swole roll
22g proteinthe one they remember
a full cinnamon roll with real protein in it. nobody else on the driveway crawl has this, which is exactly why it is the thing people ask your kid about later.
see the bakeryyour guests are hitting three other parties that afternoon.
5.0★ on google · every review five stars · scratch-made in a minneapolis kitchenan open house is not a meal. people drift in across five hours, most of them with two more driveways to visit before dinner. that changes what you should order, how much, and what happens to it if half the invite list doesn't show. 10 to 500 guests anywhere inside 25 miles of downtown minneapolis, allergen tags on everything, quotes back in 2 business days.
5 hourswhat the food has to survive
3 partieswhat your guests are doing
every labelallergens + macros printed
25 milesfrom downtown minneapolis
the thing that makes this different
an open house is a traffic problem, not a dinner.
every other kind of party has a start time and a headcount. this one has a five-hour window, a guest list that is a rough estimate, and an entire graduating class doing a driveway crawl across the metro on the same saturday.
the short answer
order for visits, not for plates.
your neighbour arrives at 1:30 having already eaten at two houses, and has one more after yours. they are not sitting down to a meal. they are having a thing, saying congratulations, and moving on.
which means the classic move, a big heavy spread built like a dinner, mostly gets looked at. by the third house of the afternoon nobody wants another plate of pulled pork. what gets eaten at house number three is something small, something a bit different from what they had at one and two, and something they can hold while shaking your kid's hand.
portions
smaller than you think
plan tasting-sized portions across most of your list rather than a full plate each. the guests who came hungry will take two.
turnout
the list is not the count
open house rsvp rates are famously soft. order hot food to the number you are actually confident in, and let the rest of the table be things that keep.
variety
be different from house two
if the last three driveways all had the same bars and sheet cake, the thing that stands out gets eaten. that is most of the reason people remember one party out of six.
the graduate
they will not eat all day
the kid at the centre of it spends five hours talking and eats nothing. leave something with real protein aside for them. every parent who has done this nods at that one.
the part nobody plans for
what happens on sunday.
the honest reason the mix matters more than the total. you are going to over-order, because every parent does, and the question is only what shape the extra takes.
1
hot trays are the risk
they are the best thing on the table for the first two hours and the worst thing in the fridge on monday. order these to your confident number, not your hopeful one.
2
bakery absorbs the guesswork
rolls, brownies and cookies keep for days. if forty fewer people come than you invited, that is not a bin, it is your family's week.
3
label everything
you are feeding your kid's whole class plus their families. you will not know every guest's allergy. every item we send carries an allergen tag and a macro line so nobody has to find you and ask.
4
book by april
minnesota graduations land in late may and early june, and the two weekends after are the busiest catering days of the season. those dates go early, and not to the people who called in may.
lead times are 3 days for small orders, about 7 days for 50 to 200 guests and about 14 days for 200 or more. in graduation season the binding constraint is the calendar, not the kitchen. ask early, or text 612-524-9104 if your date is already close.
twin cities
we come to the driveway.
every suburb inside 25 miles of downtown minneapolis. open houses happen in garages and backyards out in the ring, which is exactly the range this is built for.
graduation delivery · twin cities metro
10 to 500 guests · 25 mile radius
minneapolis
saint paul
edina
bloomington
eden prairie
st. louis park
richfield
plymouth
maple grove
woodbury
burnsville
lakeville
roseville
eagan
apple valley
minnetonka
scratch-made in minneapolis, delivered labeled and table-ready in the window before your party so you are not driving anywhere on the day. 10 guest minimum, up to 500. no contracts, no tasting fees. request a quote with your date and headcount, back within 2 business days.
before you ask
what we are not the right call for.
graduation season is short and everyone is stressed. better you know now than in week two of ringing round.
the ask
the honest answer
what to do instead
staff who serve
we deliver labeled and table-ready. we are not a plated, staffed, on-site service.
most open houses are self-serve anyway. that format suits this.
the cheapest per head
real ingredients cost more than a warehouse tray of sandwiches.
the metro has good volume caterers, and no hard feelings.
an allergen-free kitchen
everything is labeled, and the kitchen is shared. we will not pretend otherwise about a severe allergy.
flag it in the quote and we will tell you exactly what we can promise.
a date next weekend in june
probably gone. the two weekends after graduation book out well before may.
ask anyway or text. we will tell you in an hour, not a week.
if your open house fits inside those lines, request a quote with the date and a rough headcount. the wider guide to picking any healthy caterer in the metro is high-protein catering in minneapolis, and the december version of this page is holiday party catering.
questions
graduation open house catering · faq.
how much food do you need for a graduation open house?
less per guest than a seated party, because an open house is not a meal. guests drift in over several hours and most are visiting two or three other parties the same afternoon, so they eat a little at each. plan tasting-sized portions across most of your list rather than a full plate for everyone, and lean on food that keeps if the turnout is lighter than the invite list suggested.
when should we book graduation party catering in the twin cities?
by april. minnesota graduations cluster in late may and early june, and the first two weekends after graduation are the busiest catering days of the season. lead times are 3 days for small orders, about 7 days for 50 to 200 guests and about 14 days for 200 or more, but in graduation season the constraint is calendar space, not kitchen time.
who caters graduation open houses in minneapolis?
tandoco caters graduation open houses across the twin cities: a wellness bakery dessert table, high-protein trays at 30 to 60g of protein per serving, and shelf-stable bakery that holds up when the headcount is uncertain. every item carries an allergen tag and a macro line. 10 to 500 guests within 25 miles of downtown minneapolis, quotes back within 2 business days.
what if fewer people show up than we invited?
that is the normal outcome, and it is why the mix matters more than the total. shelf-stable bakery keeps for days, so a light turnout becomes your family's week rather than a bin. hot trays are the part that does not survive a thin afternoon, so order those to the count you are confident in and let the bakery absorb the uncertainty.
can you handle food allergies at a graduation party?
every item carries an allergen tag, and the menu includes plant-based options, for example the cloud nine roll, which is fully plant-based and made without any of the nine major allergens in the recipe. everything is baked in a shared kitchen, so severe allergies should be flagged in the quote. we are not an allergen-free kitchen. this matters more at an open house than usual, because you are feeding a whole class and their families and you will not know every guest's situation.
do you set up and serve at the party?
no. food arrives labeled and table-ready in the window before the party and you set it out. we are not a staffed, plated, on-site service. for a garage or a backyard that is usually what people want anyway, since the format is self-serve.
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book the driveway before april.
date, rough headcount, and whether you want the dessert table or the whole spread. a real number back within 2 business days, or text 612-524-9104.
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