Help me create the perfect cheese / graze board

[Friyay27]

I'm heading away this weekend with my friends, and we've decided to have a grazing board for in our holiday house.
We have a budget of 150. I've volunteered to get it, but I've been slammed at work so need to dash around the shops before work tomorrow!

Hit me with your ideas for the perfect spread. No allergies or dietaries - thankfully.

Hopeful desperate bump

As a suggestion don't put all the stuff together on one plate. The moist things will make the crispy things soggy and most people don't like it all mashed up. Maybe get different boards, cheeses on one, crackers another, fruit, nuts all different bowls?
I would get loads of colourful dishes and put them all together.

this is a good place to start - not only does it look great but it’s a good range of bits.

This kind of thing, I tend to use (not my bowls here)
Also you can keep some back and top up so they're not out in the open for ages.

Grazing boards give me the ick 😂

Honestly, separate the food out into bowls, it looks so much nicer and prevents too much cross contamination.

I don't know how many people you are feeding. But if you're doing a big platter (or platters), I'd say you need some combination of:

Cheese (aim for somethign hard, something soft, something strong. Maybe a feta/goats cheese).
Range of cold meats
Salty bits - olives, pickles etc If budget allows, get creative and buy more than just one type of olive but go for interesting pickles etc
Sweet bits - at least one type of chutney or fruit paste, some fresh fruit and some dried fruit
Things to hold it - variety of biscuits/cheese crackers. If it's to replace a meal, definitely also get good bread. I often buy those part-baked focaccias/baguettes/ciabattas/petit pain as tou can pop them in the oven and have a lovely fresh basket of mixed breads alongside
Butter, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar
Optional - one or two types of pate.

Food wise I would go for:

Sausage rolls/pork pie type things
Variety of cheeses and chutneys
Pickles
Salami/prosciutto type stuff
Maybe pate
Fresh bread
Crackers
Potato salad
Pasta salads
Normal salad
Veggie crudités
Some kind of fruit selection - berries maybe?
Olives
Nuts
Sun dried tomatoes
Dressings (several choices)

And some kind of desserts - cake, maybe profiteroles, cream and ice cream?

Another vote to separating foods. I think people like the idea of a pretty board but it's pretty until anyone touches it and then it just looks a state. At very least separate any thing wet from dry. Use ramekins, and dishes. If you have any veggies and want to include meat, then that needs to be on a separate platter. Unless it was just my household I'd want serving utensils/tongs.
A nice cheese board including a baked Camembert, with a good selection of crackers, a good sour dough baguette for the Camembert, ramekins of chutneys and pickles, grapes, figs, nuts, olives in ramekins.