Get all the facts on the massive catering operation at 2019 Punchestown Festival

Punchestown Catering will contract over 420 catering staff at the festival including 60 chefs.

A team of nine pastry chefs will spend 1,580 hours producing over 15,000 portions of handmade desserts.
2,000 racks of Grass Fed Irish Lamb will be served.
7,500 Irish Fillet Steaks will be prepared.
1,050 loafs of freshly baked artisan bread will be served.
1,000 portions of the freshest Monkfish and Organic Salmon will be served.
60 kilos of great Irish Artisan Cheese will be used.
3 Tonnes of Fresh Vegetables and Organic Potatoes.
Over 6,000 bottles of wine will be poured in the hospitality venues.
3,210 bottles, 36 magnums and 5 jeroboams of Champagne will be served.
9,600 measures of Irish whiskey will be served in the Punchestown bars.
124,700 pints will be poured by 180 bar tenders.
10,000 Champagne glasses will be used.
An average of 45,000 burgers and 38,000 portions of chips will be served by the 186 strong mobile catering unit crew.
59,000 cups of coffee will be ordered excluding corporate hospitality 25,000 ice creams will be purchased.
26,000 mini scones with cream & jam will be prepared.
48,700 sandwich portions will be handmade.
5,600 portions of beer battered fresh cod will be ordered.

Corporate Hospitality

Around 17,000 corporate hospitality clients will be catered for at the 2019 Festival.
157 UK based companies have purchased corporate hospitality in 2019 versus 151 in 2017.
765 companies in total purchased hospitality for Punchestown 2018.
Over 873 companies are directly involved with the event as clients, sponsors, suppliers or corporate partners

Festival Social Scene

A brand new festival shopping village 'Osprey Avenue' is home to 30 stands.
Exhibitors will have a selection of products from kids clothing, ladies hand crafted jewellery and cashmere to garden furniture and fine art – something for all.
Around 15 live bands and D.J’s will perform during the event. There will be 5 different parades over the five days at Punchestown.
Street Theatre members and live performers will circulate the enclosures throughout the event such as stilt walkers, dancers and costume themed displays.
There will be 15 bars and over 51 dining options and outlets at the 2019 Festival.

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