So having just finished the Big Feastival, I am now thick in the preparation for the Latitude festival.
Big Feastival was a great success, we were lucky enough to be running two stands at this event, which was taxing enough. We managed to feed nearly 3000 guest from the Redhook stand, selling Shrimp popcorn with chili Yuzu mayo. got through 300 kg of the shrimp which in three days was no mean feat.
By the end of the Sunday the shrimp was so popular that we were frying not only in our stand but also in the Canteen stand, (who had sold out of their fish and chips) four doors down.
We also had the VIP lounge which was a bar, Giant robot. We had a great selection of salads and BBQ fare galore. We had catered for 1500 pax over the three days, but got absolutely swamped, selling 1500 burgers, 800 chicken thighs, 500 sausages 60 lamb legs and 100 racks and chops....
an amazing amount of salads went: more than half a ton of ingredients...
The scary part is that Latitude will be bigger. We have a 220 seat restaurant selling anything from fresh hand made pasta to Hereford sirloin steaks. Already 900 on the book so gonna be sweating I m sure. Prep starts tomorrow...
On top of that we have a deli selling great salads, and hot meals as well as a Smouldering BBQ where we are teaming up with Big Apple Hot Dogs. Sure to be a big seller ...
the bbq will be serving beef burgers with blue cheese and relish, chicken thigh with bourbon onions and the killer sausages from Big Apple.
So an outrageous amount of meat fish and veg is winging its way towards out prep kitchen to get things off an running tomorrow.
Wish us luck.... see you there.
iain
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