To ensure your party is stress free, plan in advance. Whether it’s large or small, casual or formal, this timetable will help you stay on top of things.
Four Weeks Ahead
- Mail or deliver the invitations to your guests
- Keep a written guest list
- Plan the menu
- Check on cooking and serving equipment. You may want to buy or borrow what you need
Three Weeks Ahead
- Buy non-perishables, disposables and drinks
- Plan the table service, clean and iron the linens
- Make your grocery list
Two Weeks Ahead
- Cook and freeze foods such as desserts and breads
- Do any major house cleaning,
- Begin ice making, order flowers from florist
- Call guests to confirm their attendance
Two Days Ahead
- Set and decorate the buffet table
- Set up the bar, set up the music
- Clean the rooms where the party will be held, and rearrange furniture as necessary
- Begin making food or portions of recipes such as pasta or potato salad, and dips
- Post a last minute checklist
- Label platters and set out serving utilities
One Day Ahead
- Go over the house again for a final cleaning check
- Prepare the foods according to your timetable so everything will finish when needed. Wash dishes as you go along to save clean-up time later
- Make sure all foods and beverages to be served cold will be well chilled by party time
- Draw a timetable of what needs to be cooked and served
- Shop for perishable foods
- Do bulk of the cooking
- Pick up the flowers
- Make the punch base.
Day of The Party
- Finish with your cooking
- Put all the finishing touches on the meal and tables
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