A catering order came in for the next morning. Chef had already gone home so he asked me to help with this. Only instructions were to have brownies and fruit of 20-ish people.
by MrFrypan
48 Comments
GrizzlyIsland22
It looks okay. Kale was an interesting choice for a dessert. I would have interpreted those instructions as more fruit than this.
comegetthesenuggets
Next time don’t plate your dessert platter on top of kale lol
beardedclam94
Fucking kale on a dessert board is unhinged.
blamenixon
WHERE’S THE ~~BEEF~~ FRUIT?
Lailu
“brownies and fruit”
why did you decide to add the greens to it? I’d leave it off next time, feels really out of place here…
looks great otherwise OP!
Old-Inflation-7264
Kale?
Powerful-Produce-604
straight to jail
Cynical_Doggie
Why not put mint instead of kale?
CallMeZPlease
Personally I don’t use fresh leafy vegetables as garnish for catering, since they tend to wilt really fast. The shape and color will look bad and excess water will damage the food.
FatCatWithAHat1
Terrorism
onestaromega
You got that from Costco, eh.
Sufficient_Cod1948
That kale belongs on a salad bar in the 80s and has no business being on a dessert platter, and there is not even close to enough fruit for 20 people.
rabid_cheese_enjoyer
wait, the brownies are gonna be resting on the fruit overnight? that’s bad for the fruit and the brownies.
those brownies do look awesome though and I would fuck them up
Responsible_Side8131
Nobody wants brownies garnished with kale
MapleLettuce
Might look better if the brownies were on a ramp with a strawberry sauce jacuzzi dipping bowl.
Milkbl00d
What is that
handcocktongueholy
That doesn’t seem nearly enough for 20-ish?
If I’m paying to have something catered I’d expect all of my guests to be able to enjoy whatever’s been made available. Even if there were exactly enough for everyone to have 1 brownie I wouldn’t be happy with the amount provided, let alone the paltry amount of fruit.
Also, plating that up on a board over night is wild. Thankfully everyone else has taken care of the kale mockery.
Martlet92
What’s with the raw kale?
YourChildhoodTrauma
This is killing me. I love it.
Round_Patience3029
Why kale?
Rare_Key_3232
So who’s the lucky mother fucker who gets an extra brownie?
AreYouAnOakMan
Is this 90s Pizza Hut?
BobKattersCroc
I’m a pastry chef so I do this shit a lot.
Everyone has already said the kale thing and the fruit touching the brownies thing so I won’t reiterate.
If you want a really quick way of throwing some colour on there that won’t go bad quickly, get dried flowers then just sprinkle them on.
I also use toasted pumpkin seeds and toasted coconut as well as freeze dried fruit/dehydrated fruit and berries.
Is that a brownies on a bed of kale what the hell lmao. Sorry, its bad. You tried though and that’s worth something. Keep experimenting, and keep that skin thicc!
Try to make even even rows and good lines, your rows go: 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4. Your lines are scattered.
Accomplished-Mix2030
I would say, next time your chef isn’t around to help you with presentation/ platting, look up pictures online. You could’ve pretty easily looked up ‘brownie platter’ or ‘brownie catering platter’ online and found hundreds of pictures to reference.
I doubt many people outside of the industry would care too much about the kale being in the board, they might comment it was weird and move on/ eat the food. If I was your chef I would’ve had you replace it 100%, but that’s not something to beat yourself up over, sometimes you need to make mistakes to learn.
zdh989
Why in the fuck would you put kale on a brownie platter?
Cabel14
Is this your recipe or the chefs op? Nuts in all the brownies? Because fuck Nuts in brownies. But hopefully some of the party feels that way because you didn’t exactly leave any extras with only 21 brownie, could have cut them smaller. Also this is for tomorrow? All them fruit slices are gonna be making the brownies soggy. Also is that enough fruit? Is that why the greens are there? To compensate with the lack of fruit? The strawberries look nice, too bad only like 5 people will get to eat any.
maddoggaylo
Bad.
Jbabco9898
I like the colorful contrast between the fruit and the brownies, but like others have said: veggies (kale) and sweets dont mix well. I get what youre trying to accomplish with the kale’s color, but its not doing it for me boss
rainaftersnowplease
1. Fruit under brownies is wild. It’s all going to be bruised to hell by the time it gets to the guests.
2. If you want green on a dessert plate, you use mint, not fucking kale.
Acrobatic_Resist7985
Should have garnished with weed and raw papers with filter tips. Imo
toastedchezberry
Dude you’re in so much trouble
Icykiwi
The strawberries that are cut like that will be pretty gross after 12 hours. Actual brownie looks great! I like that there is citrus, but would prefer it to be where the Kale is.
bananacustardpie
I feel uncomfortable.
macpaws
IS THAT DINOSAUR KALE
Upper_Basis_1512
Ever since the ramp people have been trying to create the next “ramp”. I know this cos I do this.
Existing-Fly-283
What part of your mind thought Kale would be a good garnish on a dessert platter?
captainboring2
Well son after 38 years working in kitchens iv found dropping more than 1 tab of acid is far far to much otherwise you’ll end up with something like you’ve done here.
Neele1313
That doesn’t sound right or look right. Sounds like you should’ve made brownies on one tray and a fruit tray for 20 people. And wtf is the kale doing
littlepeanutmonster
The kale makes me think of a buffet from the 90’s vibe but the brownies look yummy if you like nuts.
Definitely wouldn’t put a slice of very wet fruit under said brownies because then they’re going to be oddly moist on the bottom and taste like a fart of orange. Not enough to taste like purposeful orange chocolate, just like a crop dust. You know how people describe la Croix as TV static that had fruit wafted nearby? Kind of like that.
HOWEVER I’m not someone that likes garnishment that isn’t meant to be eaten with the item. And I’ve never been under the pressure of creating a catering plate last minute
Also, take my words with a grain of salt. I’ve been a waitress and helped with prep, that’s it. I hang out here because y’all are reliably hilarious in the comments.
kimmy23-
The green…. the green
kat_doge_
I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt until I saw it’s just pieces of kale, not full leafs and there are orange (?) slices under the brownies Jesus take the wheel
Albert-Dente
Looks like what you feed a rabbit before putting it down.
48 Comments
It looks okay. Kale was an interesting choice for a dessert. I would have interpreted those instructions as more fruit than this.
Next time don’t plate your dessert platter on top of kale lol
Fucking kale on a dessert board is unhinged.
WHERE’S THE ~~BEEF~~ FRUIT?
“brownies and fruit”
why did you decide to add the greens to it? I’d leave it off next time, feels really out of place here…
looks great otherwise OP!
Kale?
straight to jail
Why not put mint instead of kale?
Personally I don’t use fresh leafy vegetables as garnish for catering, since they tend to wilt really fast. The shape and color will look bad and excess water will damage the food.
Terrorism
You got that from Costco, eh.
That kale belongs on a salad bar in the 80s and has no business being on a dessert platter, and there is not even close to enough fruit for 20 people.
wait, the brownies are gonna be resting on the fruit overnight? that’s bad for the fruit and the brownies.
those brownies do look awesome though and I would fuck them up
Nobody wants brownies garnished with kale
Might look better if the brownies were on a ramp with a strawberry sauce jacuzzi dipping bowl.
What is that
That doesn’t seem nearly enough for 20-ish?
If I’m paying to have something catered I’d expect all of my guests to be able to enjoy whatever’s been made available. Even if there were exactly enough for everyone to have 1 brownie I wouldn’t be happy with the amount provided, let alone the paltry amount of fruit.
Also, plating that up on a board over night is wild. Thankfully everyone else has taken care of the kale mockery.
What’s with the raw kale?
This is killing me. I love it.
Why kale?
So who’s the lucky mother fucker who gets an extra brownie?
Is this 90s Pizza Hut?
I’m a pastry chef so I do this shit a lot.
Everyone has already said the kale thing and the fruit touching the brownies thing so I won’t reiterate.
If you want a really quick way of throwing some colour on there that won’t go bad quickly, get dried flowers then just sprinkle them on.
I also use toasted pumpkin seeds and toasted coconut as well as freeze dried fruit/dehydrated fruit and berries.
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Easy to store and keep!
Brownies look great.
Is it Christmas already?
Is that a brownies on a bed of kale what the hell lmao. Sorry, its bad. You tried though and that’s worth something. Keep experimenting, and keep that skin thicc!
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Take me back to the better days op.
The kale is a no for me dawg
Am I supposed to eat the brownie with kale?
Try to make even even rows and good lines, your rows go: 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4. Your lines are scattered.
I would say, next time your chef isn’t around to help you with presentation/ platting, look up pictures online. You could’ve pretty easily looked up ‘brownie platter’ or ‘brownie catering platter’ online and found hundreds of pictures to reference.
I doubt many people outside of the industry would care too much about the kale being in the board, they might comment it was weird and move on/ eat the food. If I was your chef I would’ve had you replace it 100%, but that’s not something to beat yourself up over, sometimes you need to make mistakes to learn.
Why in the fuck would you put kale on a brownie platter?
Is this your recipe or the chefs op?
Nuts in all the brownies?
Because fuck Nuts in brownies.
But hopefully some of the party feels that way because you didn’t exactly leave any extras with only 21 brownie, could have cut them smaller.
Also this is for tomorrow? All them fruit slices are gonna be making the brownies soggy.
Also is that enough fruit? Is that why the greens are there? To compensate with the lack of fruit? The strawberries look nice, too bad only like 5 people will get to eat any.
Bad.
I like the colorful contrast between the fruit and the brownies, but like others have said: veggies (kale) and sweets dont mix well. I get what youre trying to accomplish with the kale’s color, but its not doing it for me boss
1. Fruit under brownies is wild. It’s all going to be bruised to hell by the time it gets to the guests.
2. If you want green on a dessert plate, you use mint, not fucking kale.
Should have garnished with weed and raw papers with filter tips. Imo
Dude you’re in so much trouble
The strawberries that are cut like that will be pretty gross after 12 hours. Actual brownie looks great! I like that there is citrus, but would prefer it to be where the Kale is.
I feel uncomfortable.
IS THAT DINOSAUR KALE
Ever since the ramp people have been trying to create the next “ramp”. I know this cos I do this.
What part of your mind thought Kale would be a good garnish on a dessert platter?
Well son after 38 years working in kitchens iv found dropping more than 1 tab of acid is far far to much otherwise you’ll end up with something like you’ve done here.
That doesn’t sound right or look right. Sounds like you should’ve made brownies on one tray and a fruit tray for 20 people. And wtf is the kale doing
The kale makes me think of a buffet from the 90’s vibe but the brownies look yummy if you like nuts.
Definitely wouldn’t put a slice of very wet fruit under said brownies because then they’re going to be oddly moist on the bottom and taste like a fart of orange. Not enough to taste like purposeful orange chocolate, just like a crop dust. You know how people describe la Croix as TV static that had fruit wafted nearby? Kind of like that.
HOWEVER I’m not someone that likes garnishment that isn’t meant to be eaten with the item. And I’ve never been under the pressure of creating a catering plate last minute
Also, take my words with a grain of salt. I’ve been a waitress and helped with prep, that’s it. I hang out here because y’all are reliably hilarious in the comments.
The green…. the green
I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt until I saw it’s just pieces of kale, not full leafs and there are orange (?) slices under the brownies Jesus take the wheel
Looks like what you feed a rabbit before putting it down.