Marquee Village - Infield
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Infield – South of DLI Avenue Side
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Company |
Name |
Contact No. |
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Miller Dark Horse Marquee |
Kim
|
031 207 6342 |
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Catering for the over 50 000 people who cram Greyville Racecourse in
Durban on Vodacom Durban July Day is an operation of monumental
proportions for Gold Circle and the private catering organisations in
the city who help to feed the hungry and thirsty patrons who occupy the
formal restaurants and those who enjoy the day in picnic sites and the
massive marquee village at the course.
Estimating the privately arranged catering on the day is impossible, but
Gold Circle's catering department estimates that the turnover from their
own catering effort on the day, together with Gold Cup Day, makes up
half the annual catering turnover at all Greyville meetings.
Plans are in place to ensure that sufficient stocks are on hand and that
the required staff compliments will be available to attend to the
thousands Gold Circle will be responsible for in its various sit-down
venues where either full lunch or buffet meals will be served.
For these guests alone a total in the region of 15 000 meals will be
provided and for this purpose no less than 40 chefs will be working long
hours in the kitchens.
With no race meeting in the week leading up to Vodacom Durban July day,
some of the preparation will be started earlier in the week, but the
real operation moves into gear on the Friday when the staff will be
working through to 7pm.
Then it is a short break to replenish their own energy and enthusiasm
and its back to work in the early hours of Saturday morning when it all
shifts into overdrive. The work tempo increases at this stage when the
bulk of the food preparation takes place and by the time racegoers start
arriving at the course the scene is very much set for another bumper
feast to compliment the exciting racing on the day.
To attend to the guests Gold Circle is hiring additional staff and 350
waiters and barmen will be deployed in the various venues.
But what does it take to keep the masses appetizingly happy?
To quench the enormous thirst there will be 18 000 beers, 25 000
minerals, 2 500 bottles of spirits and 600 bottles of wine. There will
also be 100 litres of fruit juice and 600 litres of milk.
Then there is all that lovely food and topping the list and one of the
favourites with the public is curry and rice of which there will be 8
000 portions.
For the chicken dishes there will be 750kg - yes three-quarters of a ton
of chicken - while 150kg of prawns and 300kg of crayfish will grace the
tables.
For those who prefer something a little less fussy, the catering team is
providing 5 000 pies and 2 000 hamburgers as well as 7 000 bread rolls
and the necessary for 3 000 cups of tea.
And what else is on the catering manager's shopping list?
150kg of mushrooms, 30kg of coffee, 20 pockets - not packets - of sugar,
350 loaves of bread, 120kg of cheese, 100kg of butter, 250 dozen eggs,
80 pockets of potatoes, 550 kg of rice and 350 litres of ice cream.
And to dab the contented smiles on the lips of the satiated thousands,
no less than 25 000 serviettes.
. . . . . . and this does not include the picnic sites or marquee
private catering initiatives.
A variety of hospitality packages at varying prices are available from
the following companies. Please contact direct to ascertain availability
and to place reservations.
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