Catering
We have arranged catering onsite at the Convention Centre and established a good rapport with their fantastic, and very experienced caterers who displayed great fortitude when the ways of a Subud World Congress were explained to them!! They quickly grasped the need to meet different dietary requirements as well as the need for speed without long queues. Their Executive Chef Andy Gibb has competed internationally as part of the NZ Culinary Team. They will provide a 3 course buffet style lunch and dinner. Meal tickets can be ordered via your registration form, and there will be limited availability for meal tickets onsite.
Catered Meals at the Congress
Catering: The catering during the World Congress is being prepared by the Congress caterer, Vbase Catering. As stated on the registration form, you may choose between two hot buffets, for lunch and dinner.
The lunch menu is offered between 11.30am and 2.30pm; the dinner menu between 6pm and 8.30pm.
Each meal is prepared as a buffet with a menu that offers:
• Salad / Meat & vegetarian options / sweet / fresh fruit / coffee & tea
Lunch and dinner will cost $22 per meal. (all prices in New Zealand dollars)
Lunch and dinner for children 12 and under will cost $11 per meal.
The costs of the meals, according to the options chosen (lunch or dinner, or both) will be automatically calculated and charged on your registration form. When you arrive and pick up your registration pack, included will be your pre-paid meal tickets.
"We look forward to seeing you all in 2010 and we are sure you'll enjoy your time in Christchurch. Whether you're after barista made coffee, freshly squeezed juice, hot and hearty buffets, light café selections or themed dinners we will have all your needs covered from morning through to night. We also take into consideration the various dietary requirements and will endeavour to meet all of these needs. Please keep tuned to this page for further detailing and sample menus." VBase Catering Team
Off-Site Choices: Close to the main Congress Centre are any number of cafes and restaurants – heaps of choice.
For meals from eateries close to the Congress Centre prices range from $6 to $20 for a lunch, and $12 to $35 for dinner. That would cover a range from McDonalds / KFC or basic bakery food through to upmarket cafe's / restaurants. A cup of good coffee is around $4.
And hot off the press ... we have several professional Subud members wanting to cater at some of the smaller Congress venues, not in the main Congress Centre, which we will be looking into (and supporting if feasible).
We have been mindful of people on budgets and there are a number of options, such as self-catering apartments, hostels etc in addition to cheap cafes. Supermarkets are reasonably handy with a free shuttle bus that runs past them and the Congress Centre.
Self-catering basic food prices:
Good brown bread $3 - $5; white bread $2-$3; Butter $4 p 500gm; milk $3.50 p 2 lt.; Tea $3.50; Coffee – instant $5; Eggs $5 p doz; Cheese $12 p kg; Cereals $3 -$6 p box;
Fruit – plums,peaches,cherries, nectarines, apricots, strawberries etc will be in season and cheaper still at the roadside stalls, and the same for summer veges.
Drinking Water:
You do not need to buy bottled water here - Christchurch claims it has the best drinking water in the world - with no additives and straight from the aquifers!
Huh – Doesn't get much better than this ..!!!!