Can anyone please help me. I have to say thank you to approx 80 people and want to provide drink and something to eat/nibble. It will be very informal and be held over a lunchtime/afternoon for two/three hours. Can anyone please suggest food ideas. I will be preparing it myself but do have the time. Thank you.

Hi Fuss Pot,

Hope this is not too late for you.

Are you proposing to run a production line? This is possible if you are catering for a longer period and it allows you to do some hot canapes. You could for example do mini Yorkshire puddings filled with rare beef and gravy. Or, hot prawns in pastry.

I recently catered canapes for 100 guests for 1 hour, which worked out at 600 canapes. These were broken down into fish, meat, vegetarian, cheese and lastly savoury. If I had been asked to do this for 2 hours it would have meant 900, but I would have gone on to some hot for the second hour.

Sounds like fun. What is the event?

David