Common Mistakes in Event Catering That You Should Avoid

So, your big event is coming up and you are spending days looking for top-notch event venues, decor service providers, and other such vendors. Apparently, everything that is important for a successful event is on your to-do list already.

But have you thought about how important an event menu is? Do you know a small slip-up in choosing your event catering service can cause your event to completely fail?  Yes, you read that right.

There are a lot of things that you need to consider when finalizing an event catering service for important get-togethers in your life, regardless of whether they are corporate events or private family affairs.

The reason organizing event catering is deemed a lot more difficult than choosing other vendors is because you simply can’t choose food or caterers based on the pictures of food that they share with you. While the presentation of food is important, you can’t expect good looking but tasteless or stale cuisine to impress anyone.

Fortunately, there are some telltale guidelines that can help you organize event catering without fail.

Read on to learn what matters in organizing event catering.

1.      Don’t Overdo the Menu

Humans naturally get overwhelmed when they are given too many choices. The same is the case with event catering.

If you include too many food items in the hope of impressing your guests or arranging a lavish event, you will do more bad than good. The most notable disadvantages of doing so include the wastage of money and food.

As much as variety adds colors to everything, the formula doesn’t work in case of event catering.

Try to keep your menu simple but all-inclusive. Don’t include a lot of items but make sure there is something for everyone to eat by adding items from all three categories including vegan, vegetarian, and non-vegetarian food.

2.      Don’t Let Your Excitement Compel You to Outdo the Budget Limits

When planning events, you have a leave a little buffer in the budget you prepare. As for catering, you must try to leave a small margin when choosing items to be included in the menu.

For example, if you have dedicated $200 to food. Try and include items that collectively cost $170 -$180. However, this margin should not be in more than a couple of hundred dollars or else you will be in crisis.

3.      Get Enough Food Made

If you are expecting 200 guests in your event, add a buffer of at least 10 to 20 people when communicating the number to your event catering vendors. You don’t want to handle embarrassment due to a shortage of food. Do you?

The above-discussed tips may sound like usual advice but they are your 3-step staircase to event success. Try to organize event catering for your upcoming event using these tips and see the difference yourself.

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