Tips on Cooking for a Crowd (part 1)
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Cooking for a crowd can be overflowing fun and bliss. Or it can be the most embarrassing event of your life.
In my last blog post, I showed you how we cooked for the open house at Cold Springs Garden Center. Today I want to share a few tips on planning ahead when cooking for a crowd. These are based on principles I have learned in our own cooking for open houses, church picnics, and reunions.
Lack of planning is a leading cause for despair in catering. Get your ducks lined up and don’t try to warp time. If you are careless in this point, you are asking reality to dump buckets of stress upon your head. Planning involves fire management, lining up supplies, and preparing enough food for the crowd. I can’t go into much detail on these points today, but you can use these simple tips as a guide for success in catering.
Cooking for a crowd can be overflowing fun and bliss. Or it can be the most embarrassing event of your life.
In my last blog post, I showed you how we cooked for the open house at Cold Springs Garden Center. Today I want to share a few tips on planning ahead when cooking for a crowd. These are based on principles I have learned in our own cooking for open houses, church picnics, and reunions.
Lack of planning is a leading cause for despair in catering. Get your ducks lined up and don’t try to warp time. If you are careless in this point, you are asking reality to dump buckets of stress upon your head. Planning involves fire management, lining up supplies, and preparing enough food for the crowd. I can’t go into much detail on these points today, but you can use these simple tips as a guide for success in catering.
