Outback Steakhouse Catering Guide: Menu, Bloomin’ Onion & How to Order for the Office

Outback Steakhouse spent thirty-four years as one of the largest casual-dining steakhouse chains in the country without ever running a national catering program, then launched one in April 2022 at four hundred eighty-one locations on the same day. Outback’s catering program covers Family Bundles, Party Platters, Individually Packaged Boxed Meals, Build-Your-Own Cheeseburger and Loaded Baked Potato and Grilled Chicken Sammie Bars, a Gluten Friendly menu published online, the Bushman honey-wheat dinner roll inside every boxed meal, and a twelve-hour delivery lead time at participating locations with same-day pickup available if the order goes in before late afternoon. This guide walks every format, how the catering portal works, where the Bloomin’ Onion fits, what the Out West franchise area means for coverage in the western states, and what to order when the office wants a steakhouse experience without booking a white-tablecloth restaurant.

Founded on March 15, 1988 in Tampa, Florida by Bob Basham, Chris T. Sullivan, Trudy Cooper and Tim Gannon, Outback built its brand on Australian-themed American steakhouse cuisine and grew to more than six hundred US locations and roughly a thousand more across twenty-three countries. The parent company, Bloomin’ Brands, renamed itself in 2012 after the Bloomin’ Onion appetizer and now owns Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar alongside Outback. The chain’s catering program is its newest off-premise channel and its first national catering push in brand history, putting it about a decade behind the established casual-dining catering incumbents but with a clear advantage on the steakhouse positioning that LongHorn and Texas Roadhouse share and Carrabba’s, Bonefish and Fleming’s do not.

Outback Steakhouse menu, pricing and availability vary by location and change over time. Confirm current offerings and live quotes directly with the catering portal at the participating Outback nearest your office before ordering.

Outback’s Catering Menu

Outback structures its catering menu around four formats: Family Bundles for shared casual events, Party Platters for buffet service, Individually Packaged Boxed Meals for distributed and hybrid teams, and Build-Your-Own Bars for events that want a self-serve setup. Most office orders end up combining one workhorse format with an Aussie-tizer platter and a side tray, plus the Bushman bread roll inside every box on the boxed-meal side.

The four catering formats at a glance

Signature catering picks

Most Outback catering orders rotate through a short list of brand-pillar items that no other casual-dining steakhouse replicates at the same scale. The list below is the rotation most office orders draw from, with the Center-Cut Sirloin and Alice Springs Chicken as the two workhorses and the Bloomin’ Onion as the brand cue every guest recognises on sight.

Why the Center-Cut Sirloin is the workhorse: Outback’s wood-grilled program is the chain’s central kitchen capability, and the sirloin is the most forgiving steak format for catering at scale. Slicing the platter eliminates the doneness problem (every guest gets medium-rare-to-medium with a wood-grill char), the protein holds heat through a delivery window better than a chicken breast, and the leftover portion reheats cleanly. For larger events, pairing a Center-Cut Sirloin Party Platter with an Alice Springs Chicken Party Platter and a Baby Back Ribs Aussie-tizer tray gives the team a recognisable steakhouse spread without the budget hit of a Filet Mignon bundle.

The Bloomin’ Onion & Aussie-tizers

The Bloomin’ Onion is the in-restaurant signature that the parent company literally named itself after. One whole yellow onion is cut into roughly two hundred petals, hand-battered and fried, served whole on a plate with house bloom sauce on the side. It is the visual cue every guest recognises on sight, which is exactly why it matters for office catering: a single Bloomin’ Onion set on the table at the start of an event communicates “we ordered Outback” without anyone having to read a label.

What the launch coverage actually says

The April 2022 national catering launch named Kookaburra Wings, Grilled Coconut Shrimp on the Barbie, and Chicken Tenders as the featured Aussie-tizer catering picks, and did not list the Bloomin’ Onion among them. In practice, many participating locations will prepare Bloomin’ Onions for office events on request because the appetizer is the brand’s most-ordered in-restaurant item and the kitchen has the equipment to scale it. Confirm with the location nearest your office before planning a menu around it. The Aussie-tizers that ship reliably at every participating location are Kookaburra Wings (sold in thirty-wing increments with a sauce choice), Grilled Coconut Shrimp on the Barbie (skewered with orange marmalade dipping sauce), and Chicken Tenders (with honey mustard, BBQ, and ranch dipping options).

How to use the Aussie-tizers in an office event

For an event-opening tray (think happy hour, board meeting kick-off, off-site icebreaker), order a Kookaburra Wings tray plus a Grilled Coconut Shrimp on the Barbie platter, and add a Bloomin’ Onion if the local catering team confirms it. Pair with a Family Bundle or a Party Platter as the entree. For a single drop with no setup, the Aussie-tizers travel well as the warm-up while the main entree platters get set out, and the dipping sauces ship in sealed ramekins.

What’s discontinued or in-restaurant only

The smaller “Bloom Petals” spin-off has been discontinued. The Bloomin’ Burger (a cheeseburger topped with three battered onion petals and bloom sauce) is an in-restaurant item that occasionally appears on catering Cheeseburger Bar menus where the kitchen has the capacity to prepare it. The complimentary in-restaurant Bushman bread loaf with butter is a dine-in feature, but the bread itself ships to catering as a halved dinner roll in every boxed meal and as a Honey Wheat Bushman Roll tray for buffet orders, so the catering version is the same recipe in a different format.

Individually Packaged Boxed Meals

Outback’s Individually Packaged Boxed Meal is the format that distinguishes its catering program from most casual-dining steakhouse peers. Every box ships with an entree, a side, a halved Bushman honey-wheat dinner roll and a dessert option, and the box is labeled with the entree variety so distributed teams can grab the right one without rummaging. For more on when per-person boxed lunches beat a shared buffet, see our boxed lunch catering vs. buffet guide and the cluster posts on boxed lunches for hybrid and distributed teams and allergy-safe individually packaged boxed lunches.

Side options inside every box: homestyle mashed potatoes, steakhouse mac and cheese, loaded mashed potatoes, seasoned rice, broccoli, or seasonal vegetables. Aussie Fries are an in-restaurant signature side but are not typically packed in catering boxes (the fryer is shared with breaded items and the fries do not travel well; the chain’s launch coverage does not list them as a catering side). The halved Bushman honey-wheat dinner roll is in every box regardless of tier, which is the most consistent recognisable brand cue any national steakhouse chain ships in a boxed format. For ordering programs that need to scale across multiple offices, see our office manager’s guide to ordering catering.

Build-Your-Own Bars

The Build-Your-Own Bar formats are the catering-exclusive picks no other casual-dining steakhouse offers at this scale. Outback runs three bars: a Cheeseburger Bar, a Loaded Baked Potato Bar and a Grilled Chicken Sammie Bar. Each is scaled for a group of about ten or more guests and ships with all the build-out toppings, sides and assembly tools needed for a self-serve event.

The Loaded Baked Potato Bar is the catering format with no direct equivalent at any other casual-dining steakhouse chain. The closest peer reference is McAlister’s Deli Spud Bar, which trades on the same self-serve baked-potato premise at the fast-casual deli tier. Outback’s version sits above McAlister’s on price and steakhouse positioning and ships with a wider topping bench, which is the right pick when the office wants a self-serve hot lunch with a steakhouse signal. For other build-your-own bar formats across cuisines, see our build-your-own taco bar guide.

Family Bundles & Party Platters

Family Bundles and Party Platters are the shared-service formats most office orders combine with a tray of Aussie-tizers and a side tray. The Family Bundle is the price-tiered option that scales from chicken or pasta in the value band up to filet mignon in the upper band; each bundle includes the entree plus a salad, a side, Bushman bread and a dessert option. Party Platters are single-entree trays sized for buffet service, which keeps the math simple when an office wants to order one workhorse protein with a side and a dessert and call it lunch.

Family Bundle tiers

The Family Bundles scale across three price bands: Value (chicken tenders, Alice Springs Chicken, Walhalla Pasta, salad bundles), Mid-tier (Center-Cut Sirloin, Perfectly Grilled Salmon, Baby Back Ribs), and Premium (Victoria’s Filet Mignon, Grilled Shrimp on the Barbie, Coconut Shrimp). Each bundle ships with the entree, a choice of side (mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, seasoned rice, broccoli, seasonal vegetables), a salad option (House, Caesar, Steakhouse Wedge), Bushman bread, and a dessert option (Thunder Brownies, cheesecake, chocolate chunk cookies, salted caramel cookies, or carrot cake). The chain markets the bundle as a “feeds five” anchor at the value tier, but most office buyers scale by ordering one bundle per ten guests because Outback’s portions on the steak side run generous.

Party Platter picks

The Party Platter is a single-entree tray that serves about ten guests and gives the office a clear visual centerpiece. The workhorse picks are the Center-Cut Sirloin platter (sliced wood-grilled sirloin with steakhouse sauce on the side), the Alice Springs Chicken platter (grilled chicken with sauteed mushrooms, bacon, melted cheese and honey mustard), and the Baby Back Ribs platter (slow-cooked ribs glazed with house BBQ). For larger events, an office can order two or three platters side by side and run it as a steakhouse buffet without booking a steakhouse, which is essentially what Outback’s catering program was designed to enable. For events where the buffet versus boxed-meal decision matters, see our boxed lunch vs. buffet and boxed lunch vs. buffet vs. family-style guides.

Sides, Salads, Bushman Bread & Desserts

Outback’s catering side bench covers steakhouse staples: homestyle mashed potatoes (the workhorse), steakhouse mac and cheese with breadcrumb topping (the comfort pick), seasoned rice, broccoli, loaded mashed potatoes (mashed with bacon, sour cream, cheese and chives stirred in), seasonal vegetables, and the salads. Aussie Fries are the in-restaurant signature side but are not consistently listed on catering menus; the fryer is shared with breaded items so fries are not gluten-friendly, and the fries do not travel well, so the catering side bench skews to mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and seasoned rice for hot orders.

Bushman bread

The Honey Wheat Bushman bread is the dark, sweet, molasses-coloured wheat loaf served complimentary at every Outback table in-restaurant. It is one of the most-recognised bread programs in casual dining. For catering, every Individually Packaged Boxed Meal ships with a halved Bushman dinner roll, and the chain sells the rolls by the dozen as a Honey Wheat Bushman Roll tray for buffet orders. Bushman bread is not sold in grocery stores; some restaurants will sell loaves to walk-in guests at the manager’s discretion, but that is not a published policy. For an office order, the Bushman roll is the single most consistent recognisable brand cue the catering program ships, and it is the reason the boxed-meal format feels distinctly Outback rather than generic steakhouse.

Salad bench

Desserts and beverages

Outback’s catering dessert bench is built around the Chocolate Thunder from Down Under (the flourless brownie that is the chain’s headline gluten-friendly dessert, sometimes shipped as a Thunder Brownie tray for catering), cheesecake (sold by the slice on a dessert tray), chocolate chunk cookies and salted caramel cookies (sold by the dozen), and carrot cake. For beverages, the chain ships gallon Sweet Tea and Unsweet Tea, gallon Country-Style Lemonade and Strawberry Lemonade, and bottled Dasani water. There is no Boxed Coffee program; for morning catering, see our boxed breakfast catering guide for what a steakhouse alternative looks like.

Gluten Friendly Menu, Allergen Guide & Vegetarian Options

Outback publishes a Gluten Friendly menu at outback.com/nutrition/gluten-friendly that covers most wood-grilled steaks, several chicken preparations, the wood-grilled salmon, certain salads (House and Caesar without croutons), the side bench (mashed potatoes, seasoned rice, broccoli) and the flourless Chocolate Thunder from Down Under dessert. The chain explicitly notes that Aussie Fries are not gluten-friendly because the fryer is shared with breaded items, and that Outback restaurants are not 100% gluten-free environments, which is the right disclosure for catering buyers planning around celiac eaters.

The chain publishes a downloadable allergen guide listing each menu item’s allergen presence (milk, egg, fish, shellfish, peanut, tree nut, soy, wheat). For office catering, pull the allergen guide before ordering for any guests with specific allergen restrictions.

For events where dietary clarity matters more than menu range, see our mixed dietary needs guide, our gluten-free office catering guide, and our vegan office catering guide. For offices that need a deeper dietary clarity workflow than a steakhouse can provide, the deli alternatives (Jason’s Deli in particular, with its Gluten-Sensitive Menu and separate prep tools) are the easier pick.

How to Order Outback Catering

Outback runs a dedicated catering portal at outback.com/offers/catering and is also listed on the ezCater marketplace, which has carried all four Bloomin’ Brands concepts (Outback, Carrabba’s, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s) since the February 2023 partnership expansion. The portal flow is the cleaner option for direct ordering; ezCater is the cleaner option for an office that already has an ezCater account and wants to cross-shop within the Bloomin’ family on a single dashboard.

1. Enter the delivery address or pickup ZIP. The portal will route the order to the nearest participating Outback. Note that not every Outback participates in catering; the chain launched at four hundred eighty-one locations in April 2022 and has expanded since, but coverage is not universal. Western states are operated by the Out West Restaurant Group franchisee and may have different participation rules.
2. Pick a date and time. Delivery orders must be placed at least twelve hours in advance per the official launch guidance. Pickup orders can be placed for same-day pickup if the order goes in before late afternoon. For events of fifty or more, give two to three days. For events of one hundred or more, give a full week and call the location directly to coordinate.
3. Pick a format. Family Bundle, Party Platter, Individually Packaged Boxed Meals (ten-meal minimum), Build-Your-Own Bar (Cheeseburger, Loaded Baked Potato or Grilled Chicken Sammie), Aussie-tizer Tray, Salad Tray, or a combination.
4. Customize for dietary needs. The chain’s Gluten Friendly menu and allergen guide live online; pull them before placing the order. Flag gluten-friendly boxes for the kitchen, mark vegetarian boxes (Walhalla Pasta or salad with no protein), and add notes for any specific allergen-isolation requirements. Note that Outback is not a 100% gluten-free environment.
5. Add sides, salads and beverages. Most office orders pair a Family Bundle or Party Platter with a Steakhouse Wedge Salad tray and a gallon of Sweet Tea. For breakfast catering, look at a non-steakhouse chain since Outback does not run a breakfast program.
6. Add the delivery contact and a kitchen note. Include the office manager’s mobile, the building’s loading dock or visitor protocol, and any room-setup requests. For Build-Your-Own Bars, request a setup window so the catering team can lay out the toppings.
7. Pay and confirm. The portal and ezCater both accept major credit cards. Gratuity policies vary by participating location and by order channel; factor a tip in if the delivery includes a setup.

For weekly or biweekly catering programs, call the location directly and ask for a catering specialist. The launch program was designed to support recurring orders, and many participating locations will set up a standing order with the same delivery contact, the same setup notes and the same default items so each week’s order takes thirty seconds rather than ten minutes.

Delivery, Pickup & Lead Times

Outback offers both delivery and in-store pickup for catering at participating locations. Delivery radius varies by store, and the chain has not published a national radius figure. The Out West Restaurant Group franchise area (California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico) operates independently and may have different delivery and lead-time policies than the corporate-owned restaurants.

For pickup orders, the wood-grilled proteins are heat-stable for a thirty to sixty minute window once the order is ready, and the boxed meals are packed for transport. For board meetings and milestone lunches where every minute counts, see our board meeting catering guide for the lead-time and setup approach we recommend.

Pros and Cons of Outback Catering

Pros

• The Bushman roll in every box. The halved honey-wheat Bushman dinner roll inside every Individually Packaged Boxed Meal is the most consistent recognisable brand cue any national steakhouse chain ships in a boxed format.
• Build-Your-Own Bar formats. The Cheeseburger Bar, Loaded Baked Potato Bar and Grilled Chicken Sammie Bar are catering-exclusive formats no other casual-dining steakhouse offers at this scale.
• The Bloomin’ Onion option. Available at many participating locations on request, the Bloomin’ Onion is a brand-pillar appetizer that no peer chain replicates.
• Wood-grilled program at scale. The Center-Cut Sirloin Party Platter and the Alice Springs Chicken Party Platter ship medium-rare-to-medium with a wood-grill char that holds heat through a delivery window better than most casual-dining peers.
• Gluten Friendly menu published online. Outback publishes a real gluten-friendly menu with disclosed cross-contamination notes, which is more transparency than most casual-dining steakhouse chains provide.
• ezCater partnership. All four Bloomin’ Brands concepts (Outback, Carrabba’s, Bonefish, Fleming’s) are on ezCater, so an office buyer can cross-shop within the family on a single account.

Cons

• Catering coverage is not universal. The chain launched its national program in April 2022 at four hundred eighty-one locations and has expanded since, but coverage is not universal across all six hundred plus US restaurants. Western states run through the Out West Restaurant Group franchisee.
• No breakfast catering program. Outback does not run a breakfast menu; for morning catering, the office needs a separate partner.
• Vegetarian and vegan options are thin. Walhalla Pasta and salads without protein are the vegetarian picks; there is no published vegan program. For a mixed-dietary table with multiple vegetarians, the wood-grilled steakhouse positioning works against you.
• Aussie Fries are an in-restaurant signature that does not travel. The fries are not gluten-friendly and the chain does not pack them in catering boxes; the catering side bench is mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and seasoned rice instead.
• Mid-tier pricing band. Outback sits above Texas Roadhouse on per-guest check, in the same band as LongHorn, and below Carrabba’s at the lower end of the Italian sibling. Budget-tight offices may default to a cheaper option.
• Catering program is still relatively new. Three years into the national rollout, the program is still building density compared to incumbents like Carrabba’s, Maggiano’s or the fast-casual deli chains.

What Customers Say

Who Is Outback Catering Best For?

Outback vs. LongHorn, Texas Roadhouse & Carrabba’s

Outback sits in the casual-dining steakhouse tier, in the same band as LongHorn Steakhouse, above Texas Roadhouse on per-guest check, and below Fleming’s. The differentiator on the steakhouse side is the Aussie-themed brand pillars (Bloomin’ Onion, Bushman bread, Walhalla Pasta) and the catering-exclusive Build-Your-Own Bar formats. The differentiator vs. the Italian and deli alternatives is the wood-grilled steakhouse positioning, which is the right pick when the office wants a steak event and the wrong pick when it does not.

A Better Option for Office Catering

Outback catering is one of the cleanest casual-dining steakhouse picks when the office wants a steakhouse experience without booking a steakhouse. It is the right call when the food matters, the brief is steak or wood-grilled chicken, and the team wants a recognisable brand cue in every box. It is not the right call when the office is in the western states outside a participating location, when the brief is breakfast or deep vegetarian or allergen-isolated dietary clarity, or when the catering brief is more “real local food” than “the chain with the Bloomin’ Onion”.

That’s where Zerocater comes in. Zerocater connects offices to a curated network of more than one thousand local restaurants and culinary partners across most major US metros, and the CaterAi planning tool builds a menu from those partners around the team’s headcount, dietary mix, occasion and budget. Instead of locking the entire team into one chain’s menu, CaterAi can pull a wood-grilled steakhouse order from a real local steakhouse, a vegetarian Mediterranean order from a local Mezze chef, and a kids’ chicken-tender box from a neighborhood deli, on the same delivery, with the same labels and the same lead times. For ongoing programs, the same partners can show up on a weekly or biweekly rotation so the office doesn’t eat the same brand four times in a month.

For offices that want a one-time event-style order, see CaterAi or our corporate event catering page. For ongoing programs, see corporate catering solutions. For a quick read on how the platform works end-to-end, see how it works.

Which Outback Order for How Many People?

For an office in a specific metro, layer in the local context: a Tampa or Orlando event can lean into the Florida-roots origin story; a Houston or Dallas event can pair the Center-Cut Sirloin Party Platter with a Texas-style barbecue side; a Chicago or Cleveland event can run the Loaded Baked Potato Bar through a cold-weather meeting. For city-specific catering picks beyond Outback, see our city listicles for Atlanta, Dallas, Washington D.C., Chicago, and the Boston catering scene. For cost benchmarks by metro, see our cost guides for Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. For events with mixed groups, see our company picnic and outdoor catering guide, our holiday party catering guide, and our BBQ corporate catering guide.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is Outback Steakhouse catering priced?

By format. Family Bundles are priced per bundle and scale across value, mid-tier and premium entree bands. Party Platters are priced per platter and serve a group. Individually Packaged Boxed Meals are priced per box with a ten-meal minimum. Build-Your-Own Bars are priced per bar. Salads, sides, desserts and beverages are priced per tray or per gallon. Specific pricing varies by location.

What is the minimum order?

Most participating locations set a delivery subtotal minimum around one hundred dollars and a ten-meal minimum for the Individually Packaged Boxed Meal format. Family Bundles and Party Platters are scaled for groups of about ten or more.

How far in advance should I order?

At least twelve hours for delivery; pickup orders can go in for same-day pickup if placed before late afternoon. For events of fifty or more, give two to three days. For events of one hundred or more, give a full week and call the location directly.

Is the Bloomin’ Onion on the catering menu?

Availability varies by participating location. The April 2022 national launch named Kookaburra Wings, Coconut Shrimp and Chicken Tenders as the featured Aussie-tizer catering picks. Many participating locations will prepare Bloomin’ Onions for office events on request; confirm with the location nearest your office before planning a menu around it.

Does every box include Bushman bread?

Yes. Every Individually Packaged Boxed Meal ships with a halved honey-wheat Bushman dinner roll alongside the entree, side and dessert. Buffet orders can add a Honey Wheat Bushman Roll tray as a side.

Can Outback accommodate gluten-free, vegetarian or allergen-restricted orders?

Yes for gluten-friendly (wood-grilled steaks, certain chicken, certain salads, the side bench, Chocolate Thunder from Down Under). Aussie Fries are not gluten-friendly because the fryer is shared with breaded items. Vegetarian options exist but are thin for a steakhouse (Walhalla Pasta, salads without protein, the Loaded Baked Potato Bar). No published vegan program. Pull the allergen guide before ordering for guests with specific restrictions.

How does Outback compare to LongHorn, Texas Roadhouse and Carrabba’s?

Outback sits in the casual-dining steakhouse tier, in the same band as LongHorn, above Texas Roadhouse on per-guest check. The differentiator vs. LongHorn is the Aussie-themed brand pillars and the Build-Your-Own Bar formats. Texas Roadhouse runs at a lower per-guest check with honey-wheat rolls and cinnamon butter on every order. Carrabba’s is the Italian sibling under Bloomin’ Brands and runs Bistro Sandwich Bundles and Boxed Lunches purpose-built for office catering.

What makes Outback a good fit for office catering?

A casual-dining steakhouse experience without booking a steakhouse. Individually Packaged Boxed Meals each include a Bushman honey-wheat dinner roll, the catering-exclusive Build-Your-Own Bar formats give the office a self-serve option no other steakhouse chain offers at this scale, and the wood-grilled Center-Cut Sirloin and Alice Springs Chicken Party Platters ship a recognisable brand spread that telegraphs a milestone lunch.

Does every Outback offer catering, and which formats vary by location?

Catering is available only at participating locations. The chain launched its national program in April 2022 at four hundred eighty-one locations and has expanded since, but coverage is not universal across all six hundred plus US restaurants. Western states (California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico) run through the Out West Restaurant Group franchisee. The exact set of formats varies by location.

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