Catering a 300-Cover Event: Working Out Pad Counts for a Two-Day Thaw
Event catering compresses thawing into a narrow window. A function kitchen that normally thaws across a week suddenly needs 60 kg of protein defrosted, portioned and back under refrigeration inside 48 hours, in a walk-in that is already shared with salads, dairy and the pastry trolley. Pads do not s…