1st B-day catering question...

OK, so we are having Lucas's first birthday party next Saturday (even though his b-day is today.

I am having it catered and am about to order it, but am having a hard time deciding how much to get.

SO, if a full tray of food will serve 20 people and we are having 40 people over... how many trays of food would you get if you were in my shoes???

Re: 1st B-day catering question...

Depends on how many options you'll have. I'd order 2 trays of a chicken dish, 2 pasta trays, 1 meatball/sausage & peppers, and probably 1 eggplant. I would make my own huge salad to go along with it.

Re: 1st B-day catering question...

i would get 4 diff 1/2 trays

Re: 1st B-day catering question...

I always over do it, but I am one of those people who would rather have leftovers than be short.
For DS' party we had about 45 people, including a few kids.

Aside from the appetizers and snack type stuff we also had...

2 full trays of chicken (2 different types)
1 full tray of baked ziti
1/2 tray eggplant rollatini
1/2 tray sauage and peppers
1 full tray meatballs
1/2 tray chicken fingers
1/2 tray mixed with mozarellla sticks and fried zucchini

I didin't have a lot of leftovers at all, but our friends and family are all pretty big eaters. My friends family eats like birds and she had way less for her daughters christening.