Everything people usually ask before booking. If your question isn’t here, just ask us directly.
Straight up: Pre-Shucked and Delivered is $4 per oyster with a 9 dozen minimum. Shuck & Leave is $5.50 per oyster and Shucked On Demand is $6.50 per oyster, both with a 10 dozen minimum at those prices. Need a smaller order? Ask us and we’ll sort a price. Extras like Kilpatrick and virgin oyster shots are a dollar more per oyster.
As a rough guide: 3 to 4 per person if oysters are one of several foods at your event, 6 or more per person if they’re the star of the show, and a full dozen each if your crowd are proper oyster lovers. Keep in mind delivery starts at 9 dozen and on-site services at 10 dozen for the listed prices. Tell us your headcount and we’ll help you land on the right number.
Deliveries are shucked and delivered the same day, never the night before, and you can ask to watch yours shucked on a live video call. Shuck & Leave is timed with your shucker and always wrapped up by 7pm. Shucked On Demand runs in two hour sessions starting at noon or 6pm.
Both mean your oysters are opened fresh at your venue. With Shuck & Leave, we do the work before or away from the action, set everything up ready to serve, and then leave you to it. With Shucked On Demand, we’re part of the event: two hours of shucking right among your guests, handing over oysters seconds after they’re opened.
Yes. Our oysters are some of the freshest in Perth. We keep them properly chilled from pickup to plate, shuck them as close to serving as possible, and serve them on a bed of ice. If an oyster doesn’t pass our standards, it doesn’t get served.
Anything not eaten is shucked and left with you, if you want it. Keep them below 4 degrees and eat them within 24 hours, and give each one a smell and a look first. Prefer to play it safe? We can leave leftovers unshucked so you can freeze them and defrost later. Once we leave site, storage is your responsibility.
Not much. For deliveries, just be home. For on-site services we bring the bench, ice, knives, sauces and everything else. We even provide a small utensil for freeing each oyster from its shell, since we serve them the right way up rather than flipped. A bit of space and access to your venue is all we need.
Both. Natural is the classic, and lemon, lime, tabasco and mignonette come standard. With Shucked On Demand you can add build-your-own Kilpatrick, bacon and our signature sauce ready in about five minutes in the air fryer, or virgin oyster shots with tomato juice. Have ’em cooked or not. Want it natural? Sure.
Their loss, more for everyone else. Seriously though: oysters work best as a highlight rather than the whole menu, so most hosts pair us with other catering. We’ll help you pick a quantity that fits your crowd rather than overselling you.
The earlier the better, especially for weekends and event season. Some extras have their own lead times too: flavoured pearl drops from Peninsula Larder need two weeks notice. That said, some of the best gatherings come together last minute, so if your event is soon, ask anyway and we’ll tell you straight whether we can make it work.
All of them. Family gatherings, weddings, engagement parties, birthdays, corporate celebrations and milestones, or no occasion at all, just because you value your employees or your mates. If there are people and appetite, we’ll be there.
