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Bill Hansen Catering is a catering company operating out of Miami, Florida. For over four decades, owner and operator Bill has been challenging the boundaries of imagination with his creations. He and his team of talented professionals work diligently to provide their clients with exceptional and friendly service as they craft and serve unforgettable culinary delights.

Cuisine

Drawing on their extensive knowledge of gastronomy and their rich experience in the industry, Bill Hansen Catering is well-versed in providing clients with mouth-watering fare. Using high-quality and locally sourced ingredients, they skillfully balance the flavors of every dish they produce. Inspired by cuisines from all over the world, menu offerings include Asian, African, American, Italian, Indian, and Spanish recipes.

Services Offered

To ensure a fully tailored experience on the day of your event, the team offers a number of services to their cherished clients. Your meals can be served as passed hors d'oeuvres at your cocktail reception, or as a plated, buffet, or family-style meal. The team also offers event production and venue sourcing services, ensuring that every element of your day is carefully considered and expertly executed.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average catering price per person for plated service?

$139

What is the average catering price per person for buffet service?

$139

What is the average catering price per person for stations?

$139

What is the average catering price per person for hors d'oeuvres?

$50

Which of the following are included in the cost of your full service wedding catering?

Set Up
Cake
Cake Cutting
Dessert
Cocktail Reception
Server(s)
Tastings
Chairs
Tables
China
Linens
Flatware
Glassware

What is the starting price per person for bar service?

$27

Which of the following are included in the starting price for bar service?

Bartender(s)
Limited Bar
Open Bar
House Beer
Specialty Beer
House Wine
Specialty Wine
Champagne Toast
House Liquor
Premium Liquor
Signature Drink

What event services do you provide?

Delivery
Set Up
Clean Up

What catering services do you provide?

Breakfast / Brunch
Buffet
Cake Cutting
Cocktail Reception
Custom Menu
Hors d'oeuvres
Plated
Server(s)
Stations
Tastings

What types of cuisine do you cater?

African
American
Asian
BBQ
Caribbean
French
German
Greek
Indian
Italian
Latin American
Local
Mediterranean
Mexican
Middle Eastern
Seafood
Southern
Spanish

What dietary needs can you accommodate?

Gluten Free
Lactose Free
Kosher
Nut Free
Organic
Vegan
Vegetarian

What bar services do you provide?

Bartender(s)
Open Bar
Champagne Toast
Signature Drink

Which of the following items can you provide?

Chairs
Tables

Which of the following items can you provide?

Barware
China
Flatware
Glassware
Linens
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4.9 out of 5 rating
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
171 Reviews
  • Quality of service
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Average response time
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Professionalism
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Value
    4.8 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    4.9 out of 5 rating
94% Recommended by couples
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Bill Hansen Catering receives exceptional praise from multiple reviewers for their delicious food, outstanding service, and attentive staff. Valentina and Sandra are specifically highlighted for their helpfulness, organization, and creativity in planning weddings. The menus and custom cocktails are highly praised, and attendees mention that the food was one of the highlights of the event. The all-inclusive services provided by Bill Hansen, including rental coordination, made the planning process seamless and stress-free. Many reviewers highly recommend Bill Hansen Catering for weddings and other events.

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Bill Hansen Catering receives exceptional praise from multiple reviewers for their delicious food, outstanding service, and attentive staff. Valentina and Sandra are specifically highlighted for their helpfulness, organization, and creativity in planning weddings. The menus and custom cocktails are highly praised, and attendees mention that the food was one of the highlights of the event. The all-inclusive services provided by Bill Hansen, including rental coordination, made the planning process seamless and stress-free. Many reviewers highly recommend Bill Hansen Catering for weddings and other events.

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Kristen A. Sent on 04/05/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Bill Hansen is the absolute best!

The absolute best caterers! We are huge foodies, and knew that food was going to be such an important part of our wedding. We also knew that given we both have different cultural backgrounds, incorporating our cultures into our wedding food was going to be important to not only us, but our families. We are so happy we had Bill Hansen on our team to make our wedding dreams come true. From the first meeting with Sandra and Chef Mary, we knew we were in great hands. Chef Mary is a culinary artist: she not only did the research to make sure she delivered authentic and tasteful interpretations of the Jamaican and Ethipioan dishes we wanted present, but she plated, decorated and served them in such a fantastic fashion, that truly delighted all of our family and guests. Sandra is a dream collaborator: she is so organized, efficient, and professional, and would work alongside us to make sure all of our desires were met. I cannot thank them enough for being part of our special day-we cant have imagined it without them!
Lise
Lise C. Sent on 12/06/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Best Caterer in Miami

When you think about a caterer, you think of delicious food and this entire team absolutely provides the most excellent and delicious food. But what truly sets Bill Hansen Catering apart from other Caterers is the combination of their gourmet food and their superior event execution.

I am so grateful to Sandra Perez and the entire Bill Hansen team. Sandra was an amazing partner and I am thankful for her patience, kindness, organization, collaboration, and creativity for my wedding at Deering Estate. She took the time to listen to me, understand what I wanted out of my event, and execute upon my vision perfectly.

Sandra is so capable in event organization and execution that I felt my wedding planner was no longer needed in the wedding planning process. She is a brilliant event planner AND caterer who made my wedding day run flawlessly. Many people in the event industry treat your wedding/event as "just another event", but Sandra made me feel as though this was the most important event. I trusted her through every step of the process.

I would also be remiss if I did not celebrate the chef/mixologist and highlight some of my favorite parts of the meal/cocktail hour itself! We chose the Guava Rose cocktail as our welcome drink. It was such a pretty welcome drinks and the guests loved the flavor. For the cocktail hour we chose the spicy margarita and the mojito. Both were delicious and especially impressive given the large volume they had to make (150+ guests). We had many delicious passed hors d'oeuvres, but I still dream about the bacon wrapped maduros (sweet plantains). Lastly, the dinner (churrasco steak and yucca crusted mahi) was phenomenal. Again, it was so impressive that the quality did not falter while they cooked large volumes of food. This is another factor that sets Bill Hansen apart from any other caterers I have experienced. (My guests STILL talk to me about how good the food was and my wedding was over a month ago!)

Lastly, one unique thing that I requested from Sandra was that she provide iced tea to my mom (who drinks iced tea constantly!!) for the wedding day. When we showed up to the event, Sandra had a vat of perfectly brewed iced tea. While many may view this detail as silly/forgettable, Sandra knew this detail was actually very important to us and it showed how much Sandra really did care about the success of our day.

THANK YOU SANDRA!!!!
Edward
Ed Sent on 02/15/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Valentina and team were amazing

This is phenomenally long overdue (wedding was last March), but I guess it’s coming in under a year, so there’s that.
Valentina and Bill Hansen Catering were phenomenally helpful and wonderful.

We used Bill Hansen for food, alcohol, tables, chairs, diningware, cloth_things, and the dance floor (and this is what I can remember - there’s prolly more).

Before the wedding: We settled on Bill Hansen as a friend of mine had used them in the spring on 2019 and they had great reviews. They were immediately wonderful at iterating through and replying to our requests and were very transparent about what changes would cost. Valentina was really fast with a reply and the communication was wonderful. The tasting was also great.
Further, whenever we weren't sure where to get something, we’d reach out and they’d either give a good price price (e.g., we went with their dance floor) or they sent us in the right direction.
Valentina was one of the most on-top-of-it people across most business I’ve seen - she’s a rockstar.

During the wedding: The food was the bombdotcom.com (that’s right, two “dotcoms”). We did the surf and turf and the steak and the salmon were both incredibly well made. Everything else was also great. We went with a Caipirinha as a custom cocktail and they were really really good (my aunts leaned in on them maybe a little too much?). Finally (on thing things), they let us bring in a couple cases of Sam Adams to match the hometown drinks feel (did the Boston (Sam Adams) and Sao Paulo (Caipirinha) thing), and that made it that much more special.
On the service thing (not the things thing), it’s been a year, and I don’t remember one interaction with the staff outside of the bartenders being amazing. I think this speaks to how amazing they all were - this was a highly effective staff who got the amazing food out quickly and whose bartenders never had a long line (something I was worried about beforehand).

I can’t endorse Bill Hansen enough - the food/drinks and the service were all phenomenal. A special shoutout to Valentina - she was really great to work with.
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2016 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2015 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2013 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2012 Winner

Real Weddings

Sophia & Orlando
41 photos · 03/05/2022
Giuliana & Rob
51 photos · 03/07/2020
Madeleine & Nicholas
48 photos · 02/17/2019
Arielle & Rocky
28 photos · 06/01/2018
Marcela & D.S
7 photos · 04/07/2018
Collin & Heather
30 photos · 04/25/2015

Professional Network & Endorsements

4 Endorsements
Curtiss Mansion Curtiss Mansion Mansion Weddings

Bill and his team are so professional and efficient. When a Bride chooses Bill as their caterer I know I will have a stress free event and the couple will be very happy. We love having the BH team in the Mansion!

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We've worked directly with Amanda, Eden, Christina, Sandra, and the rest of the Bill Hansen team for several years and highly recommend them! They are always on top of things and very warm and professional. They have set the bar for catering companies in South Florida. You are in very good hands with them!

Alina Moleta Event Planning & Design Alina Moleta Event Planning & Design Wedding Planners

As a planner, this is a dream catering company. The food is absolutely delicious and gorgeous too! The entire staff, from front office to the wait staff, are extremely professional and extraordinarily accommodating.

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Bill Hansen Catering frequently asked questions

At Bill Hansen Catering, the cost of the full wedding catering service includes:
  • Set Up
  • Cake
  • Cake Cutting
  • Dessert
  • Cocktail Reception
  • Server(s)
  • Tastings
  • Chairs
  • Tables
  • China
  • Linens
  • Flatware
  • Glassware
The bar service starting price at Bill Hansen Catering includes:
  • Bartender(s)
  • Limited Bar
  • Open Bar
  • House Beer
  • Specialty Beer
  • House Wine
  • Specialty Wine
  • Champagne Toast
  • House Liquor
  • Premium Liquor
  • Signature Drink
Bill Hansen Catering offers the following event services for weddings:
  • Delivery
  • Set Up
  • Clean Up
Bill Hansen Catering offers the following catering services for weddings:
  • Breakfast / Brunch
  • Buffet
  • Cake Cutting
  • Cocktail Reception
  • Custom Menu
  • Hors d'oeuvres
  • Plated
  • Server(s)
  • Stations
  • Tastings
At Bill Hansen Catering, you can find the following types of cuisine:
  • African
  • American
  • Asian
  • BBQ
  • Caribbean
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Indian
  • Italian
  • Latin American
  • Local
  • Mediterranean
  • Mexican
  • Middle Eastern
  • Seafood
  • Southern
  • Spanish
At Bill Hansen Catering, the following dietary needs can be accomodated:
  • Gluten Free
  • Lactose Free
  • Kosher
  • Nut Free
  • Organic
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
Bill Hansen Catering provides the following bar and beverage services for wedding events:
  • Bartender(s)
  • Open Bar
  • Champagne Toast
  • Signature Drink
To cater to all tastes, Bill Hansen Catering offers the following food and beverage items:
  • Barware
  • China
  • Flatware
  • Glassware
  • Linens
Bill Hansen Catering is recommended by 98% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.9 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 4.9 in quality of service, 4.9 in average response time, 4.9 in flexibility, 4.9 in professionalism and 4.8 in value.

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