Our kitchen
Forty years of wood fires, copper vessels and 3 am starts.
- 4,000+
- weddings since 1984
- 3,000
- guests in a single sitting
- 200
- staff on our biggest days
Who we are
Feasts for 100 to 3,000 guests, cooked on wood fire.
Started by Sembagam Ammal in 1984 with ten vessels and a borrowed cart. Today her son and grandson run a team of 60 cooks and 140 servers from a kitchen on the Melur Road, with separate veg and non-veg sections.
Banana leaf weddings, kari virundhu and reception buffets across south Tamil Nadu, with our own cooks, servers, vessels and water. We work with your decorator on the buffet layout, so the food fits the hall and the queue never reaches the door.
— The Sembagam Caterers team, Madurai
What we stand for
Three things we will not change
Cooked at your venue
Everything except sweets is cooked fresh at the hall, on wood fire or gas, starting a few hours before service.
Two kitchens
Vegetarian and non-vegetarian food are cooked by different teams in separate vessels, always.
Every guest served
We count leaves, not guests. If more people come, we cook more and charge only for leaves served.
Receptions planned to the last chafer and flower.
We work with your decorator on the buffet layout, so the food fits the hall and the queue never reaches the door.
Visit or call usEnquire
Send the date, venue, count and veg or non-veg.
Taste
Visit our kitchen for a tasting and fix the menu.
Celebrate
We cook at the venue and serve every guest.
Reviews
What customers say
Sample reviews, written for this demo. Real customer reviews replace them on your store.
Two thousand guests at my daughter’s wedding and the last batch ate as well as the first.
The kari virundhu at our housewarming is still talked about by my uncles in Dindigul.
They brought their own drinking water, leaves and servers. We did not have to think about food once.
Muhurtham dates book a year ahead.
Send your date and guest count. We reply with a menu and price within a day.