Fandango Catering Offers 5 Hors d'Oeuvres Presentation Ideas for Spring & Summer

As so many spring and summer parties are now being planned, today we offer 5 (really 6) ideas for hors d'oeuvres presentation ideas for your spring and summer parties.

First, use cool trays--With a cool tray as your starting point, half the work is done! If you're looking for cool trays, look for a tray in an unusual shape or color or something mod elegant like chrome.

Next, put a touch of color in the corner(s) or the center--We most often use flower blooms as our brand is eco-friendly and this trend has been big for the last few years, but it's surprisingly easy for even non-professionals to use flower blooms for their hors d'oeuvres presentations. 

If your food is not colorful--and let's face it, so much food isn't colorful (a few years ago in the Saveur 100 issue it said that most food is brown(ish) and so what if it is?).  If you use pale or white blooms, they should be large or else they won't make a statement (large blooms are always better to make an hors d'oeuvres presentation statement than small flowers).  So think a strong or bright color in large-ish blooms, especially for spring and summer events. Or smallish fruits or vegetables in the corners--we like crabapples, passionfruit, or figs for spring and summer trays.

Then put the food in rows on the tray--If you don't want to refill trays, put more food (just make sure it doesn't look crowded); if you plan to refill or have the trays refilled by a helper, than put less food on them (but again, in rows).  Even get creative with your rows: geometric, lines, X lines...And put any dipping sauce in a corner of the tray (we prefer that to putting it next to the tray, though you can also put the dipper in the center of the tray).

 Now your tray is ready! Stand back and see the whole effect, maybe move an hors d'oeuvres or two or adjust the corner decorations.

Looking for something retro trendy and really unique? Ice sculptures are back but in unique shapes like mermaids, cowboy hats, or a signature building.  The hors d'oeuvres set on tables with ice sculptures are set off, even if the tray decoration itself isn't unsusual, in light of the uniqueness of the ice sculpture.  Or a cool mod statue or statue hand holding a tray of hors d'oeuvres--unique!

Warmly,

Kristina

Fandango Catering and Events
(713) 522-0077
www.fandango-catering.com