Diwali — the festival of lights — falls on Sunday, November 8 this year, and across Metro Vancouver the celebrations stretch over the whole week: homes glowing with diyas, office Diwali lunches, community dinners, and friends and family gathering late into the night. It’s one of the busiest hosting stretches of the fall.
If you’re organising a Diwali gathering with a mixed guest list, here’s a simple way to make sure everyone eats well: add a 100% halal crowd-pleaser to the spread.
First, a note of respect
Diwali food traditions are beautiful and specific — trays of mithai (sweets), diyas, and for many families a vegetarian feast on the day itself. Kaji Glaze isn’t here to replace any of that, and we’d never pretend to.
Where we fit is the social side of the season: the office Diwali party, the multicultural community event, the big friends-and-family get-together where the guest list crosses cultures and diets — and where having a genuinely halal, everyone-can-eat-it dish on the table means no one is left out.
Why a halal option matters at a mixed Diwali gathering
Diwali in Vancouver is wonderfully multicultural — colleagues, neighbours and friends of every background celebrating together. When some of your guests eat only halal, one genuinely halal dish quietly solves that: they’re included, no separate order, no awkward questions.
Our kitchen is 100% halal — chicken only, no pork, no alcohol, ever — so there’s nothing on-site to cross-contaminate, and no side-questions at the table. (Here’s the full breakdown of what that means: Halal-Sourced vs. Halal-Certified.)
What we’d bring to your Diwali event
A savoury, shareable counterpoint to the sweets — crispy halal fried chicken in seven signature glazes, chicken burgers and wings, and loaded Korean BBQ fries:
- The Team Box — individually packed — $21.77/person. Ideal for a corporate Diwali lunch — hand every colleague their own sealed box.
- The Glaze Feast — family-style, 20+ people — $16.99/person. Big shared trays for a community dinner or a house full of guests. Best value per head.
- The Big Order — custom quote. Large community celebration or a whole extended family? We’ll build it to your day.
Because the whole kitchen is halal and chicken-only, one order can span mild honey garlic to full Nashville hot, pleasing both the spice-shy and the heat-seekers — here’s every glaze ranked by heat. Set it alongside your mithai and vegetarian dishes and the table has something for everyone.
Book early — the fall festival season fills fast
Diwali sits in the middle of a packed stretch: Canadian Thanksgiving in mid-October, Diwali in early November, then year-end holiday parties. Those weekends — and the days right around November 8 — book up quickly, so lock your date as soon as you can. For the full how-to on catering a crowd, see our Vancouver Halal Catering Guide.
How to book
Tell us your date, headcount and rough per-person budget, and we’ll build a quote to fit. A 50% deposit holds your slot, the kitchen can turn out up to 300 meals a day, and ordering direct means no delivery-app commission eating into your budget.
Start your catering order, or reach out here — and if you just want to feed the household during the festivities, you can always order online for pickup.
Happy Diwali from Kaji Glaze. However you celebrate, we’ll help you set a table everyone can share.