Party Buffet - How Much Food?

[Cakeandcardio]

How many items in total would you serve if hosting 25 people for a kids' party (starting at 1pm). It's family so no end time but no real drinkers and will probably be over by 4pm

We are serving:
Sausage rolls
Sandwiches
Chicken skewers
Pakora

I always make too much so trying to scale back but wondering if I am being too stingy. I really do not want too many leftovers. A couple of elderly people coming who pick rather than have a full plate.

no idea
but go easy on the sandwiches
not normally very popular

Thanks! I usually buy pre-packaged from M and S and half them. They tend to get eaten more than if I made them! But thanks for your input.

I would add some veg and fruit to this and think you'd be fine

Are you going to serve anything else too like crisps, fruit and cake? 4 items doesn’t seem enough especially if someone doesn’t like one of the items. I’d do 100 sandwich quarters, 50 each of sausage rolls, pakoras and skewers, then add a big bowl of strawberries and blueberries, cucumber sticks, bowls of crisps, and serve birthday cake slices.

I would add cherry tomatoes, pepper carrot and cucumber to brighten it up - with salsa and creamy dips if that works

its the volume - how many sausage rolls per person - 2 per child and 1 per adult? , half a round of butties per person ? 2 skewers per person ?

Also have a look at the sandwich platters on m&s food to order, they have a good selection

Are you serving anything else? Is it a mix of children and adults? What size are the sausage rolls, pakora and skewers?

I think size and type matters a bit here.

Are you making big sausage rolls or the tiny ones?

What kind of sandwiches? Things like ham or cheese might get eaten more by children than say coronation chicken.

The chicken skewers and pakoras, will they be spicy and mostly aimed at adults or for the kids too.

Thinking about myself personally, I’d have maybe 3 sandwich quarters, a chicken skewer (2 if small, in my head these have like 5 pieces of chicken on them, but I’d have 2 if they were smaller than that), probably 3 pakoras. I don’t really like sausage rolls. I’d possibly have more though if there was nothing else (no crisps, salads).

Kids maybe 2-3 mini sausage rolls, 2 sandwich quarters, and then crisps and other things.

I think you can’t go wrong having extra of things that can easily be saved. Sausage rolls and pakoras are easy to freeze. A few extra emergency packets of crisps can go away in the cupboard for another day.

Thanks. Sausage rolls are not mini but not extra long. M and S fancier ones.
Chicken skewers - one bite per skewer
Sandwiches - a mix of ham / plain cheese / fancier selection

Also serving crisps, home baking and birthday cake and a fruit platter

An old friend, who was qualified in the catering and household management area, once told me that (and admittedly this was 30 odd years ago) people typically ate a pound of food at a buffet.