To cut down on food wastage and also be able to cater for people with a wide variety of diet needs Kings Park has a different system for serving food.
- At each meal each table has a card on it showing the choices for the next meal. You select the one you want. If you follow a diet like dairy-free or gluten-free you indicate this on the card so the dish can be adapted for you. If you need to query what's in a dish especially if you have a food allergy you can ask the chef after all the food is served.
- The diet information you give us in advance is used to determine which dishes are chosen.
- The cards are collected at the end of the meal. You do not have to sit at the same table for the next meal.
- One of the chefs will always be available at the end of a meal for you to ask him questions about the next one. This is when everyone is served.
- The meal's vegtables are served separately. Each table will have a dish of them. The different vegtables in the dish will always be partitioned from each other. The venue does not cook mixed vegtables.
- It is much better to ask the chef what is in something at the end of the previous meal than wait until the meal is actually being served when the chef is very busy and may not be able to adapt the meal.
- Here are two example meal cards used by a different conference. Our dinner choice will not be the same.
Lunch
If you are coming non residential and not having breakfast at the venue you will be able to fill in your lunch card when you arrive up until 9:30am.
If you will be arriving after that time you will be invited to email us after we have the menus and we'll let the venue know what you want.
If you are not someone who comes down for breakfast, you can fill out a card up to 9:30am or arrange for a friend to fill in a card for you.
If none of the above options work for you you can leave your lunch choice at the organisers desk the night before up until 9:30pm. Please be careful not to double order the meal. Otherwise we will be charged twice for it.
We hope to have the meal lists in advance so you can decide in advance what you want.
Brief Notes about Meals
- Breakfast:
- Breakfast will have cereals and also the option of a hot dish. The museli has hazelnuts. (Those are the only nuts the venue will use for our group). You will have a choice of hot dishes. This is the only meal that is self served. You go to the counter and ask for the hot dish you ordered at the end of dinner.
- Lunch:
- Lunch consists of a main course and a dessert. It is served to the table. As well as the dessert there is always a fruit bowl at the side which you can help yourself to instead.
- Dinner:
- Dinner consists of three courses - a starter (typically soup or fruit), a main course and a dessert. Like with lunch there is also fruit available.
The venue need us to be ontime for meals please. With the exception of breakfast there is no queueing under their system of serving. Please wait in the lounge area until the dining hall is open.
The first meal
The first meal of the conference is the exception. For this the chef will prepare food based on the diet needs we give him. If you find yourself unexpectedly delayed getting to the venue please contact us (details will be in the information pack)
Please contact registrar@autscape.org about anything on this page.