Is there a culinary school near you? Or a college that offers a culinary program? If so just call the admin office I'm sure they have a job board. My college had one, people would post jobs like yours grilling at a BBQ, or wait staff needed for house party etc. A girl friend and I always did this type of thing. it wil be a lot cheaper than hiring someone from a catering company.

06:36, thank you! You've had suzysq's BBQ? I'm planning a little late so he may well not be free on my date, but I'm really starting to hope that he would be.

Anonymous wrote:All I can say is, that is utterly lame (hiring someone to grill at your BBQ). If you don't get that, well, there are probably a lot of things you don't get.

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Maybe OP is not concerned about demonstrating testosterone via cooking slabs of flesh over a flame. Maybe OP and her spouse want to mingle, enjoy, and relax instead of standing over a hot grill for the majority of the party. It's a big group, which means lots of grill time to provide enough for everyone. Sounds like a great idea to me!

I'm not the PP who recommended suzysq but I have had a BBQ a bunch of times at a BBQ competition every summer and it's awesome.

my brother. i hire him all the time for our BBQs so that my husband and i can enjoy our friends and watch the kids. and my brother is great at the grill...