FOOD TO GATHER AROUND
Catering, private dinners and food events. Helsinki
KaKoe is a food studio in Helsinki. We make food for people to share: catering for offices and teams, celebratory gatherings, private dinners, and food-centered events.
Our cooking comes from a Third Culture point of view. Immigrating from the Philippines, then settling here in the Nordics, our cooking sets between the two cultures.
On events anchored around food.
Alongside catering, we host dinners, workshops and collaborations built around a theme.
Each one is a one-off, so dates and updates live on Instagram.
Pika Pika Catering
Catering for teams and gatherings. Pick a product, tell us the date and headcount, and we deliver. Everything is made by hand or sourced from artisan makers, never a tray of store-bought cold cuts.
It's for meetings, light office lunches, openings, birthdays, and any gathering where the food is part of the conversation.
It's not a heavy, hot-dish buffet for full lunches or dinners. We keep the format focused so we can do it well
All prices exclude VAT.
A full themed mezze-style spread, ready per person. Perfect for team meetings, light lunch and after works
Every guest gets:
- locally baked flat bread
- caramelized carrot hummus
- herbed yogurt (plant-based available)
- pepper-marinated cucumbers
- sumac onions
Then pick the plate’s anchor (choose 1 per person)
Arki: soft-boiled egg, house-made charcuterie, marinated cheese
Flora (vegan): smoked tofu, meatless picadillo
Nordica: smoked salmon, salt-roasted beets with orange
One compound salad for the whole group (seasonal, pick one)
- Quinoa-Arugula Salad with X.O. Dressing
- Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
Want more salads? Add any extra for 3.50€ per person.
Order both if you like.
Build your spread
Want more variety? Add extra anchor sets for any plate for 7.50€ each, for as many guests as you like.
Mixing plates: the split between plates must add up to your headcount.
14.5€ per person (excl. VAT) · min. 10 guests
Delivered individually boxed and ready to serve.
Optional: gluten-free flatbread, per person (tell us how many)
Mezze Spreads
Canapes
Small bites to eat standing up with a drink in your hand.
Great for networking and social events.
Our team sets up a canapé station and keeps it refilled in rounds through your event, so every piece reaches your guests fresh and the table never sits empty. You host, and we handle the rest.
Every guest gets: 3 savoury pieces + 1 sweet piece
Gluten-free is built in, with no extra charge.
Other requirements? Tell us in the inquiry form.
How the service runs
We arrive early and set up.
The first round goes out as guests arrive, and fresh rounds follow through the event.
The sweet piece closes the evening.
We clear plates and napkins as we go and leave the space tidy.
18€ per person (exc. VAT)
Min. 10 guests
Cakes
A cake to mark the occasion. Either savoury or sweet.
Order one on its own, or add it to your mezze spread.
Each slab is one flavour, and everything in it is made here.
Sandwich Cakes · serves 8–10
The classic Nordic party centerpiece, the voileipäkakku, re-imagined. It keeps the familiar layers of rye and creamy filling, with flavors from further afield folded in. A small savoury bite to share around the table.
Seafood: avocado-egg salad with nori, citrus and herbs, smoked trout
Meat: Asian-style ham and egg salad with sesame, miso mayonnaise
Vegetarian: smoked tofu and mushroom salad with roasted garlic
Sweet Cakes · serves 12–15
Something sweet to finish a gathering, ready to slice and serve.
‘Lumi Cake’
Vanilla-Lime Tres Leches Cake with Mascarpone-Coconut Frosting
‘Caramello’
Cardamom Sponge Cake with Dulce Caramel Frosting
All cakes at 65 € per slab (exc. VAT) · one flavor per slab ·
Logistics & Service Fee
The fee covers delivery, packaging, disposable plates and napkins, and scales with guest count.
10–20 guests: €25
21–40 guests: €35
40+ guests: confirmed on quotation
What You Pay, by Product
Mezze spread: delivery fee. No staff needed.
Canapés: delivery fee, plus staffed service (always included, charged separately).
Cakes: delivery fee, where each slab counts as 10 guests. No staff needed.
Staffed Service (Canapés)
€160 per staff member for a 4-hour block, which includes set-up and clear-up, so about 3 hours of service.
Extra hours are €40 per hour.
For 40 guests or more, we recommend one staff member per 40 guests. We’ll confirm the number on your quote.
How It Works
Tell us about your gathering.
We send you a proposal by email.
We deliver. For canapés, our team also sets up and serves.
Delivery
Cakes are delivered only, and each slab counts as 10 guests. 1–2 slabs are €25, 3–4 slabs are €35, and 5 or more are confirmed on quotation.
Adding a cake to a mezze or canapé order? It travels on the same trip, with no extra delivery fee.
Minimum 10 guests for mezze and canapés. Cakes are ordered by the slab. For orders over 40 guests we confirm capacity on quotation.
INQUIRY FORM
Not ethnic. Not Nordic. Third Culture.
The cooking is guided by a way of thinking about food, not a cuisine.
It draws on a journey from the Pacific to the Nordics, shaped by season and context, so the menu follows the idea behind your evening instead of a country on a map.
A bespoke dinner, from first bite to last sweet, for up to 25 guests. Each menu is written for you and your table: your occasion, your people, your story
Private Dinners
Shared, plated, degustación or somewhere in between. Never a buffet.
Your dinner can include talks, stories, and conversation around the table, whatever suits the evening.
Every dinner is planned case by case. Email us your date, guest count, and what you have in mind, and we'll take it from there.
let’s gather
Catering for your next gathering, a private dinner at your table, or a food event worth following.
Start with a catering inquiry, or write to us about a dinner.
Private dinners: hello@kakoestudio.com
Events and updates: follow the journey KaKoeStudio on Instagram