Tip - How I Calculated the Amount of Food Needed to Feed 200 People at a DIY Wedding Reception — Gatherings from The Kitchn

Yesterday I explained how I catered a friend's wedding earlier this spring, and I offered up the five questions I think you should ask yourself before tackling a project like this. I should have added one more criteria: Are you good at math? Because catering takes a lot of it. Here's the first piece of math required — estimating and calculating how many bites per person you are going to need.