Continuum
LIGHT - MEDIUM - HEAVY
Time of Day
LIGHT- In between meal times - MEDIUM - During meal time - HEAVY
Length of Event
LIGHT- One to two hours - MEDIUM - Over three hours - HEAVY
Type of Guests
Bites per Person per Hour
Light Appetizers
4-7
8-10
11-12
Medium Apps 2 bites - Dips with bread, cheese trays with crackers, sushi
Heavy Apps 2-3 bites - Chicken skewers, beef empanadas, mini quiche, Asian chicken wraps
Party Example
Time – 5-7 p.m.
Medium Appetizers = 8-10 bites per person per hour
8 – 10 bites x 20 guests x 2 hours = 320-400 bites total
4 dozen asian chicken wraps = 144 bites
4 dozen tortilla pinwheels = 96 bites
4 dozen bacon wrapped asparagus = 96 bites
1 dip in bread bowl = 30 bites
26 ounce veggie tray = 24 bites
Total = 390 bites
1 comment:
Hi Chef - I'm very impressed with your CHeat Sheet! I have a few questions as I am using it for the first time. Can you define 'bites'? I have a medium appetizer party for 50 from 5 - 8 pm. Averaging 9 'bites' times 50 people times 3 hours comes up to 1,350 bites. My customer has chosen 7 appetizers as follows:
meatballs; shrimp with smokies; cobb pasta salad; cheese and pear spread with crackers; different cheese and pine nut spread with crackers, chicken fajitas, and mini roast beef sandwiches.
My question is: Would a serving of fajita be considered 1 bite, or maybe the equivalent of 2 or possibly 3? Same with the roast beef sandwich - I might be going overboard, but I'm having a hard time meeting 1350 bites.
Using my current model I would make roughly 65 servings of everything (a 30% buffer) I come up with 455 servings. Thanks for any clarification you can provide :)
Chef Joy Rupe
www.comfort-cuisine.com
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