Christmas dinner for your employees

Whether in the company office, in the production hall or on the ski slopes, Maiergrill Catering is ready to go anywhere in Switzerland. Barbecuing at Christmas, a surprise for every taste.

Inviting your employees to a Christmas party is a great way to say thank you and get them talking across departments at the same time. With Maiergrill Catering, we pursue your goals consistently and sustainably. With original culinary ideas and unique preparation, the team event at Christmas will be a highlight for the whole company that is guaranteed to be appreciated.

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Your Christmas dinner package from a single source

Our event coordinators will be happy to advise you and put together a ready-made Christmas dinner package according to your wishes. You can either call us or send us your information using the online form: Order offer

Culinary top quality

Scallops with giant prawns wrapped in bacon as a starter will be grilled à la minute in front of your employees at your Christmas party, lovingly draped and served subito. This freshness is also a feature of all our other menu suggestions. Maximum enjoyment is part of our concept - say our customers.

Heidi Sager

RENGGLI AG
Christmas dinner with 130 guests

«We were able to enjoy a very nice, cozy Christmas party. Maiergrill was instrumental in this. You amazed us with your delicious food. Our employees are still talking about the delicious kebabs and especially about Laura and Vanessa. You really did a great job with this event. We were really impressed by your warm and spontaneous manner. Keep up the good work! Thank you very much! We will gladly recommend you to others.»

From simple to top class

What effect do you want your employees to have? Opulent and generous - simple and focused on quality - stylish and in keeping with your company's motto - innovative and surprising? You decide, and we will stage it accordingly. For a departmental dinner with 20 employees as well as for a Christmas dinner with 1300 guests.

Partyservice serviert Weihnachtsmenu im Iglu

Unique event locations ...

... require a high degree of flexibility and autonomy from the caterer. Whether your Christmas party is to take place on the factory floor, in your company's showroom, in a circus tent in the parking lot in front of your company or even in an igloo at 2,727 m above sea level: We look forward to challenging conditions and bring everything we need.

Ariane Seeberger

UBS AG
Employee party at the sports center with 220 guests

«This day will be remembered ... We would like to thank you once again for the great organization of the catering. You really spoiled us with your culinary journey to the land of barbecued kebabs.»

Gäste grillieren am Weihnachtsessen selber

Fascinating Christmas dinner

In front of the Maier grill and while creating their own barbecue skewers - à discrétion - employees from all departments of your company come into contact with each other in a fascinating way and get to know and appreciate each other even better. Because everyone really does have something to say about barbecuing.

We are at home everywhere

The fact that we may drive an hour further than the butcher next door or the local party service has little impact on the cost of your Christmas party. Logically, because loading, unloading, installing, carrying out, dismantling, loading, unloading remain the same, whether it's a 300 m journey or 200 km.

Grillidee Dessert mit Grand-Marnier flambiert

You determine the scope

We put together the components you really need from our modular range to achieve the desired effect at your Christmas dinner. Whether just a main course as part of our do-it-yourself rental solution or a full service with a tent, furniture, crockery and table linen - all options are possible.

Personal advice

In any case, you will benefit from our experience, which we have gained at hundreds of Christmas dinners, when you order a non-binding offer for your employee event from us. We will probably ask you a few more questions over the phone and then send you our detailed offer with a concrete price for your budget planning.

Josiane & Hans-Jürg

Parish hall
Wedding catering with 80 guests

«We would like to thank you for your great work. ... Everything was perfect and the food was delicious for all our guests. The service was really great and I can only recommend you. » Testimonials

What makes the Maiergrill catering concept the ideal solution for our next staff Christmas dinner?

1. We prepare the food on the Maiergrill on site and in front of your guests, which guarantees an experience and quality. This means that your employees will remember the thank-you meal for a long time as a successful token of appreciation, which will have a very positive effect on their motivation.

2. With our participative buffet concept à discrétion, everyone is guaranteed to find exactly what they like best, making your invitation a first-class experience even for those employees who are considered discerning.

3. You can also enjoy the party and spend your valuable time with your employees, because you delegate everything you want to us. As part of our needs analysis, we take a detailed look at your requirements and provide you with modular support.

4. We are recognised by our customers as being very budget-conscious. When we provide you with a detailed quotation, you will also receive realistic empirical values from us regarding drinks consumption.

Detailed information on the organisation of your employee Christmas dinner

What costs for staff parties are accepted by the Swiss tax authorities per year?

The costs of staff parties can be recognised as business expenses in the business accounts, provided they are reasonable and serve the purpose of employee relations. As a rule, an expense of CHF 500 per event and employee is accepted for a maximum of two events per year. This means CHF 1,000 per employee per year.

Only very few companies in Switzerland utilize this limit. Experience shows that most budgets for staff parties are between CHF 100 and CHF 300 per employee per year. Of this, CHF 60 to 200 is used for catering and the remaining amount for the event location, entertainment, event technology and agency services.

How much budget is appropriate for a company party?

This must be measured by the benefits you achieve with your company Christmas dinner or your employee summer party. The five most important are:

1. you cultivate employee relations and promote identification with the company and lay the foundation for a motivating business culture and high productivity.

2. you promote cross-departmental, cross-functional and cross-hierarchical dialogue among your employees, which increases mutual understanding and improves communication. If many employees spend part of their time working from home or are spread across different locations, this is doubly valuable and a must after a company merger or reorganisation.

3. you set an example with every company party and say thank you to your employees in a tangible and therefore effective way for their performance in achieving the business objectives.

4. you create a platform to convey important messages from eye to eye in an efficient way. Every live event is also an excellent opportunity to create a link to your company values, your mission statement and the external identification of your brands, thus anchoring them even more firmly as a common "corporate language".

5. show your corporate culture in a media-effective way and create impressive messages and images for your website and social media activities. This puts your company in the best light for future employees (employer branding), your customers (new customer acquisition and retention of existing customers) as well as your suppliers and business partners. With this in mind, the cost of your company party can also be split between your personnel budget and your marketing budget with a clear conscience.

How much budget is appropriate for your company party can also be answered if we put the costs for your company party in relation to personnel expenses: The median income in Switzerland for 2024 is CHF 85,100 gross per year for a full-time position. If the employer's social benefits of around 11% are added to this, we are talking about personnel expenses of around CHF 94,350 per employee per year (source). So if you spend CHF 300 per employee per year on your staff party, for example, that's just 0.31% of personnel expenses. Even if you invest the maximum amount accepted by the tax authorities of CHF 1,000 per employee per year in your company parties, you are still only spending a good 1 % of personnel expenses. Common sense also tells us that this is certainly an appropriate investment to pursue the five business-relevant objectives described above.

The above statements apply not only to privately organised companies, but also to non-profit organisations, cooperatives, administrations and state organisations.

For most companies, there is still considerable room for improvement and we recommend that our clients budget even more generously for these investments in their most important asset - human capital - especially in times of crisis, as the benefits are multi-faceted and the expected return on investment is very high.

As an event caterer operating throughout Switzerland for important moments in life, we consider it a privilege to have been supporting you competently on this path for almost 30 years. Every single employee at Maiergrill draws a lot of meaning and motivation from this. That's why we work "always with ardor" when it comes to creating fascinating and unique experiences that will stay with our guests forever.