• For added convenience, set up a separate table for drinks. Also, if your budget allows, hire a waiter so that guests won't have to keep getting up during the meal.
• Save yourself from having to clear the main table by setting up a separate table for dessert and hot beverages in another room, perhaps a den or living room.
Buffet dos and don'ts
Dee Gibson of Gibson & Lyle Fine Catering in Toronto offers easy entertaining ideas for making your buffet table a holiday hit.
DO set the table in the same order you would for a sit-down dinner, starting with the appetizers, then following with main-course dishes.
DO decorate your table for the occasion. Intersperse pots of herbs, tall bowls of fruit and seasonal flowers. For a less traditional holiday look, display pomegranates, lychees, pears or figs. Festive boughs and large bowls of glass balls or other ornaments also add texture to a table.
DON'T be afraid to use different kinds of table linens or to show off a dining table with oversize placemats and table runners under hot items.
DON'T overdo it. Stick to one colour scheme or decorating theme so your table has continuity.
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