About Chef Glen L. Davis II Expertise I can answer almost any question about food. Food is my passion, if I don't know an answer I will find out and give you the best answer possible!
Experience I am a classically trained Chef. I have been the manager of several restaurants. I have been cooking LITERALLY since I could stand! I strive to learn new things every day and I enjoy helping people and I often assist my mother with a cooking class at her church.
Education/Credentials Trained with several chefs, and I have attended Culinary School. I have also worked every position in a restaurant setting from washing dishes to Kitchen Manager/ Chef. I also teach cooking classes and teach private lessons.
Question I need to make salads for 200 people using only Compari tomatoes marinated, romaine lettuce with a dollop of dressing. How many heads of romaine to purchase and how many tomatoes (roughtly will do).
Thanks.
Answer While I am unfamiliar with the variety of tomatoes you are trying to use I might still be able to help.
I looked on the internet and the closest thing I could get to an average weight of the tomatoes was a picture or two. So having seen them I am going to try and guess how many you will need, keep in mind this is a guess, I have not used these tomatoes before so I am sorry if this guess is off. They look like they are about 2.5-3oz each (from what I saw) if this is correct I would guess that you will need about 100 individual tomatoes. I am not sure what size packages these tomatoes come in, but if they are indeed the size they appear to be I would probably go with about 1.5-2oz per salad. This of course depends on the size of the salad in question. If it is simply an appetizer salad the affore mentioned weight will be correct paired with about 4oz of romaine lettuce per serving. For a meal sized portion I would almost triple those numbers.
I hope this helps please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
