Catering Help Please

oscarbobbins

As eldest daughter is raising funds for a vounteering trip to South Africa, we have decided to run a quiz night at the local village hall. Interest has been good and I think we have approximately 150 people turning up:eek: and this is where I need help! I need a cheap meal to serve at the quiz. Tickets are £7.00 (£5.00 for students). We have use of a kitchen but it only has one domestic size oven. I have never had to feed so many people so any suggestions would be welcome.

thanks

Ambersuccubus

Where I'm from, the traditional quiz night food would be pie and mushy peas; more locally, Lancashire hotpot and pickled cabbage and mushy peas (see a theme - things you can do in BIG saucepans)!

You could also cook a lot of baked spuds at home, foil wrap and warm through in the little oven, supplying eg cheese, coleslaw, beans etc for toppings...

ascot64

I'd do baked potatoes with chilli. Easy to do a vegetarian chilli and a meat one. Might be worth hiring a couple of catering size saucepans as it will be easier to make sure it is piping hot when served.

I'd just add an enormous bowl of grated cheese and another of tortilla chips.

Raspberry_Swirl

I run quiz nights at work a couple of times a year and we used to send out for fish and chips which worked out at about £3 a head but now I just tell everyone to bring their own drinks and nibbles and we all have our own table picnics all evening.

That way, the entry fee goes towards some prizes and then the rest is profit (which we use to subsidise our social committee day out trips).

Much less hassle!!

christineperseus

We do a platter on the tables - crudities, dips, cold meat, cheese, french bread, sausages - can be prepared in advance - no washing up!

Paulie'sGirl

Hiya,

A pie and pea supper would be what you'd get up here as well.

Perhaps if you made mince onion and potato pie for meat eaters and cheese onion and potato pie for veggies? Corned beef pie would be less expensive, but not everyone likes corned beef.

Make them in those foil pie cases? A wedge of pie, half a ladle of gravy and a dollop of mushy peas.

You could try canvassing the local supermarket, ASDA has a reputation for being willing to donate things to fundraising efforts.

Or, if you have a few friends of yours or DD who wouldn't mind chipping in, you could do a cold buffet spread. Assign dishes to friends. Quiche, pie, sausage rolls, perhaps sandwiches. Nuts and crisps. Heron used to do 10person gatueaux very cheaply.

PGxx

daska

We go to a few events where everyone takes their own picnic AND/OR their own plates and glasses - their choice as to whether these are disposable - for a fish and chip supper (and we take our own rubbish away). Either way it works out much less effort for the organisers.