2nd Official party Booking

Cion and I have officially booked our second party. It's an Indian themed dinner that is part of a fundraising event for AWTY. (Awty is a private school here in Houston). We will be preparing 3 appetizers, serving cocktails, serving food and cleaning up. Food wise it's really small but service wise we will be getting a workout. we estimate about 8 hours for the party prep, cleaning and the actual event.

We met with the client last night and walked through the set up and planned the appetizers she would like. Cion and I will be in the kitchen tomorrow night experimenting with mango martinis, indian themed seasonings and food. I will report back with pictures and progress.

Cheers!

The day after

Well yesterday was a long day. I actually peeled the 36 boiled eggs at midnight Sunday then slept a few hours. I got up at 5:50 so that I could pack up car, run and get ice as well as bagels. Cion arrived promptly at 8:30 and we actually left early. We made a stop off at Super Target for an extra puff pastry and arrived at the destination at 9:30.

The first thing we did was unload the car and set the table. I have a habit of labeling all the serving plates with the name of the dish that will go in them. This way as we go along we know what we need to make and what is left. We started with the delived eggs and assembling the bries. We quickly noticed that refrigerator space was sparse. Not sure how to over come this in the future. Anyways, moved onto assembling veggie tray and cheese tray. We started baking the artichoke/spinach puff pastries and then the bries. Serving wasn't to commence till 2:00 so we were all ready to go at 1:00 so we just took a quick break.

At 2:00 guests started to arrive. We both manned the drink area and tried to watch food spread for refills. Items to note: no one drank red wine, salmon was gone fast as well as spinach puff pastries, lots of left over roast beef and 4lbs of orzo pasta salad is a bit much for a crowd of 30. Overall I think it was a success. The clients were happy and we gave out quite a few business cards. We ended the day at 5:30 so it made for a very very long day with a very minimal profit. However, I am very thankful for given the chance to cater our first event and had a complete blast doing it. I really hope it turns into something more. I really think Cion and I make a great team and we are already planning our next menu items. Now we just need to book another gig with more profit.

Cheers!

Sunday's Luncheon

So far I have hit Costco, ordered the flowers from Killions and ordered the desserts. Here is the breakdown on the shopping lists and schedule:

Kroger:
Roast Beef
Puff Pastry - 2
Cream Cheese
Capers
Mayo
Sweet Relish
Ranch Dressing Pack
Swiss
Muenster
Frozen Spinach
Artichokes

Central Market:
pine nuts
orzo
sundried tomatoes
dill
vegetable stock

Caninos:
Mixed Greens
Red Onion
Red Pepper
Yellow Pepper
Cucumbers
Carrots
Celery
Cherry Tomatoes
Lemons
Green Onions
Mushrooms

Costco:
Napkins
Plates
Smoked Salmon
Eggs
Cheese
Brie Cheese
Case of Water
Diet Coke
Coke
Sprite
Red Wine
White Wine
Sour Cream

Hot Bagel Shop:
Bagels

Bakery - Desserts