Fandango Catering Offers 6 Fast, Cool Food Presentation Ideas

Since many people are now considering or planning a fall or later event, today we offer 6 fast, cool food presentation ideas.

Most everyone is pressed for time these days, and so a few ideas you can use or adapt to make your event better looking come in handy.

Here are some of our fast presentation ideas:

Use small bunches of grapes--Snip small bunches of grapes and put in corners of trays, or in two corners of a tray.  This should not take more than a couple of minutes, and it adds color and style to a food tray with only a little time spent and no special skills needed.  Even fancier? Use champagne grapes. 

Use dill sprigs or cut fresh chives--Put dill sprigs in the center of an hors d'oeuvres tray or on dinner serving bowls or platters (such as on top of mashed potatoes or a vegetable dish).  Or cut fresh chives and sprinkle them on top of the food and a bit on the serving piece on hors d'oeuvres trays, serving bowls, in chafing dishes, on soup glasses or mugs, or on plated food.  To cut chives, line up the strands, cut off the tips, and, using one hand to hold them down, cut across using the other hand--and you can even do this with a steak knife, you don't need a special knife.  Keep moving your hand as you cut, and don't rush so you won't get cut; it's much easier to cut chives than people think.

Use croutons or add-ins to decorate soup servings--Make or buy croutons and put them on top of your little soup cups or glasses (see above), or drop into plated soup bowls or larger mugs croutons, chopped chives, a bit of grated cheese, tiny soup crackers, a cooked shrimp, a bit of crabmeat, some tiny diced red pepper or tomato...Add color by using light or bright-colored croutons or add ins if the soup is dark (such as grated cheddar on a dark soup or a lovely pink shrimp on a red or cream-colored soup), or vice versa. 

Use grapes in a martini glass--Put green grapes in a martini or cocktail glass and let the bunches hang over the sides of the glass a bit (cut the bunch to size)--it looks mod and is easy to do! Then use this as a centerpiece for any display like hors d'oeuvres, cheese, fruit, sandwiches, mini desserts, etc. The glass should not be too tall or too short; you should be able to see it comfortably on the platter from several feet away.

Lay food out in circles--Almost any hors d'oeuvres, cheese, sandwiches, desserts, look good this way.  Creative? Pile a bit of food in a triangle/pyramid as a centerpiece.

Pile up certain foods--Some foods, like Caprese salads or fruit trays or other cold salads, look good piled up a bit.  The secret is to use a serving piece with a bit of sloping sides so that when the food is served it doesn't fall on the table, but instead falls back into the bowl.  Don't use a flat serving piece to pile up food, for this reason.

Warmly,

Kristina

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