How much food will it take to feed 100 people?
I’ve been tasked to provide a meal for 100 people. I’ll need to provide meat, vegetables, salad items, desserts, and drinks. I have no idea how to determine how many people each food item will feed. Meal is to be served in 2 days.
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July 9th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Wow — good for you for taking on such a task!
Here is a website that helps you to determine the amount of food needed based on number of people for a buffet.
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/incredible/Buffetchart2.html
July 9th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
i would say 1 cup of salad per person
1/2 cup of pasta salad
1/4 cup of potato salad
1/2 cup of veggies
meat and gravy ……
i would buy something like 10-12 chickens and a 80kg beef spit
July 9th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
it’s hard to detirmine that kind of thing. You have to think of all the variables involved, like, how much can these people eat? If for example, there all heavy weight champs there your going to need alot of food! But, if there all old people then you won’t need as much. I think it what you should do is go to a grocery store and buy around 7 vegetable platters and 7 meat platters. You should also buy at least 10 2 liter bottles of drinks.
July 9th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Wow, big job, very impressive of you !! Im going to post some food quantities that will help to give you an idea of how much you will need. Best of luck!!
QUANTITIES TO SERVE 100 PEOPLE
Wieners – 25 lbs.
Coffee – 3 lbs.
Hamburger – 30-36 lbs.
Potatoes – 35 lbs.
Bread – 10 loaves
Rolls – 200
Butter – 3 lbs.
Ham – 40 lbs.
Milk – 6 gallons
Cream – 3 qts.
Roast – 40 lbs.
Baked beans – 5 gallons
Vegetables – 26 lbs.
Fruit salad – 20 qts.
Ice Cream – 4 gallons
Pickles – 2 qts.
Salad Dressing – 3 qts.
Lettuce – 20 heads
Cake – 8
Cheese – 3 lbs.
Vegetable Salad – 20 qts.
Beef – 40 lbs.
Pies – 18
Cabbage for slaw – 20 lbs.
Carrots – 33 lbs.
Potato Salad – 12 qts.
Chicken – 40 lbs.
July 9th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Work with smaller numbers, for eg, if you have cooked for 10 or 20 people, its a good start to estimate for 100 ppl. Always add 10-15% more just in case.
I used this personal guide when I was asked to cook beef curry for 30-40ppl, but because its the only dish to go, I estimate the number of cuts per kg and how much for each, then I add a little extra. Turns out almost perfect estimation with a small pot of leftover which was nice. Since then I never find it a problem to cook any amount of food, took into consideration how many types of food
July 9th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Figure on 12 oz of meat per person
1 cup of vegs and salad per person
3 drinks per person
2 pieces of dessert per person if you are doing pastries
If youu are doing a cake, you can get 2 sheets cakes.