As the other follow-up poster said, don't kill yourself.. let one of the
caterers busy themselves. Otherwise, you'll hardly have a second for
anything but production and serving, especially if you have never provided
for a group of this size. Enjoy the event with your associates. Your other
options sound quite good if they are available. It is obvious that you have
full confidence in either of the people you mentioned AND you are familiar
with their food.

"Michael Odom" > wrote in message
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> We're having a shindig at our place the last Friday of the month.
> We're expecting about 55-60 people.
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> Now I like cooking. I'm pretty good at it, in fact. But a dinner for
> 60 people is beyond anything I've ever attempted. So she suggested
> having the event catered.
>
> One option is a barbecue man
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> He's well regarded hereabouts for his catering. I've had his
> barbecue, and it's quite good.
>
> Another option is
[snip]
> liked his cooking at the truck stop. He's Cajun, by the way, and has
> been in food service and cooking professionally all his adult life.
>
> The last option is that I cook it.
[snip]
>
> Now what should I do? Cook or hire a cook? I'm asking for advice,
> but in the end, I'll make my decision and I'll die by it.
>
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