running late into the night, planning our timings around your shooting schedule.
We do. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, and allergy-aware meals are prepared alongside the main service and clearly labelled. Share your requirements and we will make sure everyone on the production is covered.
Yes. Our setups are self-sufficient, with our own equipment, so we can deliver full production catering at studios, warehouses, desert, and on-street locations across the Dubai region.
For multi-day productions we recommend two to four weeks so we can plan logistics around your schedule and locations. For shorter or last-minute shoots, contact us and we will do our best to accommodate.
Catering Across Dubai
Let's Plan Your Production Catering
Tell us about your shoot: the dates, locations, headcount, and dietary needs: and we'll build a catering plan that keeps your production fed, focused, and on schedule.