WeddingEvent spotlight 1
Catering a 500-Guest Outdoor Wedding in Lagos
- Guests
- 500
- Crew on site
- 42
- Venue
- Private estate, Lekki, Lagos
- When
- November 2025
Adaeze and Tobi wanted a garden reception where nobody waited for food and nothing felt mass-produced. We built eight buffet lines, three live stations and a dessert table under one white canopy — and served all 500 guests in 55 minutes.
Setup timeline
04:30
Cooking begins at our central kitchen
09:00
First dispatch: equipment, tents and live-station gear
11:00
Buffet lines, live stations and dessert table set
13:30
Welcome drinks and small chops
15:00
Main buffet opens across eight lines
17:00
Cake cutting and dessert table
21:00
Pack-down complete
Menu selections
- Small chops
- Samosa, spring rolls, puff-puff, peppered asun
- Mains
- Smokey party jollof, coconut rice, fried rice, grilled chicken & turkey, peppered beef
- Live stations
- Amala with ewedu & gbegiri, suya grill, cocktail bar
- Sweet
- 3-tier signature cake and 400 cupcakes
Nobody waited for food — and the jollof still trended in our family group chat.
Adaeze & Tobi
Bride & groom


