To spend £120 on a buffet for 16 people

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We are hosting a New Years Buffet for 16 people (13 adults, 3 children)

This is my food plan:

Part bake rolls £4
Crackers £5
Cheese - cheddar, Brie, blue, Boursin, Wensleydale and cranberry £10
Chutney& cranberry sauce & apple sauce £4
Grapes, pomegranate, oranges £5
Slow cooker Gammon joint £10
Sausage rolls £3
pigs in blankets £5
pork pies £4

Sharing crisps £3
Cheese twists £1
Dips £2.50

Coleslaw £2.50
Potato salad £2.50
Nigellas festive cous cous £2.50

Puff pastry tarts - pesto and thinly sliced tomato, pizza (tomato purée, mozzarella and Italian herbs), caramelised onion and goats cheese:
3 x rolls puff pastry £4
Pesto £1
Tomatoes £1
Tomato purée £1
Mozzarella £2
Italian herbs £2
Canalised onion chutney £2
Goats cheese £2

Pudding
Slow cooker hot chocolate £6
With toppings - mini marshmallows, squirts cream, sprinkles, candy canes £5

Mince pies £2.50
Yule log (homemade) £5
Profiteroles £3
Fruit salad £10

Drinks
Selection soft drinks £10
Tea and coffee (will have in)

Total £120

£120 seems a lot, but yet the food doesn't seem excessive to me!

AIBU to spend this much? Or is this just the cost of things nowadays?

YABU as it’s extremely cheap! Less than £10 a head

lord help your guests

You can probably get a reduced cheese board after Christmas so I'd go for that. I think you need at least another cheese because 2 isn't enough.

my.morrisons.com/foodtoorder/product/morrisons-small-cheese-platter/111988736

There is also a large one for £16

my.morrisons.com/foodtoorder/product/morrisons-the-best-christmas-slate-cheeseboard/112736354

my.morrisons.com/foodtoorder/product/morrisons-the-best-camembert-sharing-bread-470g/112661401

Ha!! Love it!

Was meant to say under quote that I agree 🤣

This sounds spot on to me! Enjoy your celebrations!

Seems good value for a yum meal. Can I come🤔

Defo had my mouth watering reading the list.

Fuzzwuzz has some good suggestions. I think 120 is reasonable. However I would cut down on the sauces and chutneys, make your own caramelised onions for the tarts, it's easy, make your own coleslaw, potato salad and humous. Much tastier and higher quantities for less money. Also don't do the fruit salad, you already have fruit. And don't do the pigs in blankets, you're already doing sausage rolls. Sounds like a good menu! You could consider baking a camembert or two and serving alongside your par baked rolls. Also, homemade pizza and frittata always goes down well and is not expensive.

you haven’t got enough food. I regularly do Sunday lunches with 18+ people. I agree you need a ‘main course’ - cold meats or pies. Review the tarts - 3 rolls of puff pastry won’t go far with 16 ppl . You’re better off making something substantial like a pie or a joint of meat.

Lasagna is pretty good for a buffet style meal.

Updated menu looks good, OP! I’ll have a turkey, horseradish and stuffing sandwich with a side of pigs in blankets, coleslaw, potato salad and couscous. I’ll bring my own champagne.

I'm inexplicably irritated that Nigella's muscling in on the cous cous market.

Or champagne, to give it a theme.

People always post their buffet food and they never have pickled onions on but to my mind you can't have ANY sort of buffet without pickled onions. <gavel>

😂

This, but cornichons and pickled EGGS.

Gherkins and cheese are epic. 😎

A buffet isn't a buffet without olives and pickles, in my book. 😀

Less than £10 per head - that’s cheap!

£150 is very cheap for a buffet lunch for 16 people, I’m more worried that it won’t be enough food but then I’d rather people left stuffed and uncomfortable in their jeans which suddenly feel too tight than peckish and a bit grumpy 😂

High five to you op for making your own yule log

I think it's actually plenty when you think of how much snack food you can buy from a supermarket for a tenner. That's several packs of stuff, which is more than most people would eat. Presumably the women will eat less so should be plenty.

Presumably the women will eat less so should be plenty.
Why, are they visiting from the 1950s?

Well, I suppose you may be right in that lots of women nowadays seem to eat significantly more than their bodies require. Hence the obesity issue we have.