When you book a meeting room it’s worth sorting the catering early as the choices available can vary greatly from venue to venue and lead times can often catch people out.
Refreshment Packages
The most basic option offered by most venues is for you to select a refreshments package that typically consists of tea, coffee and biscuits with the option to include some juice and pastries for a morning meeting. This is usually ordered as part of the meeting room booking and priced per head.
Continental Breakfast Trays
For very early meetings, a continental breakfast tray of bread rolls, fresh fruits, yoghurts, cold meats, etc. is a great solution. These can be plated up and left in the meeting room with no need for waiting service.
Finger Buffets and Working Lunches
Finger Buffets: Sandwiches, wraps, mini quiches and fruit platters are typical of the style of food that can be provided for a working lunch. Again, venues quote for this on a per head basis and have minimum numbers of 8 to 10 people.
Hot Fork Buffets
A hot fork buffet is often better for a full day event, please allow 48 hours notice for these and try to confirm portion sizes the day before.
Handling Dietary Requirements
Try to find out any attendees’ special dietary requirements before you place your order for the meeting room catering. The venue will have certain ways of catering for groups of people and will be adhering to the allergen labelling rules for the catered food that they provide.
A useful reference for Meeting Rooms Bristol is https://hatherleymanor.com/conference-venues-gloucester/meeting-rooms/meeting-rooms-bristol.
By ordering and preparing the refreshments for your meeting in advance you can ensure everything runs smoothly on the day.
