Celebrating an occasion soon? Whether you are inviting a hundred or just fifty people, preparing for a party is a must.
Food is a very important element in every occasion, as it is the reason why people came in the first place. Just kidding though. But it is a very important factor for the party, because it will make your guests happy and energized after partying with you.
Choosing the food will need decision-making. Depending on the length of the time of the event and the number of people, you can choose a three-course meal or even more. Some people stick to cooking it on their own, but if the time and people is limited then you can opt for other alternatives.
An option you can choose whenever you celebrate is to hire a catering service to take care of your food. As long as it is within your budget, all you need is to set a part food order and wait.
Choose a reliable and affordable catering service to help you. Browse through their menus and inquire about every food. Some catering services have ready-made party food orders, or those food packages to suit different occasions. These party food orders have an appetizer, main dishes, desserts, and drinks. They vary from each other, and you can combine two if the catering service will allow it. The appetizer is the first dish to be served before the main dish. Appetizers can vary from soup to slices of fruits. The main course is comprised of two or more dishes of meat, seafood, and vegetables. Desserts can simply be brownies or salad. These are the essential needs present in a party food order.
Party food orders are planned to complement certain occasions. The meals are also designed to go with each other. Aside from that, these party food orders are prepared for a certain number of people, so be careful in choosing a package. There are party food orders for kiddie parties, birthday celebrations, weddings, and even fiesta celebrations. Party food orders can also match a theme, like Spanish or Asian cuisine.
One advantage of ordering a party food package is that you can choose whether it is plated or buffet style. Plated means that the food order is packed individually for every person, while buffet means that the food is laid out and the guests will serve themselves. Although when choosing the plated style, you will have to compromise if additional people will come. Either you will prepare a spare menu, or order another package from the catering service beforehand.
Ordering a party food package is easy if you have already set the location, theme, and program. Set when the catering service will deliver the food and where. Though there are certain locations that do not allow outside catering services so make sure that you have settled this before the day of the event. Catering services will provide the equipment and utensils, so you don’t have to worry about this.
Aside from birthdays and weddings, graduations are also an important step in one’s life. You are moving on another, more mature step in your life, and is thus a cause for celebration. If you’re thinking of throwing one, here are a few tips for your graduation party.
- Make your guest list. Are you going to invite just the family or do you want to include your friends? Make sure your friends are not awkward with your family if you decide to invite both.
- Set a date and time. Have your guests’ schedules in mind. Will you have guests flying from out of town? Will your party be held before your graduation or after?
- Figure your budget. Throwing a party tends to be expensive, depending on the number of people you’re inviting. Will you be inviting a few people? You can cut costs. If you’re inviting a lot of people, feel free to go all out!
- Choose a location. Again, this depends on your budget and the number of people you’re inviting. If it’s just a few people, you can hold the party in your house, but if you’re inviting more than twenty, consider booking a private room in a restaurant, a fancy hotel, etc.
- Send out invitations. Want to cut costs? A simple Facebook event page and an e-mail will do!
- Create a menu. It will all depend on your location. At home, you can make your own menu; finger food will do. If it’s in a hotel or a fancy restaurant, conduct taste tests and choose the menu from their list.
- Decorate! This is important in case you have a theme in mind. If your party will be in a hotel or a restaurant, then discuss this with the person in charge; they’ll be willing to provide suggestions. If it’s just at home, it’s not necessary to have a theme, but it would be better to put up school memorabilia for you and your friends and family to reminisce on the good times before you graduate.
For a kid, having a birthday party makes him or her feel very special. Celebrating this event will give a lot of fun not only to the celebrant but to the guests as well. However, organizing it is a bit difficult, especially if the parents have no experience in holding parties at all. Nowadays, folks tend to find package deals in some restaurants or venues. But others choose to celebrate it at home where it is less costly, but a bit hassle to do.
In organizing this event, the most important guests are also the children. Thus, it is important to keep them entertained during the event.
So for parents that are not quite knowledgeable to kiddie parties, here are some tips so that kids can be greatly entertained at your child’s party:
- Choose a perfect party theme. Having a motif is significant because it adds an ambiance for the kids to feel and appreciate. So if the parents wish to have a mermaid-themed party, the venue can be decorated with stones, blue cloths and bubbles for the kids to feel that they are under the sea. If the birthday’s going to be a superhero party, then the decorations must show some of the popular superheroes. In this manner, children will easily get familiar and attached to the place.
- Hire entertainers. Believe it or not, clowns and magicians are still in demand for kiddie parties. Not because adults know the secret behind their tricks, but kids are still fascinated by them. Their jokes and antics still make everybody laugh. At a reasonable price, they can be easily hired especially when parents book two or three weeks prior to the party.
- Make some fun games. There are many games that can add a lot of color to the party, but sometimes some of them are a bit old fashioned. Adding twists to some traditional birthday games will bring a new experience for the kids.
- The games deserve the best prizes. Kids love to have prizes, so these items are a great encouragement for them to participate in the games because it will also focus their attention on claiming them.
- Paint that face. A popular add-on on kid’s parties today is face painting. This is because children love to add color to their faces. Don’t worry because this job is budget-efficient.
- Never forget the balloons, giveaways, and souvenirs. Filipino kids really love to bring something from the party. Making them receive these items will add up to the brightness of their faces.
Children’s birthday parties need not to be extravagant. But for parents that have an enough budget to hold one, it will surely bring joy not only to the audience but to their child too.
Parties and other special events are always looked forward to because these are chances of eating a lot of delicious foods. Especially for us Pinoys, we have grown accustomed to Lechon and other grilled foods like Pork Barbecue. Of course, we might think that eating a lot of delicious and high-cholesterol foods is only occasional, but effects may build up and cause long terms disadvantages. To help remedy this, why not offer something new and healthy in your upcoming party?
Cholesterol, trans-fat, sodium, and glucose—too much of these elements are bad for the health. And it’s not easy to get them out of your system. During celebrations, we usually tend to use more oil and salt to make the food more tasting. And more often than not, most main courses are chicken and pork and very few vegetables. We sometimes even don’t serve fruits and drink sodas instead of natural juices.
A great way to start a party is to serve fruit appetizers. Go for watermelon, mangoes, and apples. Also, serve vegetable salad for dessert instead of the usual macaroni salad.
To help you plan a healthy party menu, we have prepared a list of meals that you can choose from. These healthy but delicious food are better and nutritious, and your guests will truly appreciate them.
- Brown rice
Rice is a very important food that must be present in every lunch table. But instead of serving the usual white rice, go healthy with brown rice instead. Brown rice is jam packed with manganese which is good for the nervous system and also processing fats in our body; fiber for weight maintenance; lower glucose content; and other natural oils that our body needs. Brown rice tastes almost the same as white rice.
- Beef Pochero
A Spanish-influenced Pinoy dish, beef pochero is delicious, attractive, and at the same time healthy. Beef short ribs, which is used in the dish, contains a lot of potassium, Vitamin B-12, and moderate amount of Vitamin B-6 and Iron. Potassium is good for the nerves and muscles, as well as Vitamin B-12. Vitamin B-12 and Iron are also essential for our blood, while B-6 aids processes in our brain. It also mixed with a lot of vegetables and tomato sauce, a good source of Lycopene.
- Chicken Cordon Bleu
This dish can be a source of a lot of nutrients because of the chicken meat and cheese. The chicken breast is already a nutritious meat option with potassium, protein, and other nutrients. While cheese is a good source of Calcium, Vitamin A, and vitamin B-12. This is a creamy and rich food for a main course.
- Grilled Prawns with Lemon Butter Sauce
Always include sea foods in your party menu for a complete package. Sea foods contain essential nutrients that can only be taken from prawns and fish. Grilled Prawns with lemon butter sauce is an exciting recipe to serve on the table. One mega-nutrient taken from sea foods is Omega-3 which is good for your heart and blood pressure. Shrimps also contain proteins, vitamin B-12 and vitamin B-6.
In the Philippines, events are happening every single day; whether it is a wedding, debut, kiddie party, baptismal events, etc., they happen every single day. Then you ask yourself, ‘how can I see an opportunity of making money through these events?’ Well that question is asked a lot, and yes I mean A LOT of times. There are many many ways on how you can create profit from the events industry.
Photobooth Rentals
One good example is photobooth rentals. Photobooth is kind of a common business but certainly is one of the most attractive and the best souvenirs a person can get from the event. It really depends on the quality of both the template and the photo of the booth. Before you try to pursue this business, you must first learn how to photoshop (advanced techniques) and how to capture good quality photos.
Coordinating events
Coordinating events is not as easy as it sounds. Although the title for the work is ‘coordination,’ it does not revolve around the topic of coordinating itself. On full time coordination, coordinators are supposed to look for everything that the client wants; the venue, suppliers, goods, coordinators are the ones to find and contact those. So if you are willing to try coordination, try and contact events coordinators and have them help you.
Hair and make up
In the fashion industry, hair and make up artists make a lot of money. However in the events industry, income that they receive depends on how well they are known; depends on how experienced they are in their field of expertise.
Catering services
Food is never disregarded in every event; in fact, it is one of the most anticipated parts of an event. Although nowadays, catering services are all over the nation, you can still join the industry by coming up with something different; offering something unique and different that can greatly be your edge from other established caterers in the catering industry.
Those are just a few of what you can establish. There are lots and lots of things you can come up with as regards to making money through these events. The key is your creativity and your guts to pursue what you want.
