Bowl Food

Bowl food is a versatile way to cater at an event. Canapes and then Bowl food are a winning combination.  We do it often and I think we’ve got the hang of it.  It’s food, in a bowl, eaten with just a fork, whilst standing up and chatting to friends and family.  It’s perfect for an occasion where food isn’t the main event, so a christening, funeral, housewarming party, pre-Christmas drinks, evening food at a wedding.  It works equally well in a corporate setting, informal office party or a farewell drink for colleagues. 

Bowl Food a way of feeding your guests, relatively inexpensively, without the food getting in the way of the party.  It’s way better than a buffet in my opinion, less waste.  With a buffet I find guests load up their plates to the max, thinking if they return to the groaning board later, there will be nothing left.  But then they have over-faced themselves and leave half of it uneaten on the plate, which ends up in the food waste bin later in the evening.  Equally, guests are having so much fun chatting intensely with new found friends, they don’t get chance to step up to the buffet, so the food just sits there, dejected, sad and sagging as the evening progresses. 

Bowl food is a bit like ‘little plates’, the bowls, which fit in the palm of your hand, are loaded onto trays and circulated to groups of convivial guests.  Usually we do three or four different flavours, vegetables, fish, meat, full of banging flavour, just enough to tantalise your appetite, leaving you wanting another one.  You can spend half an hour savouring every mouthful, or you can wolf it down in three minutes, it’s entirely up to you. 

It's quick and easy to serve, so we don’t need to bring in masses of chefs to plate meticulously, and they are quite often followed with a chocolate brownie for ease at the end; something that delivers that sweet punch everybody needs with gusto.  But now we’re getting into finger food and that’s a whole different chapter. 

‘What works in a bowl?’ Anything that fits in a bowl and can be eaten with a fork.  It could be a light, grainy salad of bulgar wheat and diced peppers, cucumber, spring onions, herbs and a lemon juice, cumin and olive oil dressing.  It could be a venison stew with a buttery, garlic saffron mashed potato.  A chicken korma and herb basmati rice works, Asian fried noodles, a pea and prawn pilav, the list is endless.  It probably couldn’t be a soup, that just gets everywhere.  Soup’s great in a mug, outside on bonfire night, with a sausage in a bun, a glass of mulled cider and some home-made treacle toffee to finish the night. 

If you wish to discuss Bowl Food for your event of wedding please contact us