Ordering a caterer online for your company in Paris: breakfast, lunch trays, cocktails, paid for in a few clicks
Breakfast from €8 excl. VAT, lunch trays, cocktails: the whole L'Écrin Traiteur catalogue is ordered and paid for online. Deadlines, delivery, payment.
It is 4 pm, the meeting is tomorrow at 9 am, and you need breakfast for twenty people. At L'Écrin Traiteur, the whole catalogue is ordered and paid for on the website, without waiting for a quote: you fill the basket, choose the date and the time slot, pay, and the order goes into production. The price shown is the price paid. This guide covers what you can order, the deadlines, delivery, payment, and the cases where a quote is still the better route.
What you can order online
100 items are open to online ordering. The prices below are the entry prices of each family, excluding VAT and delivery.
| Family | Sold | From (excl. VAT) |
|---|---|---|
| Breakfast (pastries, juice, coffee, fruit) | Per person | €8 per person |
| Pastries | By the tray | €18.90 |
| Cakes, madeleines and pâtisserie | By the piece or the box | €13.90 |
| Afternoon break | By the box | €16.90 |
| Fruit and dairy | By the tray or the set | €14.90 |
| Drinks (coffee and tea thermoses, juices, waters) | Per unit | €3.80 |
| Lunch boxes | Per person, from 3 | €18.90 per person |
| Lunch trays | Per person, from 3 | €28.90 per person |
| Aperitif platters | By the platter | €54 |
| Cocktails | Per person, from 10 | €29.90 per person |
| Sharing buffets | Per person, from 10 | €34.90 per person |
The savoury menu is halal and pork-free. Every product page has an "Add to basket" button; the basket keeps your selection from one page to the next.
The process, in five steps
- The basket. You add products from their pages, or you enter your headcount and the basket builds a breakfast with the quantities we usually serve. You enter your postcode: the total appears straight away, delivery included. You can add reusable tableware (€25 excl. VAT); disposable tableware is included.
- The date and the time slot. The calendar only opens the days that are still possible. You set the start time and the end time yourself: 30 minutes at least, wider if you wish, at no extra cost.
- The address. Delivery address, company, the person who will receive us and their mobile number, your email. The billing address copies the delivery address, or another entity if needed.
- Payment. By bank card on the page, or on invoice at 30 days (details below). The screen sums up the order, the date, the time slot and the address before you confirm.
- Confirmation. A screen with the order number, then a confirmation email with the summary as a PDF.
Ordering deadlines
| What you order | Until when |
|---|---|
| Breakfast, afternoon break, breaks, drinks, lunch boxes | The day before, before 10 am |
| Cocktails, lunch trays, sharing buffets, aperitif platters, fruit skewers | 48 hours ahead, before 10 am |
The 48 hours are counted in working days: a cocktail delivered on Thursday morning can be ordered until Tuesday 10 am. A basket that mixes both moves entirely to 48 hours, because an order is delivered in one go. Delivery takes place Monday to Friday, except public holidays. Below the calendar, the basket always shows the first possible date.
Delivery
The order is delivered by the L'Écrin Traiteur team, from 6:30 am, in the time slot you chose. Online, we deliver to Paris, the Hauts-de-Seine, the Seine-Saint-Denis and the Val-de-Marne:
- €29 excl. VAT when there is nothing to collect (pastries, madeleines, lunch trays…);
- €39 excl. VAT, "Delivery and collection" line, when there is equipment to collect: coffee or tea thermoses, reusable tableware. It is added automatically as soon as the basket contains some.
For another town in the Île-de-France region, the basket offers you a quote: we price the delivery.
An example computed by the basket, delivered to Paris 8th:
- 12 La Solaire lunch trays: €346.80 excl. VAT + delivery €29 excl. VAT = €375.80 excl. VAT, i.e. €413.38 incl. VAT.
Payment
- By bank card (Visa, Mastercard): the card fields open in the page as soon as you choose the card, and the amount including VAT is charged when you confirm. Your bank details do not go through our servers.
- On invoice, at 30 days: the invoice is sent after delivery. If you have ordered from us before, it is your usual route; for a first order, we check that your account is open before starting production.
VAT is 10%, delivery included. Above €1,000 excl. VAT, if we do not know you yet, our team calls you to confirm before starting production; your time slot is held in the meantime.
When management has to approve: the quote from the basket
You build the basket, but someone else has to approve the spend. In the basket, choose "Receive a quote" and give four details: company, work email, preferred date, postcode. The quote for that basket, with delivery, goes to your email, to sign online. It is valid until the day before your date. Your basket stays as it is: you order as soon as it is approved, and nothing is committed before.
The customer area and the second order of the day
Ordering works without an account. With a customer account (email and password):
- your delivery and billing details are filled in at the next order, on a computer as on a phone;
- your orders appear in "My orders", with a Reorder button that puts the basket back, at today's prices;
- if a delivery is already booked, the basket offers to add a second order to it: same day, same address, same time slot, free delivery, and without the €50 excl. VAT minimum. It must be placed before the cut-off time of the first order.
Until that cut-off time, a change is requested by email or by phone; the exact time is shown on the confirmation screen.
When a made-to-measure quote is the better route
Online ordering covers the catalogue. A quote, sent within 24 hours, remains the right route for:
- delivery outside Paris, the 92, the 93 and the 94;
- an event with on-site service: a maître d'hôtel at €250 excl. VAT for 6 hours;
- a live cooking station, from €600 excl. VAT;
- hard tableware, glassware or table linen;
- a large event or a made-to-measure menu.
See also the office manager's checklist for ordering a caterer and what a catering quote includes.
Start my order (the order pages are in French).
Frequently asked questions
Can you order a caterer online without waiting for a quote?
Yes. At L'Écrin Traiteur, since 31 October 2026, the 100 items of the catalogue are ordered and paid for on the website: breakfast, afternoon break, drinks, lunch boxes, lunch trays, cocktails, sharing buffets and aperitif platters. The price shown is the price paid, and the total appears with delivery as soon as you enter your postcode.
Until when can you order online?
Until 10 am the day before for breakfast, afternoon break, breaks, drinks and lunch boxes. 48 hours ahead, before 10 am, for cocktails, lunch trays, sharing buffets, aperitif platters and fruit skewers. If the basket mixes both, the 48-hour deadline applies. The calendar only shows dates that are still possible.
How much does delivery cost?
€29 excl. VAT in Paris, the Hauts-de-Seine, the Seine-Saint-Denis and the Val-de-Marne. When there is equipment to collect (thermoses, reusable tableware), the line becomes "Delivery and collection" at €39 excl. VAT. Delivery is made by the L'Écrin Traiteur team, Monday to Friday, from 6:30 am.
Which payment methods are accepted?
Two, as you prefer: bank card (Visa, Mastercard), entered and charged on the page when you confirm, or an invoice at 30 days, sent after delivery. For a first order on invoice, we check that your account is open before starting production. Amounts are shown excluding and including VAT, at 10%.
Our management has to approve the spend: how does it work?
In the basket, choose "Receive a quote". Four fields are enough: company, work email, preferred date and postcode. The quote for that basket goes to your email, to sign online once approved, and it is valid until the day before the date. Your basket stays as it is: you order as soon as it is approved. Nothing is committed until you confirm.
Is there a minimum order?
Yes, €50 excl. VAT of products. Packages sold per person also have a floor: 10 people for a cocktail or a sharing buffet, 3 for lunch trays or lunch boxes.
Do you need an account to order?
No, ordering works without an account. With an account (email and password), your delivery and billing details are filled in for you, you find your orders in your customer area and you can reorder a basket in one click.
Can you add a second order for the same day?
Yes, with a customer account. If you already have a delivery booked, the basket offers it to you: the new order travels with the first one, to the same address and in the same time slot, and delivery is free. The €50 excl. VAT minimum does not apply to this add-on. It must be placed before the cut-off time of the first order.
When is it better to ask for a quote?
For delivery outside Paris, the 92, the 93 and the 94, an event with on-site service (maître d'hôtel at €250 excl. VAT for 6 hours), a live cooking station (from €600 excl. VAT), hard tableware or a made-to-measure menu. The quote arrives within 24 hours.
What do you receive after ordering?
A confirmation screen with the order number, the date, the time slot and the amount, then a confirmation email with the summary as a PDF. Above €1,000 excl. VAT, if we do not know you yet, we call you to confirm before starting production; your time slot is held in the meantime.
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