They agreed to make the grid more than a hundred guests. Did you have your head examined by a professional and if it is confirmed that he took a temporary leave of their senses. Now here it is again in front of a healthy and good on your commitment. Do not worry. All this is possible. Get help, you can not buy everything as a few people, the food, washing dishes, light the grill (yes, plural), entertain the children, chop the lettuce to make the skewers, bringsome chairs, and cool your personal bottle of beer or wine will definitely make life easier.
Planning, design, planning ...
As a major military campaign is all about planning, except that the overall average only needs to send many troops to the concerns that face, you buy enough hot dogs and potato salad for a hundred people. Yet, if you spend enough time to plan then the current day is a breeze, and you will be able to really enjoyalone in eighth place just waiting for each other. So, remember, in no particular order, the following:
• You need more than a grill for cooking. Their new, super-duper, gas / coal / smoke cooking appliance may simply not enough for a hundred mouths. If you have only to ask a little 'more to borrow from a friend. Also, if you have more of a grid, go to help, have more than one cook in order to put your ego on hold and appointment of members. Getting a lot of fuelIn addition, replacement bags of charcoal, gas cylinders, etc.
• If the event is to start the new "you-can-cook-perfect-steak-and-play-the-national-anthem" grill then try in advance. They have a small family gathering, some friends for dinner, nothing. But it does not use it for the first time in front of 100 guests. Sod the law says is going to a hook, and really did not need this kind of pressure.
• Buy food, lots of food. How much? How about an entireSupermarket meat counter. Seriously, if it is self service, people tend to take and eat more. Do not assign a hamburger per person and leave it at that, because it will not be enough. Buy lots and buy in advance. Do not do that on the morning of 'The Day', as this would be (Sod the law again), a drought of meat and you're going to run across the county in search of lamb chops. If you have purchased in advance, then you can do everything like the day before marinating.
• Vegetarian: Nofun, are not embarrassed, just do not eat meat, and the United Kingdom about 3-5% of the population is vegetarian, the chances you'll be a couple of restaurants. Well you can just press the "Let Them Eat Salad" approach, but you want to be on the grid of the century, so why not a little creativity 'more. It is not hard to find in these days of veggie burgers and sausages and kebabs with peppers, mushrooms and onions is always good. Do something that looks so deliciousCarnivores are asking for it (fried tofu marinated in a barbecue?) And you know you've broken. Remember to cook everything on a separate grill, beef fat when the chef gets the falafel around then are not really vegetarians, right?
• It has a lot of other foods are added to the plates of the people, the stuff on the grill. If you feel paranoid about running out of food, then just as the desire, some delicate salads hearty, filling dishes as well asPotato salad, potato bread, cole slaw and garlic.
• Decide where to put everything. With so many people have a queue full, if not for the up-tempo. You could use a dose of their area (and a portion of your members do), instead of passing it to people directly from the grid. In addition, side dishes and extras are in a separate table so that people browse browse / no slowing down the process. How do you make a self-service cafeteria? Theirare some of the same tactics apply, who are here in mass catering.
• Think about hygiene. Each chef or food should clean their hands. Dishes and utensils must be washed. They have separate areas and surfaces for raw and cooked foods. Yes, it can be laborious and tiring, but it's better than having half the guests Salmonella.
• for children? If we are forced to be suitable, then some of the activities to reflect on their age. It is not necessaryBegin setting up clown, but if they can keep you busy then it will be happier, which makes their parents happy. While not crazy, there is less chance that will knock the grill over hot coals and dumping on the flip-flop.
• Some practical points. Chairs - you have enough? If not, where you can borrow? Similarly, tables. Plates, cutlery and glasses - to take the risk, instead of the best china, why not buy paper and plastic? You canrecycle and there is no washing up to do.
• Finally, think of the time. Keep an eye on the weather, by all means, but the English summer, that is, you need an emergency plan. Do you have enough interior space for 100 people when it rains? Otherwise, there is a place that does? For the same reason, when the location for grilling and serving areas, you might want to keep under cover.
Finally ...
After planning within an inch of your life with your gayband of helpers on the day, you can cook, laugh, have fun and, hopefully, take the time to everyone else enjoy the best barbecue I've ever seen.
