Drinks to order - Top Nosh Cuisine
how much drink to order for your event
We are often asked by clients how much drink they will need to order for an event. Here is a useful guide to the average amounts of drink required.
These are only estimates, but should give an indication of how much to order.
Table to show averagely, how many bottles to order for your event
| Event | Estimated glasses drunk per head | Bottles required for 20 guests | Bottles required for 50 guests | Bottles required for 100 guests |
| Pre-meal drink | 2 Glasses | 7 | 16 | 32 |
| Lunch / Dinner | 3 Glasses | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| Champagne toasts | 1 Glass | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 Hour cocktail party | 4 Glasses | 14 | 33 | 66 |
| Dessert wine | 1 Glass | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| Evening drinks 3 hours | Say, 4 Glasses. including soft drinks | 14 | 33 | 66 |
| Pimms | 2 bottles of Pimms 4 litres of lemonade | 4 bottles of Pimms 8 litres of lemonade | 6 bottles of Pimms 12 litres of lemonade |
We would recommend that you order extra drinks on a sale or return basis to allow for guests who might drink more than average - you don't want to run out!
Table to show the number of glasses of champagne in a bottle
| Bottle | Contents | 75cl Bottle equivalent | Number of glasses |
| Piccolo | 187.5ml | 1/6 | 1 |
| Half/demi | 375ml | 1/2 | 3 |
| Standard Bottle | 750ml | 1 | 5-6 |
| Magnum | 1.5 litres | 2 | 12 |
| Jeroboam | 3 litres | 4 | 24 |
| Rehoboam | 4.5 litres | 6 | 36 |
| Mathuselah | 6 litres | 8 | 48 |
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