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Joe 07/06/11 |
I am hosting a wedding reception for 225 people. They want appetizers; fruit skewers, chinese chicken salad, shrimp shooters, wings both buffalo and teriyaki and a kids section which consist of chicken nuggets and fries. I am also providing a taco bar which I will be serving rico tacos carne asada and grilled chicken. This is an evening event starting at 6pm - 10pm food is to be provided for 2 hours between 6pm- 8pm can you help me with amounts of food needed and approximate amount of people I will need to help serve. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you |
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ellen 07/06/11 |
Appetizers & Taco Bar Joe, this is a multi-station, actually rather high end catering job, requiring a lot of help. See this discussion: www.cheftalk.com/forum/thread/66326/low-budget-wedding-for-175 Please read the whole thing and go back to the couple to rework the menu. As I have mentioned before, this is a site for family and volunteer cooks, I recommend pro catering folks posts on cheftalk.com or chef2chef.com. I can't accept any liability for pro advising. |
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Joe 07/06/11 |
Appetizers & Taco Bar Hi Ellen, This is not a catering job this is helping out friends of my wife who are limited on funds,but still want to do something nice. We are providing all the labor for them free of charge and they are buying all the food. we just have to figure out what amounts of food we need to purchase. Everything else I think we have a hold of. |
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Joe 07/06/11 |
Appetizers & Taco Bar Hi Ellen, I'm sorry I have food under control for Taco Bar. Its the appetizers that I need your help with. I am not sure how much to make for each item for a 2 hour span. Please Please help me.. Thank you mucho :)Joe |
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ellen 07/06/11 |
Appetizers & Taco Bar OK. First advice- do tater tots or oven fries, you definitely do not want to be deep frying in this situation. Adults will eat chicken nuggets, also, so allow 2 ounces each for potatoes and nuggets for everyone. Second, may I suggest fruit trays, rather than fruit skewers? Maybe just a few skewers for deco. Hold better, MUCH less work, leftovers are more usable. Use the fruit tray page, plan for 200.
chinese chicken salad, as an appetizer, a little difficult, allow 1/3 cup per person Good luck |
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Joe 07/07/11 |
Appetizers & Taco Bar Hi Ellen, Yuo are AWESOME!!!! Thank you so much for your advise and help. This is why I come to your site you never fail when we are in need. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You truely are the best.. :) Joe V. |
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Joe 07/11/11 |
Appetizers & Taco Bar Hi Ellen, Just so you know your information was spot on. Everything went perfectly. From the bottom of my heart thank you so very much. |
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ellen 07/12/11 |
Appetizers & Taco Bar You're welcome. You can help support the site with a small donation, if that is possible for you. |