Have more than one food area and/or pass trays of food--This is especially important as warmer weather arrives, and folks just love being out in your yard/on your deck/in your courtyard/on your terrace. Have a server or helper take a tray of food out to your guests--we guarantee your guests will love this! And you avoid congestion inside at your food buffet. Also, often guests will stay outside for a while, then come inside--or vice versa. Either way, you've got it covered.
If you can, also have more than one beverage area--A combination of a manned or unmanned bar or beverage area, or even 2 unmanned beverage areas, help avoid guests waiting for their beverages.
Put cutlery in something upright, not on a plate or loose on a table--Putting cutlery in something upright, such as a large wine goblet, a basket, an urn, a flower pot, etc., just looks better and takes up less space. But if you put cutlery loose on a table or on a plate, as people take the cutlery it will spread out all over and look messy. And unless it's a picnic (and even then we question it), please don't put even disposable cutlery in a disposable glass--it looks bad and the wind will knock it over. For indoor or outdoor parties--Don't want to roll cutlery? Using an upright, interesting container for cutlery looks great, saves space on the table--and an overcrowded food table doesn't look good--and you avoid the work of rolling, just put the napkins nearby.
Avoid repeating main ingredients in more than one dish--Once we had a client who insisted on two of the appetizers with chicken and a chicken entree too. Avoid this mistake and mix it up more.
Warmly,
Kristina
Fandango Catering and Events
(713) 522-0077
www.fandango-catering.com
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