Minimise Food Wastage and Make Sure Everyone’s Full with These Tips

There are many factors to consider when catering for an event including; dietary requirements, budget, style of food and portion sizes to name a few. You want to make sure the vegetarians and vegans are satisfied, Robert your co-worker who can’t eat nuts is ok and that your Grandma has enough soft food options to choose from now she has her new false teeth! Joking aside, it can be exhausting trying to make everyone happy and portion size is just one thing to consider so you don’t end up with a ton of leftover food or guests that are still hungry!

Event Catering Portion Guide

Remember you need to take into consideration; the length of event, the type of event and what type of menu you’ll be serving. For example, if you’re having a sit down meal, food portions may need to bigger as the event will be more food-centric. If it’s a more fun, day-time event with food platters, you can allocate less food per person as there’ll be other entertainment to take peoples interest.

Things to Consider when Catering an Event

1. Type of event. Seated lunches and presentations will need more food than a board meeting. Events where guests are mingling generally means they’ll eat and drink more.
2. Length of event. A short presentation will just need snacks and a longer 3 hour meeting will probably mean guests go back for multiple servings.
3. Type of cuisine. The type of food you choose for your event catering, will greatly impact portion size. Light options like salad/vegetarian will need extra ounces to fill people up and heavier choices like Italian and Chinese will fill people up quickly, meaning you can cut down on extras.