More Cooking for Parties Answers
Question Library
Ask a question about Cooking for Parties
Volunteer
Experts of the Month
Expert Login
Awards
About Us
Tell friends
Link to Us
Disclaimer
|
| |
|
|
| |
| | | |
About Teri Davis Newman
Expertise
I am a wedding and party planner in St. Louis, Missouri and I do weddings and parties all over the country! My brides are my number one priority as I understand how important their wedding day is to them! Any questions about catering and cooking for large groups. This would include recipes, cooking techniques, what to serve, how to prevent food poisoning, food storage and food integrity. I have thousands of recipes that are scaled for large groups and gatherings and will be happy to share them! If you are in need of professional assistance for helping you to plan your wedding, party or corporate event, please feel free to contact me! I do a limited amount of weddings and parties every year in order to make sure that I have the best service for my clientele. Feel free to visit my business website at this address: www.weddingwire.com/teridavisnewman for detailed information on what services I offer. I have price point weddings for every budget--no matter what size and I am very specific about what you get for your hard-earned money.
Experience
Catering and parties are a large part of the restaurant business. I do a lot of catering for local parties and weddings.
Education/Credentials
Graduate, Le Cordon Bleu, Tokyo, Japan
Past/Present Clients
Allexpert.com expert for 9 years, owner www.yahoogroups.com/reciperequest with 30 thousand original recipes on site.
| | |
| |
You are here: Experts > Style > Entertaining > Cooking for Parties > How Much Food
Expert: Teri Davis Newman - 10/25/2009
Question
I was thrilled to stumble across this website. I just know you can guide me. My son is marrying a beautiful Indian girl, and they have asked myself and her mother to prepare the dinner buffet to feed 300 guests. We have received plenty of offers of help, as well as freezer and oven space, so that hurdle is over. The problem is the cuisine. I was asked to do a meat,(probably spiral ham) 2 vegetables, a starch and salad. Her family wants to do the same thing, but all Indian cuisine. About 30% of the guests will be Indian. How much food should I focus on preparing?
Answer
Here's the rule of catering as to how much you will need per person:
7 ounces of cooked meat entree
4 ounces of each side dish up to 3
3 ounces of salad greens
1 4 ounce dessert serving
6-8 appetizer bites per person
16 oz of non-alcoholic beverage
2 oz of chips per person
1 oz of dip per person
Multiply the ounces times the number of guests and then divide by 16 to give you pounds of food and the beverage by 128 to give you the number of gallons of beverage you will need.
It is impossible for you to have a party of this size and do all the cooking yourself at your home because unless you have commercial facilities or are going to call a catering company to come and help you. Let me give you a few things to consider because I know you haven't realized the magnitude of what you are thinking of doing and it is not possible for you to have a party of this size outside of a commercial venue. I know you aren't using a commercial venue because they DO NOT ALLOW food to come in from an unlicensed kitchen and the reason for that is to prevent food poisoning.
Ask a Question
|
|
