Planning a party, church event, outdooring, or family gathering? African Dishout catering brings authentic African food and community to every celebration.
If you've ever been to an African function in New York, you already know how it goes.
Auntie's playlist running the room. Somebody's uncle on the mic getting too comfortable. Cousins linking up for the first time in a year. And somewhere near the back — the food line forming before the prayer is even finished.
Because no matter how far we are from Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, or Freetown, food is still the thing that pulls us all into the same room.
That's the whole reason African Dishout exists. We make it simple to bring authentic African food to your event, sourced from kitchens and restaurants that actually know what they're doing — no more settling for "close enough" jollof.
Whether you're hosting eight people in a Bronx apartment or three hundred in a Brooklyn hall, we've got you.
Birthdays. Graduations. Baby showers. Sunday link-ups. The kind of gathering where you're not trying to spend three days in the kitchen, but you also can't show up with sad supermarket trays.
Order what people actually want to eat. Trust us, nobody's going to remember the cake. They're going to remember the rice.
Our mothers fed everybody for years. Mother's Day is the one day we feed them back properly.
Picture the table: jollof, grilled tilapia, plantains, puff puff, soups, swallow, the works. The kind of spread that makes her sit down, take a deep breath, and stop trying to help.
That's the goal.
The church basement after service is its own ecosystem, and we know it well.
Conventions. Women's ministry. Easter. Watch night. Choir anniversaries. Youth Sundays. Whatever the occasion, African Dishout can help you cater for the kind of crowd that doesn't play about second helpings.
Hospitality is part of the worship. Feed people well.
Naming ceremonies. Engagements. Traditional weddings. Funeral receptions. The ceremonies that carry the most weight need food that carries it too.
We help you serve guests who flew in from home, aunties who will absolutely critique the seasoning, and elders who notice every detail. No pressure.
You already know what a real African hall party looks like. The aso ebi. The MC who won't let anybody sit down. The line dancing. The spraying.
And the food trays — packed, arranged, and disappearing within the hour.
For wedding receptions, milestone birthdays, big graduations, corporate gigs, family reunions, cultural festivals — we connect you with caterers who can actually handle the volume without cutting corners on the flavor.
We work with African-owned kitchens and restaurants across the diaspora. Jollof, waakye, egusi, suya, pepper soup, grilled fish, fufu, kelewele — the stuff you grew up on, made by people who grew up on it too.
Hosting is already a lot. Hosting and cooking for fifty people is a part-time job. Let somebody else handle the kitchen so you can actually enjoy your own event.
Every order supports an African-owned business — chefs, restaurants, grocers, caterers building something real in their cities. That matters. Eating well and investing in our own at the same time isn't a small thing.
Ten people, fifty people, three hundred people. Hall, backyard, church basement, brownstone, banquet space. Tell us the count, we'll help you figure out the rest.
Two ways to do this. Pick whichever works for you.
Download African Dishout from the App Store or Google Play. From there you can:
The app is built to feel as close to ordering inside the restaurant as possible — pictures of the actual food, real menus, no guessing.
Sometimes you need a person, not an app. For larger orders, custom requests, or anything that needs a real conversation:
Whether you're working out portions for 200 guests, asking about specific dishes, or just want to talk through what makes sense for your event, Paul can walk you through it and connect you with the right kitchen for what you're trying to do.
We're currently serving the Bronx, Harlem, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Newark, NJ — with a few more cities on the way. If you're outside the main delivery zones, call us anyway. For catering, we can usually figure something out.
Whatever you're planning — Mother's Day dinner, outdooring, church convention, hall party, wedding, just a regular Saturday turn-up — African Dishout makes sure the food handles itself.
Because at the end of the day, this is what we do. We gather. We eat. We laugh too loud. We pack to-go plates for people who weren't even there.
That's home.
Download the African Dishout app, call (917) 957-5454, or email Paul, our COO, at paul@africandishout.com to start your catering order today.
