caterer; catering business
Refers to a business that prepares and delivers meals for events, parties, or institutions. Often used for traditional Japanese catering.
We ordered lunch for the meeting from a caterer.
A local caterer prepared the food for the wedding reception.
Standard kanji spelling for a catering business.
Variant spelling without the okurigana し; less common but still used.
Compound of 仕出し (shidashi, 'catering', from 仕出す 'to send out food') and 屋 (ya, 'shop' or 'business').