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Posted at November 27, 2011, 6:11 pm:

Hi everyone

I actually am not a caterer, I am a personal chef but I am donating my services by doing some finger foods for a cocktail party fundraiser because it will be great exposure for me. I was wondering if I could get take advantage of your expertise and see what you all thought of my plans for this event so far

The event is from 6-9pm in a upscale building in an upscale, yuppie-ish part of town. They are expecting 300-400 guests, and they have asked several different chefs/restaurants/food shops to provide food for 50-100 people. I am going for the 50 people mark.
The other food providers booked so far include a few very high-profile, upscale restaurants and bakeries, so I have so very stiff competition and am feeling a lot of pressure to measure up. I am planning on having 2 dessert offerings and 3 or 4 savory things. Being that there will be lots of other food to sample, I am thinking that I'll be ok with about 100-150 of each item. Does that sound like enough for a 3 hour party to supply 50 people?
Here is the list of my options so far. Keep in mind that it all has to be served room temperature.
-Shrimp and Mango skewers with chilli lime glaze
-skewers with marinated mozarella balls, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, drizzled with balsamic
-fresh figs cut into florets and filled with herbed goat cheese and honey
-mini sandwich buns filled with thinly sliced pork and chutney, or some other fun filling
-mini corn cakes topped with shredded pork, tomatillo salsa and lime sour cream
(dessert)
mini chocolate truffle cakes
mini mango galettes
banana bread rounds with a dollop of orange cream
I obviously need to weed this down to 3 or 4 savories and 2 desserts. Your help would be greatly appreciated--I hope I'm not in over my head! Thanks!


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