Professional. Friendly. Experienced.
It’s our pleasure to serve you.
Our friendly and knowledgeable team of chefs and event coordinators work with you to create an exceptional catered experience that captures the unique flavour of your event.
Suran Govender
Executive Chef, Partner & General Manager
Internationally & classically trained, Suran has worked in restaurants around the world including South Africa and the United Kingdom. With a passion for globally influenced flavours, creative plate presentation (and an exceptionally organized kitchen), he's an inspiring leader that raises everyone's talents and provides the WOW factor to every dish.
Jyoshna Govender
Event Planning Specialist, Partner & Operations Manager
The first voice you hear when you contact Mercer's Catering. Her smile & positive attitude are contagious, brightening the day of everyone she meets. Jyoshna plans and coordinates everything from large corporate events to intricate weddings with ease and grace.
Jill Mercer
Founding Partner
With a master's degree in psychology, Jill is as passionate about people as she is about food. She loves pushing traditional culinary boundaries, attending international catering conferences for leading edge inspiration, researching food trends and exploring new recipes & innovative presentations.
To us, it’s not just catering, it’s a calling.
Catering is like conducting an orchestra, decades of experience go into the selection of ingredients, planning the perfect menu, and having everyone from Sous Chefs to professional servers knowing exactly what to do and when. It’s more than a meal, it’s a performance built on the talent of every Mercer’s artist. We’ve done this before, we’re cool under pressure, accommodating and ready for anything that happens. We attend international catering conferences regularly, so we can come back inspired and bring Edmonton the latest in culinary trends, recipes and creative new presentations that will have your guests saying ‘Wow’.
Put our 30+ years of passion and experience in catering excellence to work for you – from plan to plate, we’ll make it look effortless so you can be a guest at your own event and celebrate in style.
Invested in bringing the best for our clients and their guests.
Professional state-of-the-art kitchen & on-site equipment.
Lead by our internationally trained Executive Chef SURAN GOVENDER.
A dedicated full-time team of Chefs & food professionals from around the world.
Uniformed chefs and dress codes for servers.
On-site coordinator at every staffed function.
Over 30 years experience in the catering industry.
A team of full and part time staff to handle everything from small private dinners to gala events.
Always curious and committed to exploring new flavours, engaging presentations, finding new fresh local ingredients and pushing ourselves to be better every day.
We know Edmonton. From unique local food & beverages, to popular taste trends and area venues - we know what works so we can help you make your event a special & resounding success.
A few of the notable events we've done, and some of the local organizations we're proud to support.
Clients & Notable Events
✲ ATB, CWB, TD, RBC….& many other large corporate companies.
✲ Epcor employee pancake breakfast for 2,500+ guests
✲ Alberta Order of Excellence VVIP dinner at Government House (5 years)
✲ MLA swearing in ceremonies
✲ City councillors swearing in ceremonies
✲ Edmonton Opera al Fresco (5 years)
✲ Alberta Ballet fundraising event with KD Lang
✲ Weddings - large and small
Sponsorships
✲ Alberta Ballet
✲ Edmonton Opera
✲ Stollery Hospital Foundation
✲ Bissell Center
✲ Mustard Seed
✲ CKUA Radio
✲ United Way - United Women
✲ U of A – Various faculties
✲ Edify / Odvod Publishing
✲ John Cameron Changing Lives Foundation
✲ Runway of Dreams
✲ AUPE
Awards
✲ The 2018 & 2019 Top Choice 'Mark of Excellence' winner and the 2017 & 2019 Edmonton Event Award for 'Best Caterer'.
✲ Awarded a 5 year contract with the Alberta Government to serve the Premier and visiting dignitaries at black tie events.
✲ Awarded a 5 year contract with the Queen Elizabeth II Building (Federal building) to serve government and legislature meetings and events, MLA’s and private events.

