re: Jambalaya catering for 30 people

you might someone to come over and cook it, but you can save yourself some money by purchasing the raw ingredients yourself. guy is going to charge you the time to get materials, gas, and 20% markup on items. he's also going to charge you for spices and stuff that he might not even really need to buy

we had an awesome spreadsheet on here recently that gave some excellent measurements

for your size cooking, you will need to following raw materials

5# rice
24 cups of water
12 tsp salt
3.5# unpeeled onions
2 bell peppers
4 celery stalks
4 bunches green onions
17# raw meat (your decision on combination of chicken, sausage, tasso, pork, steak, etc.)
garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and black pepper