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Food Tastes Better When it Matters
Conference Menu
Melbourne’s food scene is like the city itself — diverse, innovative, and a little bit fabulous. Our chefs, driven by curiosity and a commitment to sustainability, create menus that celebrate this vibrant city. Alive with the seasons and bursting with fresh, locally sourced ingredients, every dish reflects Melbourne’s multicultural energy and love of good food. By partnering with organic producers and sourcing sustainable seafood, we deliver flavours that are as good for you as they are for the planet. Inspired by Melbourne’s global food culture, our dishes blend techniques and traditions to create inclusive dining experiences that are both authentic and adventurous. At MCEC, we’re always pushing the boundaries of traditional dining, just like Melbourne itself.
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Great flavour starts close to home. Nearly 80% of what we plate is grown in Victoria.
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On Arrival
Conference Menu
Step 1 → Select your package
Step 2 → Select your items
Includes
Arrival Drinks
Classic Favourite
⚫ Freshly brewed premium coffee, hot chocolate and a selection of traditional and herbal teas
$8.50 per person
⚫ Water station
Arrival Favourites
Served up to 45 minutes
Select one ⚫ Warm freshly baked seasonal mini muffins V | GF
$11 per person
⚫ Free-range egg and bacon tartlet with tomato relish
⚫ Select one Classic Favourite
⚫ Mini tomato and Swiss cheese croissant with sweet mustard pickle V
The perfect start to any conference
⚫ Assorted cookies V
V | Vegetarian VF | Vegan-Friendly GF | Gluten-Friendly Please note Additional dietary requirements can be catered for upon request. A 15 per cent surcharge applies to Sunday and public holiday events. All prices include GST and apply across the entire menu.
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Feed Me Overwhelmed by choice? We get it. That’s why we created the Feed Me package. Let our chefs choose the favourites and you just enjoy them. A simple, chef-curated lineup of classics and crowdpleasers. Choose Feed Me and we’ll handle the rest.
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Feed Me
Select your package
Our chefs take the lead here — a selection shaped by Melbourne’s food culture.
Full Day
Includes ⚫ Freshly brewed premium coffee, hot chocolate and a selection of traditional and herbal teas ⚫ Water station
$80 per person Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea
Half Day $65.50 per person Morning Tea or Afternoon Tea and Lunch
Morning and Afternoon Tea
Chefselected. Very Melbourne
Served up to 45 minutes
Includes ⚫ One Chef’s Selection Sweet Classics ⚫ One Chef’s Selection Savoury Classics ⚫ One Chef’s Selection Something For Everyone
Lunch Served up to 2 hours
Includes ⚫ Two Chef’s Selections From the Garden V | VF | GF
V | Vegetarian VF | Vegan-Friendly GF | Gluten-Friendly
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⚫ Two Chef’s Selections Hot Conference Classics ⚫ One Chef’s Selection Something for Everyone V | VF | GF 5
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Premium Break
Conference Menu
Select your items
$16 per person Served up to 45 minutes
Includes ⚫ Freshly brewed premium coffee, hot chocolate and a selection of traditional and herbal teas ⚫ Water station ⚫ Select one Sweet Classics ⚫ Select one Savoury Classics ⚫ Select one Something For Everyone
Add-Ons + Additional break items $8 per item, per person + Big Eat Upgrade to 3 pieces $5.50 per person
Please note 2 pieces per person from your 3-item selection.
Sweet Classics
Savoury Classics
Something For Everyone
Served cold
Finger Sandwiches
(V | VF | GF)
⚫ Raspberry single origin tart V | VF | GF
Served cold
Served hot
⚫ Chocolate chip and orange cookie V | VF | GF
⚫ Poached chicken finger sandwich with lemon mayo and parsley
⚫ Orange poppyseed cake with chocolate cream V | VF | GF
⚫ Tomato and basil arancini with salsa verde
⚫ Cucumber and cream cheese finger sandwich with dill V
⚫ Sweet potato and thyme savoury roll with tomato sauce
⚫ White chocolate blondie with raspberry whipping ganache V | VF | GF ⚫ Assorted classic lamingtons V ⚫ Lemon myrtle and cranberry scones with strawberry gum jam V ⚫ Coffee, dark chocolate and walnut scones with maple cream V ⚫ Warm chocolate and hazelnut doughnut V
Baked Goodies
⚫ Truffled mushroom and thyme jaffle ⚫ Spiced lentil pie with tomato relish
Served hot
⚫ Potato rösti with wild mushroom
⚫ Slow-cooked Moroccan lamb pie with minted pea
⚫ Sweet potato bravas croquette with spicy tomato ketchup and aioli
⚫ Thai green chicken curry pie with red nahm jim
⚫ Moroccan spiced cauliflower with harissa mayo
⚫ Good ol’ sausage roll with tomato sauce
⚫ Cauliflower and onion bhaji with mint chutney
⚫ Mt Zero olive and bush tomato scroll with parsley crumbs V ⚫ Beef brisket and aged cheddar pie with tomato relish ⚫ Toasted gypsy ham and Swiss cheese croissant
V | Vegetarian VF | Vegan-Friendly GF | Gluten-Friendly
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Conference Lunch
Conference Menu
Select your items
$53.50 per person Served up to 2 hours
Includes ⚫ Freshly brewed premium coffee, hot chocolate and a selection of traditional and herbal teas ⚫ Water station ⚫ Select two From the Garden V | VF | GF ⚫ Select two Hot Conference Classics ⚫ Select two Something for Everyone V | VF | GF
Add-Ons + Add Chef’s selection sweet treat $3.50 per person + Add Lunch Platters for $8 per item, per person + StrangeLove Activation Add a selection of Premium StrangeLove Lo-Cal Sodas for $6 per person + Lyre's Mocktail Activation Add a selection of Lyre's Mocktail Cans for $6 per person
From the Garden
Hot Conference Classics
Something For Everyone
(V | VF | GF)
⚫ Thai Hazeldene chicken curry with baby corn, bean shoots and coriander
(V | VF | GF)
⚫ Tri-coloured quinoa, tatsoi, navel orange and Catalina dressing ⚫ Mexican bean salad with roasted corn, red onion, coriander and corn chips ⚫ Baby cos, heirloom cherry tomato, pickled watermelon and black olive crumb ⚫ Wild rice salad with bok choy, red chilli and young ginger dressing ⚫ Crunchy broccoli salad with soaked cranberry, toasted nuts and seeds, pomegranate dressing ⚫ Tossed garden leaves with cucumber, cherry tomato, red onion, green olive, torn herbs and balsamic dressing ⚫ Red cabbage, Mt Zero beluga lentil, Granny Smith apple and avocado dressing ⚫ Kipfler potato salad with Kalamata olives, lilliput capers and parsley mayo ⚫ Organic chickpea, green olive, roasted red pepper, parsley and lemon ⚫ Smashed cucumber salad with mint, coriander and sumac pickled shallot
+ Add juices and soft drinks $5 per person
Select one ⚫ Assorted Noah juices ⚫ Assorted Noah juices and soft drinks
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V | Vegetarian
⚫ Muglai-style lamb korma with tender lamb, yoghurt, nuts and spices GF ⚫ Sweet and sticky gochujang-glazed Victorian beef brisket GF ⚫ Pea and ricotta ravioli with river-minted pea and champagne cream sauce V ⚫ Sumac-rubbed Victorian lamb with pickled red onion and fresh herbs GF ⚫ Beef stroganoff with champignon mushroom and smoked pimento GF ⚫ Stir-fried Bendigo chicken satay with peanut sauce GF ⚫ Pan-fried potato gnocchi with cherry tomato confit and Pecorino Romano V ⚫ Panang beef in sweet and sour coconut cream sauce GF ⚫ Honey soy chicken with sesame and spring onion GF ⚫ Malaysian vegetable curry with bean shoots, seasonal greens and tofu V | VF | GF
⚫ Curried cauliflower with turmeric yoghurt and pomegranate ⚫ Singapore noodles with puffed bean curd, carrot, chilli oil and spring onion ⚫ Aged balsamic-glazed carrots with rosemary and lemon thyme ⚫ Fragrant long-grain rice pilaf with spiced cashews and garden pea ⚫ Steamed baby potatoes alla aglio e olio ⚫ Nasi goreng with brown rice, soy sauce, garlic, shallot and chilli ⚫ Polenta bites with ras el hanout and coriander ⚫ Blistered pumpkin wedges with pumpkin seed pesto ⚫ Roast sweet potato with confit garlic and fried rosemary ⚫ Aromatic saffron rice with star anise and cardamom
Lunch Platters + Soy duck spring rolls with sweet chilli dipping sauce
+ Large bowls of hot chips with aioli and tomato sauce
+ Angus beef burger with American cheese, pickle, dijonnaise and ketchup
+ Naked inside-out Tokyo roll with avocado and enoki mushroom V | VF | GF
VF | Vegan-Friendly
+ Argentinian slow-cooked chicken empanada with chimichurri
GF | Gluten-Friendly
+ Steamed dim sims with light soy
+ Kimchi beef rice paper roll with gochujang mayo GF + Piquillo pepper and Meredith Dairy goat’s cheese frittata V | GF
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Your conference break just got interesting
Activation Stations Give your conference a little extra. These enhancements add flavour and fun to any break and pair perfectly with your catering package.
Bubble Tea Bar
Gelato Club
Fruit Box
Pop Stop
$8.50 per person
$7.50 per person
$3.50 per person
$5 per person
Bubble tea with a playful twist.
Small-batch ice cream, served in cones or cups.
A vibrant selection of whole, fresh, seasonal fruits, curated to reflect the best of the season V | VF | GF
Freshly popped and served from a live popcorn machine
⚫ Brown sugar milk tea with tapioca pearls ⚫ Mango and passionfruit tea with coconut jelly ⚫ Grape tea with popping pearls
Select one ⚫ Pistachio ice cream ⚫ Maple vanilla and strawberry ripple VF ⚫ Coconut and passionfruit sorbet VF ⚫ Hazelnut gelato
V | Vegetarian VF | Vegan-Friendly GF | Gluten-Friendly
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Barista Station
Select your coffee experience
After a true Melbourne coffee experience? Meet the vibrant, satisfying blend from local favourite Padre Coffee.
Option One $245 per hour Minimum two consecutive hours ⚫ 40 cups per hour, on average ⚫ One barista
Option Two $430 per hour Minimum two consecutive hours ⚫ Unlimited coffee cups per hour ⚫ Two baristas
Option Three $2,750 Unlimited for eight hours ⚫ Unlimited coffee cups ⚫ Two baristas
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Happy Hour Available with any half-day package that includes lunch. Served from pre-set tables and beverage stations.
Select your package
Option One $39 per person
Includes A handpicked selection of wines from our cellar, plus beer and nonalcoholic drinks curated by our team: ⚫ One sparkling, white, rosé and red wine ⚫ One standard and non-alcoholic beer ⚫ One alcoholic juice - Moon Dog Fizzer ⚫ A selection of soft drinks and juices
Upgrades + Upgrade to tray service for $8 per person
⚫ Assorted platters of traditional mini pies and sausage rolls with tomato sauce and beetroot relish (includes vegetarian, vegan and gluten friendly options)
Option Two $49 per person ⚫ Sweet tomato tart with basil and olive gravel V | VF | GF ⚫ Handcrafted vegetarian sushi with wasabi mayo and soy V | GF ⚫ Truffle mushroom arancini with garden pea aioli and pea sprouts V | GF ⚫ Steamed chicken and sweetcorn sui mai
Why not add a little happiness? V | Vegetarian VF | Vegan-Friendly
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GF | Gluten-Friendly
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Flavours of Melbourne $95 per person, all inclusive Two-hour package
Food
Beverages
Food Station
A selection of wines from our cellar, plus beer and non-alcoholic drinks curated by our Beverage Manager:
⚫ Showcase of L’Artisan Cheese and Salt Kitchen charcuterie Served with house-made pickles, marinated Mt Zero olives, sherry quince paste, fruit, nuts, house-baked sourdough, and lavosh ⚫ Rocky Road Reimagined A playful twist on a classic. Think rocky road meets Melbourne laneway — layered with chocolate soil, crisp shards and honeycomb for that perfect mix of texture and nostalgia V
Pass-Around ⚫ Corn and matured cheddar empanadas, with smoked corn puree, espellette oil and spring onion V ⚫ Bang-Bang chicken gyoza with chilli crisp dipping sauce ⚫ Cacio e Pepe Fresh cavatelli tossed in Pecorino Romano with free-range egg yolks and cracked black pepper V
V | Vegetarian VF | Vegan-Friendly GF | Gluten-Friendly
⚫ One sparkling, white, rosé and red wine ⚫ One alcoholic and non-alcoholic beer ⚫ One alcoholic juice - Moon Dog Fizzer ⚫ One alcoholic iced tea - Subtle Tea ⚫ One ETCH native flavoured sparkling water ⚫ A selection of soft drinks and juices
If you want to understand Melbourne, start with its food
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