Can you please critique my Christmas day buffet

[ProssecoSparkle]

Can you lovely lot please cast an eye over my Christmas day buffet. This is for 4 adults, 1 tween, 1 three year old and a 11 month old.

Is there anything you would take out? Different combinations?

Chocolate cake
Sticky toffee pudding
Cream
Ice cream
Dips and breadsticks
A few different crisps
Crudets
Cheese and pickle on sticks
Hummus
Cheeseboard
Mini chedders
Tangerines
Hero's
Cranberry sauce
Pate
Colslaw
Vol e vans
Lentil soup
Brusheta
Steak slices
Salad
Mozzarella and tomatoes
Mustard and honey dip
Italian meats
Turkey
Pigs in blankets
Carrots
Parsnips
Brussels sprouts
Stuffing
Sausage rolls
Dauphin potatoes
Yorkshire puddings

This will all be homemade

What's "diluting juice"?

Squash. It's called diluting juice in Scotland

Diluting juice is what we call squash in Scotland.

Thank you for the advice. I will put the Chocolate cake, crisps, nibbles out later in the evening.

I actually think a hot buffet is going to create more work for you than a standard sit-down turkey dinner. You need to be very aware of keeping things warm as nobody is going to want to sit down to cold sprouts and potatoes that have been sat on a table for a 😊 hour.

@ProssecoSparkle @berksandbeyond
Thank you both. A new one on me ( despite the fact I visit The Highlands twice a year!)

Still can't tag anyone 😕 SorrowsPrayers I rent out holiday homes in the Highlands ( I run an agency) let me know if you would like a link. Would pop some diluting Juice in for you 😉

Just put out what you and your family enjoy and sod everyone else, this sounds like crazy amounts of work for one days food

erm this is just her family. Op, husband, son and dil and a couple of very young kids.

pitta bread, Doritos ( for the hummus)
Custard.

@ProssecoSparkle a link to holiday homes in The Highlands would be super! Thank you.

What a feast!
Do you want to spend so much time in the kitchen?

No roast potatoes? Also I love bread sauce. Just the packet mix one.

It seems like a lot of food. I would just serve some dips, crudités, crisps, sausage rolls, hummus, bean salad, bread sticks as snacks. (Before and/or after lunch)

Then the turkey dinner, one pudding and the cheeseboard after.

But if you're all big eaters then fair enough!

I'd just have a bit of a think about food safety and food waste. A roast lunch and then evening buffet would likely be the best plan.

How did your buffet go @ProssecoSparkle?