Crab Apple Catering

14/02/2025

As we love Jordan very much we decided to treat him this Valentine's day with a brand new, super shiny food truck.

Keep an eye out as we post more content on her over the next few weeks.

She's an absolute stunner! We can't wait to get her out at events and finish fitting her out so that we can treat you all to some amazing food.

Thank you to for this beautiful trailer we can't wait to use her!

We think this might be true love for Jordan ! 🥰

04/02/2025

Congratulations to our very own Phoebe who passed her driving test today!

Phoebe is one of our amazing staff members who you can see at our campsite cafe, working hard in our unit, serving at a wedding or out in our food truck.

We are so pleased you passed today! Now to get you out in the van 🤣

Congratulations!

A busy (but rewarding) day for Kevin as Phoebe Allen was his second test of the day. Phoebe came up with the goods and passed her driving test in Dorchester.

The rain did not stop her having a great result including a parallel park which she nailed!

I do hope you have a great summer with ‘Crabapple’ I know you are a great organiser and hope you find a career you will enjoy.

Remember you are always welcome to come and see ‘Auntie Sally’ if you ever wander down to her house if lost!!

All the best and stay safe out there
Kevin

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank you to all our customers and friends for another amazing year we have catered some amazing weddings this year ... 26 in total, met some amazing people and made new friends along the way.

Our amazing team have worked hard to make sure everything was perfect and have done an amazing job.

We have signed a brand new lease on our Burnbake cafe so we will be there for another 3 years with some exciting new additions for next season.

And some exciting things are on their way with our mobile catering .... Watch this space.......

But for now we will take a few days off with our families to celebrate so see you all soon!

07/11/2024

We are looking forward to going at their monster fireworks this Friday!

Come and join us, enjoy some food and some amazing entertainment!

17/10/2024

As our 2024 wedding season draws to a close we have the time to look back on another amazing year packed with some stunning weddings at incredible venues.

We are proud to put so much time and effort into every wedding we do from the planning stage right through to the big day.

We are lucky that we get to work with some amazing venues and awesome suppliers who work tirelessly to make sure everything goes well on the day.

2025 is shaping up to be another busy year and the diary is already nearly full. We have also started taking bookings for 2026 so it's looking like the busy times are here to stay!

Thank you to all our amazing couples this year for booking us and we can't wait to start working on next year's weddings and travelling to some more beautiful venues.

30/09/2024

This weekend saw us go to in Swanage for a private party.

The clients wanted a ploughman's style buffet for lunch followed by an afternoon tea.

You certainly don't get many venues with that kind of view.

We loved catering for these clients as they knew exactly what they wanted and loved spending time with their family and friends whilst enjoying all the food.

15/08/2024

Congratulations to our very own Phoebe, Scarlet and Quinn on their A level results.

They have all smashed it as we knew they would. Well done guys, can't wait to see you all succeed on your next steps!

25/06/2024

It's that time of the year again when we get to wish the man from behind the cooker a very happy birthday!

He can normally be found cooking up a storm, if it's in his smoker, on the BBQ, in the food truck or behind the grill as long as he has tongs (or a beer) in his hand he is happy.

But today we let him have the day off, but fear not he is back catering a wedding tomorrow!

Happy birthday Jordan!

21/06/2024

It's been a busy few months here at Crab Apple HQ, we have been neglecting our socials! Here are a few snaps of some recent events we have been doing, staying with a family paella! We have been really lucky to get the few sunny days for our weddings.

It has been a really busy wedding season so far, we have ticked off 13 this year with another 13 to go! Jordan has been putting our new smoker through its paces, brisket has been a real winner with the wedding guests this year!

We also opened our campsite cafe back up for the season, open weekends at the moment but will be open everyday for breakfast and dinner from 6th July until the schools go back in September. We are pleased to say we have just extended our lease on the cafe as well so we will be there until 2027!

We will try and do better with posting more pictures for you all to see what we have been up to!

Have a great weekend folks

19/06/2024

We are looking for the right person to join our team!

We have a busy diary with a variety of different events, including weddings, parties, food truck bookings and our campsite cafe.

If you are interested please drop us an email for more information!

28/04/2024

Vacancy!

We have a vacancy at our campsite cafe. We are looking for someone part time to help take orders, make drinks and help with general kitchen duties.

Hours will be initially at weekends with more in the school holidays. Shifts will include 7.30am until around 10am, 5.30pm until around 8pm. With a rota provided a month in advance.

You will need your own transport to the cafe at Burnbake Campsite, however we comeback to Swanage after the shift so are happy to bring you home!

If you are interested please contact us via email [email protected]

21/04/2024

All set up and ready to go classic car show, we are here all day serving up our sourdough wraps, seasoned fries and today we even have breakfast baps on.

Show opens at 11 why not pop past have a look at some amazing cars and grab a bite to eat!

01/04/2024

Another busy weekend at Crab Apple.

This weekend saw Jordan, Sarah and Megan head over to the stunning for a wedding, the couple had a hog roast menu served to the table on sharing boards. We absolutely loved catering at this venue and wish the happy couple all best in the future.

Meanwhile Matt and Scarlet headed over to for their first tap room weekend since moving to their new home. We had a great afternoon serving lots of happy customers! We can't wait to return! Great beer and cracking food. What's not to like?!

Now to get everything clean and ready for next weekend when we have a double header of weddings with one on Friday and another Saturday.

Happy bank holiday folks!

30/03/2024

Nearly ready to go at the brand new tap room.

Sourdough wraps and seasoned fries on the menu today!

Even a little bit of sunshine shhhhhh!

24/03/2024

We had an amazing evening yesterday catering for some fantastic customers who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with their family.

15 guests staying in one of cottages.

We started off with some canapes along with a beautiful sunset. Followed by smoked brisket, house marinated chicken and lamb leg. We served this with corn on the cob, roasted new potatoes and roasted root veg.

The meal was finished off in style with macarons, mini cheesecakes and mini pavlovas.

With 2 vegans and 3 veggies we didn't want them to be left out. They were treated to Mediterranean vegetable skewers and BBQ jackfruit. Followed by vegan chocolate mousse, vegan carrot cake and vegan lemon cake.

It was our pleasure to cater for such a lovely family! We even got to enjoy a beautiful sky with an almost full moon whilst packing away!

24/03/2024

Can't wait to join you guys! Really excited to see the new tap room!

TAPROOM!!!!

It’s finally time to announce the opening of our new taproom 🎉

It’s been a long time coming but we’re super excited to say we’ll be open this Good Friday & Easter Saturday 12-8pm!

We’ve got you covered food also as we’re going to be joined by old friends Flaming Peaches on Friday from 1pm and Crab Apple Catering on Saturday from 12pm.

Easter weekend sorted??

15/02/2024

Come and join our team!

Chef/ Cook wanted in Swanage, Dorset. Permanent, full time job, hours will include weekdays and weekends. Competitive salary. Find the full job details here:
www.purbeckjobs.co.uk/job/2824/chef-cook