Journal
Notes from the kitchen
How much food forty people actually eat, what goes wrong at buffets, and how to plan a party menu nobody argues about.
Behind the kitchen
Why our menu has fewer dishes than you expected
A shorter menu is not a smaller kitchen. It is what happens when every dish has to survive an hour on a buffet counter and still taste like it did in the pan.
Quantity Kitchens · 1 min read
Planning
Buffet or plated? A straight answer for house parties
Plated service looks better in photographs. Buffet service works better in a flat with one kitchen and forty guests. Here is when each one is right.
1 min read
Planning
How much food does 40 people actually eat?
The honest answer is less than you fear and more than the internet says. Here is how we work it out, course by course.
2 min read