Our Story

A Sydney caterer with a whole lot of heart.

Rice Pantry is a modern Asian caterer serving Sydney since 2016 — made fresh, generous, and made to share.

It started with Mama Le — and a first-ever event for 200 guests in 2016. We never looked back.

What began as a family that loved to feed people grew into one of Sydney's go-to caterers for corporate events, private celebrations and weddings. The recipes, the warmth and the care have been there from day one.

Mama Le, Rice Pantry's Catering Head Chef, holding fresh spring onions
Meet Mama Le · Catering Head Chef

Our Mama Le loves to feed.

She's always been the feeder at every family event — the one making sure no one ever leaves hungry. That love of feeding people is the heart of Rice Pantry.

Mama Le has always had a passion for food. Her late father was a cook on the US Navy ships, making meals for hundreds of people on the regular — so it's fair to say it runs in the family.

Modern Asian, made to share

Our menus are built around the dishes people can't stop talking about — rice paper rolls, steamed bao, Vietnamese fried chicken, banh mi, sugarcane prawn skewers and grazing spreads that look as good as they taste. Everything is made fresh, in generous portions, so there's always plenty to go around.

A family affair

Rice Pantry is family-run to its core, and it shows in every event we cater. Since 2016 we've catered thousands of events across Sydney — from boardroom lunches for teams at Google, Atlassian, Canva and Commonwealth Bank, to weddings, birthdays and milestone celebrations.

The Rice Pantry team
The Rice Pantry crew.

A royal occasion

In 2024, we were proud to cater at a Sydney event attended by HM King Charles III — a moment we still can't quite believe.

Rice Pantry meeting HM King Charles III at a Sydney event
Rice Pantry with HM King Charles III at a Sydney event
Jackie from Rice Pantry with HM King Charles III behind
The Rice Pantry catering team celebrating at the King Charles event

Today, that same care goes into our catering and into Pantori Café & Bakery, our café in Arncliffe. Whether we're delivering office catering to the Sydney CBD, a grazing table to Parramatta, or a wedding banquet on the North Shore, the promise is the same: thoughtful food, beautifully presented, and made with a whole lot of heart.

2016

Serving Sydney since

1000+

Events catered

Asian

Cuisine we specialise in

King

Yep, we catered for one

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