My First Catering Event

Ok I know what you are asking, "What happened to week 4?". Well  week 4 was actually pretty boring. On Monday we finished up our eclairs then Tuesday and Wednesday was spent working on our practical that I received an 89% on. Then on Thursday we got started on our next section, cakes. I also found out that as of right now I still hold my "A" in the class. Despite the practical though I was pretty worried about the up coming catering job I had Sunday night.

On Friday I went out and did all of my shopping for the event and then the second I finished shopping I got started on doing the prep work. I had a large menu so I needed to get my butt moving. So lets start at the top.

The Menu

Crab Salad in Crispy Wonton Bowls

Shrimp Cocktail

Salsa Bar: Pico De Gallo, Mild Salsa, and Mango Salsa

Ham and Swiss Cheese Wraps

Roast Beef and Provolone Wraps

Ham and Ranch Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Roast Beef and Horseradish Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Vegetable Platter: Tomatoes, Celery, Carrots, Broccoli, and Cauliflower

Fruit Platter: Honeydew Melon, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Grapes, and Strawberries

Lemon Bars

Chocolate Mousse Cups

Pound Cake Bar: Pound Cake, Glazed Strawberries, Sliced Strawberries, and Whip Cream

Overall I worked on prep for 3 days. The first day I cut up all of the fruit, and prepared all of the cream cheese. The second day I made the crab salad, the mango salsa, and cut up all of the vegetables. On the third day I made all the desserts, and rolled all of the wraps and pinwheels which did not go as well as the other days. While making the desserts I started having issues. I had decided to make the lemon bars out of a box to save money, but I quickly realized that wasn't the greatest idea when I tried to remove them from the pan. The bars went everywhere and resembled a trash heap. It was not pretty. So quickly I sprang into action to try and make the lemon bars from scratch. Thankfully I had all the ingredients in my house. While I was zooming around the kitchen I slipped and fell leaving a NASTY bruise.

Around 2:45PM it came to load up my car. At first I didn't think I was going to get it all in there, but thanks to my wonderful husband we were able to get it all in, including 3 coolers. Around 4:00PM I arrived at my Mother-in-Laws house and began setup. With everyone's help I was able to get everything looking pretty good. Once it was all set up the guests started arriving and my sister-in-law's bridal shower started. Now on to the pictures. 

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