HUGE Catering / Need a mental health pro....

[jbrink01]

I just got a sniff on a REALLY BIG catering for next summer. Stand a better than average chance of getting it. 3 meats, 2 sides and drinks for 8,000 people (yes, thousand). Private company here in the midwest.

It will require some equipment rental and purchases, but there is money in it at $15/head. Anybody ever undertake such a thing? Anybody with big equipment that would want a little contract work? PM me if you do. I have some time on this one, but would hate to get it and not have a general idea of how to manager it.

I'm thinking I would hire the set-up of tables, tents, etc, as well as contract with my meat purveyor for drop off of a reefer trailer on site.

Thoughts?

 

[jminion]

Just finished feeding 6000 yesterday at Ft Lewis, WA, the Stryker Brigade and families. We cooked mainly butts, brisket with some ribs and chicken. We used 3 Ole Hickorys about 195 sq feet of grate space. Cooked meat for 24 hours and used portable holding ovens to hold finish product. Myself and Konrad Haskins did the cooking with some help from 4 Army personel (they rubbed and helped move meat around).

You will need people to work the serving lines and I would setup at least 10 to get the people through.

Be happy to discuss how we did it.

This was an Operation BBQ gig so not a paying gig.

Jim

 

[butts a fire]

reefer trailer on site.


with a trailer full of reefer you are going to need a lot of papers:twisted:

 

[Bbq Bubba]

reefer trailer on site.


with a trailer full of reefer you are going to need a lot of papers:twisted:

And a LOT more dessert's.............Hope ya get that one, sound's like a great gig!! Would love to help on something like that but way to far away!

 

[Ashmont]

Thats alot

reefer trailer on site.


with a trailer full of reefer you are going to need a lot of papers:twisted:

Thats alot of Bullsheets! :mrgreen:

 

[Plowboy]

Jeff,

I haven't talked to Randy about this, but I'm sure we'd want to get in on this. He picked up a second Traeger Smokehouse on a trailer.

We both could use the money. :wink:

Todd

 

[Markbb]

Mofos

I was about to say with a gig that big you could use a hand or two and there's alot of MoFo brethern, in your area with big cookers and expierence in catering...Good Luck:wink:

 

[timzcardz]

From your post, it sounds like you have a "general idea" on how to manage this already.

Just put it down on paper and start filling in the specifics, and before you know it you'll have a detailed plan all laid out.

I won't pretend to know what goes into this, but in my line of work, I go after and manage large contracts all of the time, and it's just a matter of breaking it down into small pieces, planning on how to do and costing out each one, and then add them up.

Price it all out and then if you get the job, you will still have time to refine the plan and look for ways to do it more efficiently.

As in the Nike commercials ... Just do it!

Good luck!

 

[jdub]

Get a pro or two on your team (Aramark "level").
I know nothing about catering, but a lot of my career has had to do with site preparation for big events. When you put that many people in one place you create lots of problems that you don't expect when you are thinking just catering.
Example, trash cleanup grows EXPONENTIALLY when you gather more and more peeps-in a giant crowd people are thoughtless and throw more stuff on the ground for some reason.
Buffet line times grow exponentially as well-I have no idea why but they do.
16k feet turn damp grass into mud in an instant, and chairs sink in the mud.

 

[big brother smoke]

reefer trailer on site.


with a trailer full of reefer you are going to need a lot of papers:twisted:

Now my office thinks I am crazy for laughing so loud!

Seriously, I would make sure I had serving trusty line supervisors for sure to begin with. Also, would like to see your gameplan used as a reference point for all.