Catering plan for an event
Food preparation, presentation and service is an skill and handiness that we show to our guests The written menus give you guidance about the options and will give you an idea that food is in your cost range or not, but you never sure about the budget ,quality and exact price with taxes.
Selecting Menu:
Every caterer having different menus and polices, but don’t put your order before three months because some food items may no longer be in the menu or market price can also be changed by the time of your own event. Inquire for a new set of menus from and specific hotel and recheck them before you meet with the caterer to make final selections. When you make a final decision, be sure about your budget and ask caterer about flexibility in choice at the time of function. Let your caterer to do his own work freely, maybe he will give you some surprise in food that you will love and your guests will enjoy.Choosing items that are in season will help with food cost reduction. If the caterer is serving another group on the same day as your event, you can control the cost by choosing same food items as they have selected by other group.
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Quantity of food:
Your caterer will advise you about the amount of food that you will order per person according to the type and style of function you are conducting. This is particularly important when you are planning lunch, dinner, or brunch. You should trust blindly on their recommendations. But if you know about the people very well, and have arranged food for them previously, then choose items yourself, this will prevent food cost as well as wastage of extra food. This can be risky, so be careful about it.Advance Order:
Better to put your order before 30 days of function that will prevent you from hazel and tensions.Make sure that all things are added and according to your requirement as you explained them to caterer.The Food Guarantee:
Give deadline to your carter deadline, usually three or four working days before your function, after this, when you can give guarantee about the number of people invited to function he will finalize the whole menu. After your assurance has been given, you have to give all the payments. And your payments will be wasted if few people don’t attend the function. You can increase the number of people but cannot decrease it. Tell you caterer to cook singular and particular plates for the people who are on diet.
Catering Equipment:
If your food functions are to be held in halls that do not furnish their own cloth, glasses, tables, utensils and chairs, etc, you will need contact rental companies of utensils to provide you equipment. Most caterers companies will offer their own catering utensils, for a moveable kitchen such as stoves, food warmers, and coolers, but you need enough space to keep them up. Don’t rent costly items of catering equipment out of your budget. Worth exploring:
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