Preparing a festive holiday spread or feast can be stressful, whether you’re hosting a large or small gathering. If the pressure to cook and bake amid all the other seasonal demands steals your holiday cheer, then take it off your plate! Instead of cooking, treat yourself to holiday catering from one of these local businesses. With their help, you can relax and simply focus on making merry memories with your favorite people!

Aquilante’s Catering

125 Diamond Rock Rd, Phoenixville

Since 1976, the Aquilante family has been cooking and delivering fine, homemade food for Main Line customers. This family-run business continues to offer traditional off-premise catering for all types of private parties and weddings, as well as business events. This year, place your order for their traditional Thanksgiving dinner by Nov. 18. All Thanksgiving orders will be delivered on Wednesday, Nov. 27. For other holiday catering, call or email AquilanteSales@gmail.com.

Brothers Catering

Berwyn, PA

The holidays are right around the corner and Brothers Catering can help to make yours stress free! Their holiday menu features a traditional turkey dinner, as well as other delicious choices for a feast. The deadline to order is usually five days before Thanksgiving, but contact Brothers Catering for ordering details and pick up time. Order delivery is $75.

Carlino’s

2616 E. County Line Road, Ardmore
128 West Market Street, West Chester

Carlino’s makes it easy to enjoy the holidays with your family, while still enjoying that home-cooked feel. In its third generation of family ownership, Carlino’s menus continue to be rooted in traditional, Italian home-cooking. So if you’re looking for a “Feast of the Seven Fishes,” you can order it here, as well as all the traditional American holiday favorites, crafted with an artisanal touch. Peruse their mouth-watering Thanksgiving menu, available now and keep an eye out for their holiday menu. Order deadline for Thanksgiving is Nov. 22. Pick-up and delivery are available for catering items.

Di Bruno Bros.

Ardmore Farmers Market, 120 Coulter Avenue, Ardmore
385 West Lancaster Avenue, Wayne

Let the culinary experts at Di Bruno Bros. take care of all your Thanksgiving and holiday cooking! Whether you’re planning a big feast or hosting an intimate affair, their Thanksgiving menu features classic, traditional holiday staples as well as mouthwatering new creations. Contact Di Bruno Bros. catering and use their online order form. Thanksgiving orders must be placed by 5 pm on Nov. 24 and must be picked up at Di Bruno Bros. Wayne.

Gia Bella Catering

Kennett Square, PA

Gia Bella Catering brings their “love of family and food” to everything they make. This full service catering business has the experience and expertise to handle any gathering, large or small. For Holiday 2024, Gia Bella catering offers a delicious range of options for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Gia Bella will deliver the meal fresh to your door with easy reheating instructions. Order Thanksgiving dinner by Nov. 18 for a delivery date of Nov. 27. For Christmas, order by Dec. 15 for a delivery date of Dec. 23. The delivery fee is based on mileage and included at the time of your order price quote.

HomeCooked

1 Paoli Plaza, Paoli

HomeCooked meals are delicious and family-friendly, with no slicing or dicing — just follow simple cooking instructions and your meal is done. This holiday season, HomeCooked is offering full holiday meal packages or just the items you need to complete your feast. Thanksgiving orders must be placed by noon on Wednesday, Nov. 20. (Apple, Cranberry Crumb Pies must be ordered by Monday 11/18 at 5pm.) HomeCooked will deliver your order with a $125 minimum plus a delivery fee of $8.99 or $11.99 (depending on your location). Check the website to see if your address is within delivery range.

Izenberg’s Deli & Catering

401 Fayette Street, Conshohocken

Izenberg’s has been serving Conshohocken and the surrounding Philly-based community since 1995. As a deli and caterer, Izenberg’s goes above and beyond with attention to detail, quality, and service. This fall and winter, they have menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s Eve. Holiday menus include favorites like traditional jelly-filled soufganiyot, roasted brisket au jus, hand-carved honey-glazed ham, pizzelles, and more!

Luigi & Giovanni’s

3601 Chapel Road, Newtown Square

This Main Line-area Italian shop and catering company has long been the gold standard for authentic Italian food and for the holidays, they go all out! One of the only places in the Philadelphia region to offer the traditional Seven Fishes Christmas Eve Dinner, this place will fool even Nonnie and Poppie into thinking it’s homemade! It’s only once a year that most Italian families stuff a calamari or fry a smelt, but this year, let the pros do it and you can just enjoy eating them! Check out their holiday turkey dinner menu, too.

Tasty Table Market & Catering

10 Leopard Road, Berwyn

Tasty Table is ready to help your family celebrate the holidays this year with a catered menu. Their Thanksgiving menu and order form is now available, with options for pickup or local delivery within 10 miles. This year’s menu features the traditional turkey dinner and sides with an artisanal flair, plus options for appetizers, soups and desserts.

For more ways to celebrate the holiday season around the Main Line visit the Main Line Parent Winter Holiday Family Fun Guide.

Lead photo courtesy of Midtown Social in Berwyn. Pamela Badolato contributed to this article.