Graze tables - really???

[LEMtheoriginal]

They look like something from that progtam that used to shame people for unhealthy diets and when theyve been dipped into are going to look a bloody mess. Why?.

@Daisydoesnt

I took it apart when starting. It's a pizza box so fruit was taken out and put on the lid, packaged crackers taken out, dips put on the table and we had side plates so we just picked our choice out and built on our own plates using knives to spread and forks to pick from the box

....so in other words it doesn’t work; you had to take things out, put other things on “plates” (the fruit put on the lid, for instance). It’s completely style over substance and a really stupid idea.

Apart from the food allergy issue which numerous pp have mentioned (and lots and lots of people have allergies) what about vegetarians, pescatarians and vegans? I used to have a home restaurant and I’m guessing that would be about 15% diners would be ruled out from safely being served this style if you include allergies.

The other issue is timing. A big spread like that original picture takes time to put together. High risk food (like cheeses, fish or any meats like charcuterie etc - I’ll be generous and include the Iceland style scotch eggs and unidentifiable “beige” food in the original pic) should be out for no longer than 2 hours. How long ago do you thing the food on that graze table left the fridge to be put together and then served? A lot longer than 2 hours.

At least with a normal buffet you can get everything ready and then just place in the platters of high risk food at the last moment.

It looks rank it is rank. Style over substance.

It’s a big from me too.

Of course it works.

The company delivered a pizza box of picnic food and I decanted for our family to eat.

But the point is you had to decant it. Which I think is why the pp was saying it didn't work.

Exactly! Getting a load of food delivered in a box and then taking it out and serving it is just shopping! Or a hamper. Or a takeaway.

Yes, and the only difference between this and a takeaway/hamper is in a "graze box" everything is chucked in together without separate containers, so you have crumb-covered kiwi, or strawberries rubbed with proscuitto, or crackers marinating in tomato juice.

The look of it all piled together would be enough to kill my appetite.

OMG these travesties are actually a thing. A girl on my local Facebook group is asking for Graze company recommendations. LOL.

@Blondiney

OMG these travesties are actually a thing. A girl on my local Facebook group is asking for Graze company recommendations. LOL.

She could just go to the supermarket picnic section and buy a load of things and dump them on the table, scotch eggs, sweaty chorizo slices, chuck a satsuma and some marshmallows in the mix and she's good to go.

She could just go to the supermarket picnic section and buy a load of things and dump them on the table, scotch eggs, sweaty chorizo slices, chuck a satsuma and some marshmallows in the mix and she's good to go.
Exactly. How does she think the "professionals" do it? 😂

This photo reminds me of the film "the platform"

A trough table - fab idea p

Bleuch🤢. Totally unhygienic - I bet it wouldn’t pass muster with environmental health rules. Do people really pay for this crap? And especially with the Covid situation as it is...

Troughs is exactly what popped into my mind too

the excessive scone:cream ratio in the OP's first post is enough to put me off, nevermind the fact it looks like it's been delivered onto a trestle table by dump truck. Seriously, nothing wrong with plates, they've been around a thousands of years, stood the test of time.

No, I don't like it. I'd rather everything be on individual plates with utensils for serving. A small buffet can be done hygienically but need to follow correct practices.

Surely a thing of the past after covid

Surely a thing of the past after covid

Bizarrely they have really become a thing during covid rather than a thing of the past ...