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3 Ways to A Profitable Buffet Table

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Buffet service requires the least amount of labor, both kitchen and service.  A busy catering operation can increase its flexibility by applying this style of service to one large function while simultaneously serving another party.  

A buffet offers several advantages to food businesses.  First and foremost, food can be presented to the guests in a dramatic fashion. There is no other type of menu planning that will let a person show off artistic skills better than a buffet.   With basic cooking skills and following a few fundamental concepts, buffets can turn an ordinary menu or occasion into a festive party.

Make sure they are visually appealing.  Colour contrasts, different heights and unusual table arrangements will all help to make a buffet a successful event.  Proper food selection for your guests with a variety of tastes, textures, and colour will make it gastronomically appealing.  Tie the foods, colours, and decorations together to match the theme of the event.  

The buffet is a popular and profitable form of food presentation found in nearly every kind of foodservice operation.  There are at least three reasons for its popularity:

    • Visual appeal

An attractive presentation of food has the effect of lavishness and ample quantity and careful arrangement and garnish suggest quality as well.

    • Efficiency

The buffet allows the food outlet to serve a large number of people in a short time with relatively few service personnel.

    • Adaptability

Buffet service is adaptable to nearly every kind of food (except items that must be cooked to order, like grilled and deep-fried foods) and to all price ranges and occasions. 

A Profitable Buffet Table

The buffet’s visual appeal is, perhaps, its greatest attraction for the guests.  The eye appeal of food is always important, but perhaps nowhere more important than on a buffet because the appearance sells the food.  A buffet is not just food service;  it is a food display.

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