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Kids party catering - help!

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ReadingInTheRain583 · 01/11/2024 12:10

Just sat down to book a Tesco delivery for party food for DCs birthday party next weekend and realised I'm clueless. Please help!

Do I do a standard buffet type affair?individual boxes? Up to 20 kids coming (still waiting on a few RSVPs)

What do I serve beyond sandwiches (ham/cheese?!), crisps and sausage rolls? Venue doesn't have a cooker. My kid is autistic and has literally eaten the same food every day for the last 4 years so a bit out of my depth here!

Do I feed parents or do they get left overs? Party finishes at 1.30 so not like anyone would starve to death before they got home. Was thinking of supplying tea/coffee/tub of celebrations for any parents who stuck around.

AM I just over thinking this?!

OP posts:
InfoSecInTheCity · 01/11/2024 13:47

ReadingInTheRain583 · 01/11/2024 13:34

Jam sandwiches added to the list... with butter or without? I don't think I've ever made or eaten a jam sandwich!

Cake - DC wants a very specific one (there's only one cake in the world he eats 🙄) so that van go in party bags to go home unless he changes his mind sharpish!

Grapes were going to be served cut up and in individual little paper pots (so they can just take one)

@NorthernGirlie that's a genius idea! Unfortunately my own kid won't eat hotdogs

I like butter on my jam sandwich otherwise the jam soaks into the bread. Kids are less discerning I find and will eat it pretty much anyway it comes. I mean it's sweet sticky jam on bread, it's delicious however it's served 😀🥳

Favouritefruits · 01/11/2024 13:47

A ‘snack food’ platter

chicken satay
pork pie
sausage rolls
mini scotch eggs
chicken bites
breadsticks
tortillas
grapes
cucumber sticks
pepper sticks
little tomato

i wouldn’t bother with sandwiches I don’t think kids really like them at parties

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