For a buffet table organized by you to be successful, three factors are necessary: a good atmosphere, delicious food and the so-called "technical factor" - equipment. Miss one of them and everything goes wrong.
It is necessary
room, tables, buffet table skirts, dishes, food, sound equipment, moderator
Instructions
Step 1
Find the room where the buffet is supposed to be held. Please note that it should accommodate tables with snacks and drinks, everyone present, a podium for the moderator - if your event is planned for a large-scale one. There should still be a place for free movement and communication of those present. But too large a hall is also undesirable. There is a risk that the guests will disperse among the "small groups". When arranging a buffet table, we are not striving for this.
Step 2
Rate how convenient it is to bring food to this room. If you order food from one of the catering companies, decide in advance in what form it should be delivered to you. Does the room provide for the possibility of organizing a technical area where products will be removed from gastronorm containers and thermal containers? And where they will be processed for filing.
Step 3
Think about how to serve your food. Usually, when making a buffet, they choose one of three ways. The first - "on the table" - implies that at the time of arrival of guests all snacks and drinks have already been laid out. In other words, full self-service. The second method - "by-pass" - involves laying out fruits, and the rest is taken out by waiters from the technical area, fenced off by a screen or curtain. Guests communicate, service staff pass by them with plates on which snacks or drinks are laid out. The third option is combined. For large buffets, the latter is most preferable.
Step 4
Make a menu. Remember that these should be cold or hot snacks literally "for one bite." Warn the catering company so that you can eat them with your hands, as an option - take care of the presence of buffet (small) spoons and forks in advance. A wide variety of dishes is expected only from serious events, a small buffet table allows 3-4 types of canapes, 6-8 vegetable snacks, small-piece pastries and cakes - petit fours.
Step 5
Deal with alcohol and soft drinks. Most often, when making a buffet table, they stop at two types of wine - red and white, 2-3 types of juice and mineral water. But you can make tea or coffee. Again, it all depends on the purpose of the event, its mass scale and the technical capabilities of the premises.
