Honey Baked Ham Catering Guide: Menu, How to Order & Best Options for the Office

When the office event calls for something more than sandwiches, Honey Baked Ham is one of the few national chains with a real centerpiece on the menu. The signature bone-in spiral-sliced ham, finished with a sweet crackling glaze, is what built the brand and what most people picture when the name comes up. For office catering, Honey Baked Ham covers whole bone-in hams, smoked and roasted turkey breasts, box lunches, sandwich platters, signature meat platters, buffets, traditional heat-and-serve sides, Family Meals, and a full dessert lineup, with more than 400 retail locations across 40 states. This guide walks through every catering format, how ordering works, where Honey Baked Ham excels for office events, where it falls short, and what to order instead when the occasion calls for something more flexible.

Honey Baked Ham catering is fulfilled by individual local stores, so menu, pricing, and availability vary by location and shift heavily around the holidays. Confirm current offerings, lead times, and live quotes directly with your nearest Honey Baked Ham store or with the corporate catering inbox at HBHCatering@hbham.com before ordering.

Honey Baked Ham Catering Menu

Honey Baked Ham’s catering menu splits neatly into two halves. On one side, whole hams and turkey breasts are sold by weight as a centerpiece protein, the way a butcher shop or holiday caterer would price them. On the other side, box lunches, sandwich platters, and buffets are sold per box, per platter, or per person, the way a deli chain would. Most office orders pull from one half or the other, depending on whether the event is a casual team lunch or an occasion meal.

Bone-In Spiral-Sliced Ham

The flagship product. A bone-in ham, spiral-sliced for easy serving, finished with the signature sweet crackling glaze. It’s the centerpiece protein at appreciation lunches, retirement parties, holiday team meals, and any office event where the food is meant to anchor the occasion rather than fade into the background. Hams arrive fully cooked and ready to serve cold or warmed; no carving station required. Three sizes:

Portion math: Honey Baked Ham’s portion guidance puts one-third to one-half pound of ham per person when the ham is the main course, slightly less when paired with substantial sides. For an office lunch with two or three sides per plate, half a pound per person is a comfortable buffer that leaves a little for seconds.

Lead time on whole hams is typically longer than on quarter or half hams, particularly during holiday weeks when whole hams move first.

Boneless Ham

For offices that prefer a cleaner serving experience without the bone, the boneless version of the signature ham is sliced, glazed, and presented in a more carving-knife-friendly format. The boneless line comes in two sizes (small and whole). It loses some of the visual presence of the bone-in centerpiece, but it’s easier to portion at a buffet line and produces less waste.

Roasted and Smoked Turkey Breast

Honey Baked Ham’s second-most-popular catering protein, available as either a Honey Baked Roasted Turkey Breast or an Oven-Roasted Turkey Breast (the brand’s two glazed turkey lines), plus a Whole Honey Baked Turkey for very large events. The turkey arrives sliced and ready to serve. Lighter than the ham, with a milder flavor profile, the turkey breast is a strong companion piece on the same buffet table when you want both options for guest preference. Some offices order one ham and one turkey side by side for any group of 20 or more.

Family Meals

Bundled meals built around a ham or turkey breast plus sides and dessert, sized by group. Family Meals are Honey Baked Ham’s most-requested catering format for holiday team meals, where the menu, the portions, and the side selections need to land in one decision rather than item by item. Common bundles in the catalog include Half Ham Brunch, Quarter Ham Dinner, Small Boneless Ham Dinner, Ham & Two Sides, Ham & Cheesecake Sampler, Ham & Pecan Pie, Whole Turkey Feast, and Oven-Roasted Turkey Breast Meal. A typical bundle includes:

• A bone-in or boneless ham, a smoked or roasted turkey breast, or a whole turkey
• Two heat-and-serve sides from the catalog
• A dessert (cheesecake sampler or pecan pie, depending on the bundle)

Group sizes: Family Meals are sized roughly to small dinners, family-of-four-style meals, mid-team lunches, and full-team holiday meals. For larger events, ordering multiple Family Meals or building a custom order from a la carte menu items is the typical solution.

Sandwich Platters & Signature Meat Platters

Trays of catering sandwiches and platters built around the brand’s signature meats. The standard formats:

• Sandwich Platter — an assortment of classic sandwiches (Ham Classic, Roasted Turkey Classic, Chicken Salad, Ham Salad, and similar), arranged on a tray, typically including chips. Sized for groups of ten or more.
• Sandwich Platter VIP — an upgraded assortment with the same format and a higher-end set of sandwiches.
• Mini Sandwich Tray — smaller-format sliders and finger-sandwich-sized portions, usually around two dozen pieces.
• Signature Meat Platter — a build-your-own at the table: choice of Honey Baked Ham, smoked or roasted turkey breast, or roast beef plus cheddar, Swiss, lettuce, tomato, specialty mustards, fresh breads, and two deli sides plus cookies. The crowd-favorite for any office event where guests prefer to assemble their own.

Sandwich choices available across box lunches and platters typically include Ham Classic, Roasted Turkey Breast Classic, Smoked Turkey Breast Classic, Turkey Bacon Ranch, Club, Chicken Club, Roast Beef, Turkey Salad Croissant, Chicken Salad Croissant, and a Vegetarian option. Bread choices commonly include croissants, white, wheat, and rye.

Box Lunches

Individual boxed meals for hybrid teams, distributed teams, and meetings where everyone needs a self-contained meal rather than a shared platter. Honey Baked Ham’s catering box lunches come in several tiers, defined by the number of items packed alongside the sandwich:

The “items” rotate from a list of catering add-ons that typically includes a beverage, deli salad, gourmet deli salad, fruit cup, chips, and a cookie. Each box is labeled with the filling, which keeps logistics clean at meeting tables and conference rooms.

For more on when per-person boxes beat a shared spread, see our guide to boxed lunch catering vs. buffet and our breakdown of how much boxed lunches cost for office catering.

Buffets

For larger groups (typically ten or more) where a build-your-own buffet line fits the event better than a fixed sandwich platter, Honey Baked Ham offers two formats:

• Great Beginnings Buffet — the entry-level catering buffet, built around a choice of meat plus sides.
• VIP Buffet — the upgraded catering buffet with premium meats and an expanded side selection.
• Sandwich Builder Buffet — meats, cheeses, lettuce, tomato, condiments, and an assortment of fresh breads, set up so guests build their own sandwiches at the table.

Salads & Catering Trays

Beyond sandwiches and centerpiece proteins, the catering menu includes party-sized Garden Salads, Caesar Salads, Chef Salads (ham, roasted turkey, cheddar, Swiss, tomato, cucumber, red onion), and Chicken Caesar Salads. Catering trays round out the order with a Fresh Veggie Tray, a Fresh Fruit Tray, a Cookie Temptation Tray (about two dozen cookies), and a Medium Signature Meat & Cheese Tray. These are not a daily-lunch format; they’re built for happy hours, holiday parties, and standing receptions where guests graze rather than sit down.

Sides, Desserts & Add-Ons

Honey Baked Ham’s side dishes are the second leg of the brand. A glazed ham on its own is a centerpiece; a glazed ham with mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, and green bean casserole is a holiday plate. Most catering orders combine the protein with two or three of the heat-and-serve side trays from the catalog. The national heat-and-serve side menu:

Catering deli sides are sold by the pound at the local store and include Chicken Salad, Ham Salad, Potato Salad, Broccoli Bacon Bliss Salad, and Gourmet Deli Salads. These are the box-lunch and signature meat-platter companions, distinct from the heat-and-serve catalog above.

How to mix and match: a clean office-lunch order pairs the ham with one starch (mashed potatoes, au gratin, or mac and cheese), one vegetable (Tuscan broccoli or green bean casserole), and one fruit-forward side (cinnamon apples). For holiday team meals, swap in cornbread stuffing and sweet potato souffle to push the spread toward the traditional plate.

A note on tray sizing: Honey Baked Ham’s heat-and-serve sides are sized for small groups. For an office buffet of 20 to 30 people, plan on multiple trays per side rather than one tray of each.

Desserts

Honey Baked Ham’s national dessert catalog leans on full cakes, the Cheesecake Sampler, and a couple of pies and coffee cakes:

• Cheesecake Sampler — a four-flavor sampler (Vanilla, Turtle Caramel, Strawberry Swirl, Hot Fudge Sundae). The crowd-favorite for any office event with mixed dessert preferences.
• Southern Pecan Pie — the signature pie at most stores; pairs naturally with the holiday-meal vibe.
• Cakes — Lemon Cream Cake, Carrot Cake, Triple Chocolate Cake, Coconut Cake, Red Velvet Cake, and a Rum Cake Sampler are the standard rotation.
• Coffee Cakes — Cinnamon Walnut and Blueberry coffee cakes work for AM events and breakfast meetings.
• Catering dessert platters from the local catering menu include the Cookie Temptation Platter (about two dozen cookies), the Brownie Indulgence Platter, the Cheesecake Platter, and a Mixed Dessert Platter. These work as add-ons to a sandwich-platter order or as standalone afternoon-meeting fare.

Drinks & Other Add-Ons

Tip: Honey Baked Ham orders do not always include disposable tableware by default. Add it to the order if your office doesn’t keep plates, utensils, and serving spoons on hand for a buffet-style ham service.

How to Order Honey Baked Ham Catering

Honey Baked Ham catering is fulfilled at the local store level rather than through a single national portal. There are three practical paths to an order:

1. Order through your local Honey Baked Ham store. Find your nearest store on the store locator at honeybaked.com, then call or stop in to place the order. Each store sets its own catering menu, delivery options, and lead times. This is the most flexible path: stores can customize sandwich combinations, side selections, and pickup windows that the third-party marketplaces lock down.
2. Email the corporate catering team. For multi-city orders, large corporate accounts, or anything that needs to span more than one store, email HBHCatering@hbham.com. Honey Baked Ham’s corporate catering team coordinates orders with the right local stores on your behalf.
3. Order through a third-party catering marketplace. Honey Baked Ham stores are listed on a few catering marketplaces (most notably ezCater) that provide a live web-ordering interface with the local store’s posted menu, delivery fee, and minimum. Useful when you want a one-step online checkout instead of a phone call. Note that marketplace fees and minimums can run higher than ordering direct.

The full order flow:

1. Pick the format. Family Meal for a complete bundled meal, sandwich platter or buffet for a shared lunch, box lunches for a hybrid team, signature meat platter for a build-your-own, or a la carte ham plus sides for a custom build.
2. Set headcount. Honey Baked Ham’s portion guidance puts roughly half a pound of ham per person for a centerpiece meal, or one sandwich per person for a deli-style lunch. Round up if there’s any ambiguity.
3. Pick the date and time. Schedule pickup or delivery at least one business day out (around 20 hours is the working minimum at most stores). For holiday weeks, schedule a full week out, with the pickup window booked at the start of the order.
4. Add sides, desserts, and drinks. Two or three sides per protein is the standard combination. Add desserts and drinks per headcount or per tray.
5. Choose pickup or delivery. Delivery radius and timing varies by store; confirm at the time of order. For pickup, note who from your office will collect the order and at what time.
6. Pay and confirm. Most catering orders go on a credit card over the phone with the local store, or through a third-party marketplace at checkout. Some stores offer corporate invoicing for recurring orders.

What’s included: Whole hams and turkey breasts arrive pre-cooked and pre-sliced, ready to serve cold or warmed to taste. Sides arrive in heat-and-serve trays. Box lunches, sandwich platters, and buffets arrive ready to set out. Setup is not provided; the driver drops the order and leaves.

Delivery, Pickup & Lead Times

Note on holiday windows: the calendar around Easter, Thanksgiving, and the December holidays drives a meaningful share of Honey Baked Ham’s annual volume. Expect longer lead times, narrower delivery windows, and waitlists for whole hams during those weeks. For office holiday parties, lock in the order at least a week ahead, and confirm pickup or delivery a day before pickup.

Note on heat-and-serve sides: the side trays arrive chilled. Make sure your office has access to an oven or commercial microwave on the day of the event, and budget time for reheating before service starts. For appreciation lunches and any event with executives in the room, this is a real logistics consideration; the centerpiece ham can serve cold, but mashed potatoes and mac and cheese should be warm.

Note on retail-app delivery: Honey Baked Ham’s national retail-delivery partners (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub) cover store retail orders, not catering orders. Catering delivery runs through the local store or a third-party catering marketplace, which is a different operational track from a retail food-delivery app. If you need same-day delivery for a small order, the retail apps may work for a single ham or sandwich; for a true catering order, plan around the local store instead.

Pros and Cons of Honey Baked Ham Catering

What Works Well

• Real centerpiece protein. Few national-chain catering options offer a true centerpiece on the buffet line. The signature glazed bone-in ham makes the meal feel like an occasion, not a vended lunch.
• Holiday catering specialty. Easter, Thanksgiving, and December team meals are Honey Baked Ham’s calendar peak for a reason. The brand is built around exactly the menu you’d want for a holiday office event.
• Sandwich platters for everyday lunches. Beyond the holiday specialty, the Hawaiian-roll slider platters and the boxed lunches give you a deli-grade everyday option built around the same signature ham.
• Traditional Southern sides. Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato souffle, cornbread stuffing. The side menu pairs naturally with the ham and turkey, which removes one round of menu-planning decisions.
• Heat-and-serve format. Sides come as trays that go from chilled to ready-to-serve in 20 to 40 minutes. No prep on the office’s side beyond reheating.
• National footprint. Hundreds of retail stores across nearly every state, which means most US offices have a catering-enabled Honey Baked Ham within driving distance.

What Falls Short

• Holiday surge limits flexibility. The same calendar peak that makes Honey Baked Ham a strong holiday option also limits short-notice ordering during those weeks. Plan a week ahead if your event is near a holiday.
• Limited dietary variety. The menu is meat-forward by design. Vegetarian options are confined to side dishes; vegan and strict gluten-free coverage is thin. For mixed-dietary groups, Honey Baked Ham works best as part of a multi-vendor order.
• No onsite staff or setup. Delivery is drop-and-go. For executive events that need a server to slice, plate, and replenish, you’re on your own or you bring in separate staffing.
• Heating logistics. The side trays need oven or microwave access on the day of service. Offices without a kitchen or break room will need to plan around that, especially for buffet-style hot service.
• Higher price tier than deli chains. Honey Baked Ham sits above deli chains like Subway, Jersey Mike’s, and Jimmy John’s on per-person price. For casual everyday lunches with no occasion, the value math may favor the deli chains.
• Recurring-order fatigue. The narrow menu (ham, turkey, traditional sides) is a strength for occasional events and a weakness for weekly meal programs. Most offices use Honey Baked Ham for occasions, not for the everyday rotation.

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Who Is Honey Baked Ham Catering Best For?

Honey Baked Ham vs. Other Catering Options

Honey Baked Ham sits in its own niche among national catering chains. Here’s how it stacks up against the closest comparisons.

Subway and Jersey Mike’s are sandwich-first chains built for casual everyday lunches. They beat Honey Baked Ham on per-person price and on speed for non-occasion orders, but they’re not a fit when the event needs a centerpiece protein. Read our deep dives on Subway catering and our Atlanta corporate event catering guide for related comparisons.

Boston Market is the closest national-chain analog: rotisserie chicken or turkey as the centerpiece protein with American comfort sides. Boston Market’s footprint is much smaller than Honey Baked Ham’s, and the brand identity skews more weeknight-dinner than holiday-specialty.

Local caterers are the strongest counter-option for any event that needs onsite staff, dietary flexibility, or a menu beyond the Southern-comfort lane. A platform like Zerocater pulls from a wide pool of local caterers across cuisines, which is the practical workaround when no national chain quite fits.

If you want to look beyond national chains, American catering on Zerocater gives you access to hundreds of local caterers that can match the holiday-meal vibe with more dietary flexibility. A few vendor pages worth browsing: Jersey Mike’s (Chicago), Paris Baguette (NYC), Capriotti’s (Denver), and Ike’s Place (Bay Area).

A Better Option for Office Catering

Honey Baked Ham is a strong pick when the occasion calls for a holiday-grade centerpiece and the team is happy with a traditional Southern-comfort menu. For most other office events, a catering platform that pulls from a wider pool of caterers will give you a better-fitting menu, more dietary flexibility, and onsite-staffing options the chains don’t provide.

Zerocater connects offices with hundreds of vetted caterers across every cuisine, including local catering kitchens that can do a holiday-grade ham, a rotisserie chicken, a brisket, or a fully vegan plant-forward spread. Every order is managed by Zerocater’s operations team, which means reliable delivery, proper setup when you need it, and someone to call when something doesn’t land.

With CaterAi, you can plan your entire event in minutes. Share your headcount, budget, dietary needs, and date, and CaterAi builds custom menus from multiple caterers. Chat to adjust items, add onsite staff or decor, and check out. Zerocater handles the rest.

Why offices switch from single-chain catering to Zerocater:

• Access to hundreds of caterers, not one menu
• Dietary filtering (vegan, gluten-free, halal, kosher, allergen-aware) built into the platform
• Professional delivery with setup assistance where you need it
• One platform for events, daily meals, and everything in between
• Same-day ordering available for many caterers

Plan Your Office Catering with CaterAi

For more office catering ideas, see our guides to board meeting catering, ordering catering as an office manager, catering for mixed dietary needs, and boxed lunch vs. buffet catering. Comparing brand options? See our deep dives on Subway catering, Panera catering, Chipotle catering, Chick-fil-A catering, and Olive Garden catering. For city-specific caterer recommendations, browse the best corporate event catering in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Washington D.C.

Which Honey Baked Ham Order for How Many People?

The right Honey Baked Ham format depends on the occasion and the headcount. Casual team lunches lean on sandwich platters and box lunches; holiday team meals and appreciation events lean on the centerpiece ham with sides. The chart below maps the most common office scenarios to the recommended order shape.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Honey Baked Ham catering priced?

Honey Baked Ham catering is priced by format. Whole bone-in hams and turkey breasts are priced by weight. Sandwich platters and box lunches are priced per platter or per box. Sides come in trays sized for small groups (most catalog sides serve four to six). Family Meals bundle a ham or turkey with sides and dessert at a per-meal price for a set group size. Pricing varies by location and time of year, with the highest prices around major holidays. Catering pricing is set by the local store, so check your nearest Honey Baked Ham or the corporate catering inbox at HBHCatering@hbham.com for a live quote.

What is the minimum order for Honey Baked Ham catering?

Honey Baked Ham catering minimums are set per store. Most stores show a delivery-order minimum in the low- to mid-three-figure range, with no minimum on pickup. Sandwich platters, meat platters, and buffets are typically built for groups of ten or more. Confirm the minimum directly with your local store before planning around a specific order size.

How far in advance do I need to order Honey Baked Ham catering?

Honey Baked Ham catering typically asks for at least one business day of advance notice, with around 20 hours commonly cited as the working minimum. For larger orders (50 people or more), placing the order two to three days ahead is safer. Around major holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas), lead times stretch to a week or more, since whole hams and turkeys are in peak demand and stores cap daily order volumes. For office events near a holiday, place the order a full week ahead to lock in your pickup or delivery window.

Does Honey Baked Ham deliver, or is it pickup only?

Both. Pickup is available at every Honey Baked Ham retail store and is free. Delivery is available from most stores, fulfilled by the local store’s own driver or a third-party catering courier. Delivery radius and fees vary by store. Honey Baked Ham’s national retail-delivery partners (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub) cover store retail orders, not catering orders. For a true catering order, plan around the local store rather than a retail food-delivery app.

Can Honey Baked Ham accommodate vegetarian, gluten-free, or allergen-restricted diets?

Honey Baked Ham is built around its signature hams and turkey breasts, so the menu skews meat-forward. Vegetarian options are limited, primarily side dishes like macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and cinnamon apples, plus salads and dessert items. Some sides contain wheat or dairy, so check ingredient lists before ordering for guests with celiac or strict dairy avoidance. For mixed-dietary groups, see our guide to catering for mixed dietary needs.

How does Honey Baked Ham catering compare to deli chains like Subway or Jersey Mike’s?

Honey Baked Ham is a different category. Deli chains like Subway, Jersey Mike’s, and Jimmy John’s are sandwich-led and built for casual everyday lunches. Honey Baked Ham is centered on a centerpiece protein (the signature glazed bone-in ham) plus traditional Southern sides, which makes it a stronger fit for occasion meals: appreciation lunches, retirement parties, holiday team meals, and executive events.

Is Honey Baked Ham a good choice for recurring office meal programs?

Honey Baked Ham works best as an occasional, occasion-driven order rather than a weekly meal program. The menu is narrow (ham, turkey, sandwich platters, traditional sides), and a recurring program built around a single signature protein leads to fast variety fatigue. Most offices use Honey Baked Ham for monthly appreciation lunches, holiday team meals, or executive events, and rotate other caterers through the rest of the calendar. A platform like Zerocater handles that rotation across cuisines for you.

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