Amazon Web Services Australia had a sizeable order land at their Sydney office, timed for an 11am setup when foot traffic through the space would be at its peak. With a crowd that size, the food needed to hold up across a proper window of time, not just look good for the first ten minutes.
The sandwich platters and wraps did a lot of the heavy lifting early, nine of each going out alongside the baguette platters. Those tend to disappear fast in a corporate setting, and having that volume meant people could actually go back for seconds without the trays looking stripped bare. The spinach and ricotta filo pastry, vegetarian cocktail rolls, and curry puffs gave the grazing side of things real substance, with the falafel bites and gourmet arancini sitting alongside them as the kind of pieces people reach for between conversations.
The sweeter side was genuinely well stocked. Mini lamingtons, sweet tarts, and the tartlet platter gave the table a proper finish rather than an afterthought corner. The southern chicken tenders added something a bit different to what was otherwise a heavily hand-held, bite-sized format, and the hummus with vegetables and the large veggie platter kept the table looking full even as the savoury pieces moved quickly.
Forty two arancini across two packs at an 11am delivery tells you exactly how many people Amazon Web Services Australia was feeding.
