Charcuterie Math for Everyone

19/01/2024

Wondering how much to buy for your boards to feed a crowd? Use our FREE Charcuterie Calculator.

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18/01/2024

Below is the "suggested" serving sizes for a charcuterie board for an appetizer and for a grazing table that is a meal. This are just suggestions, and I strongly suggest that you adjust based on your personal experience as you create more boards and tables. However, for everyone wondering "HOW MUCH SHOULD I BUY?", this is a great starting point.
My next post will have a FREE Simple Calculator that you can download. Stay tuned!!!

09/01/2024

Visualizing serving sizes.
This was a board I quickly put together for this exercise. It will feed 4-6. The second photo shows almost 5 ounces of meat and cheese - a high appetizer serving size. With the sweets, you’ll notice the plate is over half a pound of food and that does not include the bread and crackers.
Ask yourself if this is a normal appetizer serving?

09/01/2024

Life got in the way of my goal for today, but I still needed to post for myself.
Do you know your portion sizes? Stop overbuying. If things work out tomorrow… I’ll not only reveal the suggested serving sizes, but I will also show you exactly what that looks like.
Stay tuned!

05/01/2024

Knowing portion sizes is so important to knowing how much to buy. I will say it again, a $10 kitchen scale is your friend.

This slice of bread is about an ounce. If you notice, it is about as wide as my thumb and a little larger than my palm. Of course different bread weighs different amounts, but now when I’m thinking about offering a baguette, I can immediately picture the size of a serving.

Tonight a reel is coming about portion sizes. Stay tuned!

05/01/2024

New Group Name to better reflect what I am learning that can help all of us. Know how much food is needed and know howmuch to charge. Even if you only do boards for fun, you will learn how to stop overspending on wasted food.

05/01/2024

I am having a slight "identity" crisis currently. While I think learning tips and tricks is fun and needed - they are easy enough to google. At this point, I am showing you how to do something that many others on the internet can show you too.
What I really need, is a way to manage the creation of my boards - how much to buy, how to cut/present/layout, how much it cost me to make and how much I sell for. And what I see in the groups I follow are many, many, many folks that are operating on a small scale that ask these same questions over and over - how much do I buy and how much should I sell it for?
SO... what I really what to focus on every day, is breaking the math down for everyone in simple lessons that we are going to build upon. Less of the tips that you can google and practice on your own, and more the control of creating your board. If this is a fork in the road of the journey that you would still like to take with me, I would love to have you continue down this path with me, I would also appreciate it if you could share this group so we can get more folks to travel this journey with us.

Below is a link to the free sheet I shared yesterday. It takes you to a short opt in form that operates under my venue name, Agora Grand. Just want you to know!

05/01/2024

Want a free way to help you better control the charcuterie chaos? Hit the "Sign Up" option on the top of my page and you can download a free spreadsheet to help you start to get organized and KNOW YOUR OPTIONS! This is part of exactly what I am doing for my own experience and learning.

This video shows you the spreadsheet and explains how to use it. You can even build it yourself. Nothing fancy here, just getting myself organized and passing it on to you to help you. I am also giving everyone permission to "play with your food". 🙃



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In this video, I provide a detailed walkthrough of a spreadsheet that will help you with menu planning and offering choices to your clients. I explain the different tabs and columns, and how to customize them to fit your needs. I also highlight the importance of checking labels for gluten-free produ...

05/01/2024

Tonight is a two for! Strawberry roses first and a downloadable freebie to help you organize your charcuterie offerings.
Download link is coming shortly, but first… more roses!

03/01/2024

How cute are these cucumber roses in their own vase. No toothpicks needed. Reel with video coming.
Biggest challenge to me was slicing thin enough and getting over my fear that there were delicate. They are tougher than they look. 😮‍💨

02/01/2024

Idea to take your tomato hearts to the next level!

Make these delicious Heart Shaped Valentine's Caprese Skewers for Valentine's Day! Sliced grape tomatoes shaped into hearts are so cute.