The word makes me shudder. I practically live in restaurants in this fancy little resort town. I started working in a mom-n-pop Italian restaurant by the name of Vincent's when I was 14. I was told to just bus tables, but there was no "just" about it, I stood in the back and scraped lasagna and veal parm off of guests plates like a scared little mouse because I was too terrified to ask them for their dishes myself.
At 26, I've done everything in a restaurant except manage (God bless some of them out here) and cook (God help some of them out here). I still waitress part time at a local pub, the days at Vincent's are long gone, they're now an (overpriced) ceviche bar next door to the pub I work at. We serve burgers and beer. And I love it.
Food and I have a love hate relationship. I love it but I hate how much it costs to get a good meal out here. And caterers are no exception.
I actually had one caterer tell me that my food budget for 200 people should be $24,000. Yes, that's right. And that wasn't for filet mignon or lobster tails.
Luckily, we got this brilliant idea to ask the pub I work at how much it would cost to serve up some good food, buffet style. Our price is now more than half of that. We also got a quote from a local guy who does BBQs for weddings (more of a locals thing I guess, because we went to a wedding this past fall where he showed off his talent and we were pretty impressed......and full)
The best advice I can give you is:
SHOP AROUND FOR FOOD PRICING (and everything else you can for that matter) if you're on a budget. We are able to now do our food for around $10,000. We cut our guest list down but maybe will be able to bring it back up.
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