[Sca-cooks] Feast costs/budgets

Antonia Calvo ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Tue Feb 19 13:20:16 PST 2008


PKSARGE at aol.com wrote:

>On another but related topic. The first feast I did on my own I had done all 
>the research, planning and most of the purchasing (using up most of the 
>budget) when I was informed, the weekend before the event, that I was also expected 
>to prepare breakfast for Saturday and Sunday, all out of the same budget. When 
>I questioned this I was informed that it was a standard expectation in our 
>Kingdom (Meridies). I satisfied this commitment but it was an extremely long day 
>and if not for a very dedicated staff feast would have suffered. I have done 
>a couple of more small feasts since then and have made accommodations for 
>breakfast. Is this a standard practice throughout the SCA? I find that this really 
>impacts my focus on feast and would like to find some way to pass on 
>breakfeast. Should I consider a written contract that specifies my "services" for for 
>feast? 
>


Definitely not the norm here.  If we have more than one meal at an 
event, each one will have its own staff and budget.  It's not reasonable 
to expect a feast cook to do more than one meal.  I think a contract is 
probably overkill, but this is definitely something you need to discuss 
with the event Steward/Autocrat beforehand and make it perfectly clear 
what you are (and are not) willing to do. 

-- 
Antonia Calvo 
(formerly known as Adele de Maisieres)

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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
hominem meam. Expectat alium quid?
-Georgeus Gershwinus
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