Planning a wedding requires a great deal of time and the ability to step back and consider everything that you will need for both the wedding and the reception. Many people hire out these tasks and just take care of the costs but some prefer to keep their costs low, their wedding small, and choose to plan everything themselves. This is often an excellent way to keep both the size of the wedding under control as well as the overall costs of the event.
One of the most important areas to plan correctly is the needs of catering the event. In addition to place settings, flatware, and glassware, when catering you will also need kitchen equipment for preparing, warming, and presenting food. In both cases where you have opted to have meals served or you have chosen to have a buffet style reception, you will still need the same equipment.
- Chafers: These units vary in size from 4-qt to 8-qt and typically are heated with a small liquid fuel canister. Chafers are primarily used to keep prepared food warm while serving or buffet.
- Steam Table Pans: Generally used with a large steam table but there are many sizes that will fit with the above chafers allowing you to have small steam table available for use.
- Tiered Buffet Displays: An excellent way to display desserts at a buffet style reception. You could also use the tiered display to present hors d’oeuvres during the period before the main entrée.
- Serving Utensils: All of the equipment and planning will not help your even if you do not have serving utensils! Usually serving utensils encompasses serving spoons, two-tine meat forks, bread/ cake knives and other various utensils.
- Pouring Utensils: Includes pitchers, decanters, coffee carafes, teapots, milk dispensers and insulated carafes as well. Making sure you have enough for your wait staff will keep everything moving quickly and no one will be caught waiting for a water pitcher or teapot. A good rule of thumb is one of each for each table of guests, minimum.
Lionsdeal.com provides catering and banquet needs to both commercial and residential customers. With a strong focus on customer service, quality and a variety of pricing choices, Lionsdeal.com is quickly becoming the online destination for people who are planning their own weddings as well as other events. Pricing structure is based on wholesale costs and the savings are passed on to their customers. With a variety of products to choose from Lionsdeal.com is able to supply customers with many different products including:
- Cookware
- Baking Supplies
- Accent Bowls
- Platters & Serving Dishes
- Flatware
- Glassware
Visit Lionsdeal.com today for more information on how we can help you outfit your next event.
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