PREPARING FOR A CHRISTMAS FEAST

I got a visit this morning from a big family here in our city. The family is hosting a big event this Christmas and they want me to do the cooking in the kitchen. According to their organizer, they want us to cook around 30 dishes and that will be divided as appetisers, main dish and the finishing touches for the celebration. If there are add-on, they will just tell me what dish they want me to prepare. This feast will be feeding around 500 to 1,000 people in a garden venue. For me this will be exciting to do.

I have already prepared some dishes and I am still looking at my recipe books for more dishes to cook. 30 dishes is already something to think about. But I am no amateur in this kind of occasion since I have already cooked for around 1,000 more people. It was a wedding and I was told to do the cooking for the wedding. Even though I am not new to this kind of events, I am still not letting down of my guard. I want to be prepared for the event. My recipe books will be a good help for me.

I was also told that they want chefs around the kitchen and not just some simple cook. For this kind of occasion, I think 5 chefs will be enough to do the cooking for such a big event. We chefs were trained for this kind of situation and we don't choke. We need to stand up and be noticed for every dish that we prepare and cooked. The cooking school will truly be proud of this event.