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Everyone's opinions about Catering

Hi everyone, I have a question about catering ???

Do you cater for all of your evening guests???

I thought you only catered for 70/80% of them :o
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  • frannyann
    frannyann Posts: 10,970 Forumite
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    I have catered for about 60% of them, as that was what was advised by the hotel!
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  • iamana1ias
    iamana1ias Posts: 3,777 Forumite
    Hi everyone, I have a question about catering ???

    Do you cater for all of your evening guests???

    I thought you only catered for 70/80% of them :o

    Depends how many of them you want to have plates and cutlery ;)
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  • csh_2
    csh_2 Posts: 3,294 Forumite
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    Our venue has a minimum order number of 75% so we'll be going with that.
  • floss2
    floss2 Posts: 8,030 Forumite
    We have a buffet for 60, which we've been advised will feed up to 75.
  • kitschkitty
    kitschkitty Posts: 3,177 Forumite
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    I've been advised 60% but 70% max.

    It may also depend a little on what you are having and how many guests.
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  • flea72
    flea72 Posts: 5,392 Forumite
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    Hi everyone, I have a question about catering ???

    Do you cater for all of your evening guests???

    I thought you only catered for 70/80% of them :o

    it would all depend on what time your evening do was, and how many of your guests ate at the daytime do (and at what time they ate)

    if you are only having an evening do, then you should be catering for all guests

    if half of your guests are present at daytime and evening do, then you should expect them to eat about half the quantity, so cater for 75% in the evening

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  • maggie111
    maggie111 Posts: 1,130 Forumite
    I want to cater for all of our evening guests. I'm never first up at a buffet and by the time I get there all the crappy horrible bits are left. I don't mind this because it's my choice to be slow - but everyone always says about their 'well-stocked' buffet that there was loads of food left over, and no, there wasn't in my opinion!
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  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    We got told to cater for 100% of guests!!

    We have invited around 120.

    I reckon we will have around 80 people, so that's what we are catering for which works out at 75%.

    We're having bacon and sausage baps at midnight though (bar closes at 1am) so they will help soak up the alcohol lol
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  • Edinburghlass_2
    Edinburghlass_2 Posts: 32,680 Forumite
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    The events staff love the bacon rolls keeps them going while they work on until 3.00 am :)
  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    The events staff love the bacon rolls keeps them going while they work on until 3.00 am :)

    They better keep their mitts off the ones I'm paying for! :D
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