Make every dinner party sparkle

Canadians love to entertain and host dinner parties. From backyard barbecues to family celebrations, gathering around food is the favourite way to mark an occassion or create new memories. To help create magical evenings at your house, Food Network Chef Michael Smith teamed up with Cascade Platinum to share tips on how to make your dinner party sparkle, while cutting down your clean up time! (Amen!)

Want your dinner party to sparkle? Follow these tips from Chef Michael Smith and your guests will be blown away:


Spend time to save time: Prep as much as you can in advance – from food to your table. Smart preparation will allow you to spend more time with your guests

Make your guests feel special: Thoughtful details tell your guests they are special. Set the mood with music, place cards, flowers and sparkling dishes and glasses. I use Cascade Platinum in every cycle to make sure everything is ready for a big event.

Start with a bang! Do something collectively right away. A group activity subtly reminds everyone “We’re in this together!”

Give your guests something fun to do: At some point, engage your guests in an interactive activity, something hands on, that’s not work.

Clean as you go: Get the mess out of the way, and load the dishwasher as you prepare dinner. With Cascade Platinum, you don’t need to worry about pre-rinsing – it will clean stuck-on food in one wash.

Share the work: Many hands make light work. After the main meal and before dessert, encourage everybody to pitch in with clean up.

Grand finale: End the evening with something spectacular, something memorable, or my favourite—something flammable!

Thanks Michael! Something flammable would definitely be memorable!

But you don’t have to host a party to have a Sparkling Clean dinner. Sitting down to family dinner is special in itself. Why not give your family an extra special night by putting Michael’s tips to action? And with Cascade Platinum, you’re sure to have sparkling clean dishes every day.

Visit www.foodnetwork.cacascade for more tips and recipes from Chef Michael Smith and Cascade Platinum.

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Comments

  1. Laurie P says

    hmmm, maybe 2.

  2. Judy Cowan says

    Not too many, maybe 3 a year.

  3. Usually about 2 or 3.

  4. My home is too small to host parties so I help my daughter host parties at her home. She has at least one a month. I help with the cooking as well as the cleaning up after.

  5. I only host one a year.

  6. I host a dinner party about once a year.

  7. Corry L. says

    Once or twice a year.

  8. Doreen Lamoureux says

    We have about 3 but my sister in law has one almost every weekend. She could really use this prize package 🙂

  9. Holly O'Gorman says

    Unless my daughter having a large group of friends over for dinner counts, I don’t.

  10. 3 or 4

  11. Sherry K says

    usually 3

  12. Belinda McNabb says

    I host maybe 2 a year

  13. Florence C says

    I host about 3 dinner parties each year.

  14. I don’t host many dinner parties. We do have lots of barbecues during the summer though. 🙂

  15. I host about 10 a year. Love doing it! Hate the dishes… :o)

  16. I usually host about 4 a year

  17. I host maybe 1 a year

  18. loucheryl says

    I host at least two parties a year.

  19. About 2-3 dinner parties per year.

  20. Maggie C says

    I host about 8-10 parties each year!

  21. lauren g says

    I probably host around 12.

  22. We host one big one every year:)

  23. Taylor Hawkins says

    2 times, at Easter and Christma 🙂

  24. Kelley Moore says

    I only host one a year.

  25. Silvia D says

    a few holiday ones and BBQ’s usually.

  26. heidi c. says

    I host about 2-3 dinner parties per year.

  27. around 5

  28. 2-3. thanks

  29. Usually 4 or 5.

  30. jamie hall says

    probably 8 or so

  31. Susan Patterson says

    I host about 3 to 4 dinner parties. Thank you!

  32. Maybe about 6-8…

  33. Jodi Mitrovic says

    It seems like the older we get the more our home becomes a gathering place for family and friends which I absolutely love. At least once a month (and more during Hubby’s favourite time of the year~ BBQ Season) we have a get together. We have come to know and trust the Cascade Brand in our home! It’s what we use to make light work of a messy situation! Wonderful article and giveaway! Thanks for the chance 🙂

  34. Debbie S. says

    We host a few dinner parties a year, and if you mean extended family dinners, even more. I need to have one soon, on a nice Sunday afternoon.

  35. tons! We host the big family Thanksgiving and have a group of friends over regularly!

  36. We do not really entertain but we occasionally host Christmas at our house.

  37. we’re much more informal than “dinner party” status, lol! Maybe once or twice a year I am making meals for guests or in-laws 🙂

  38. Caroline M. says

    I only host 1 or 2 very informal ones, it stresses me out.

  39. Melinda L. says

    We host about… 3 a year

  40. we like to host one every few months

  41. Just one per year

  42. Only a couple during the summer months

  43. Jennifer P. says

    We host at least 2 per year.

  44. tanyab79 says

    Not very many about a hand full.

  45. kathy downey says

    I host a dinner every Monday night for 9 people plus me and hubby,then we play board games or cards

  46. wendy hutton says

    just 1 a year

  47. Theresa C. says

    Usually about 6 – holidays and BBQs

  48. lynn clayton says

    12 im a chef by trade so every dinner is made by me or someone ask me to hosts its allot of cooking but i really do enjoy it

  49. Rhonda W G. says

    Just a couple…

  50. Andrew P says

    Once a year

  51. Carole Dube says

    I host dinner party about once a month, about 12 a year.

  52. Marilyn Legault says

    I host about 10 a year.

  53. Maria McLachlan says

    5-10

  54. Only a couple.

  55. 3-4 most years

  56. Erin McSweeney says

    about 3 a year

  57. angela m says

    About 3 a month

  58. Jeanette Jackson says

    At the moment; none. However I hope to have a few next year.

  59. Gillian Morgan says

    We host about 3-4 every year.

  60. Dayna Wilson says

    Like. None. I’m too insecure about my mess house 😛

  61. Sunshine G says

    Probably three or four – although it’s a challenge to fit enough people in our little kitchen!

  62. Probably about 50 or so.

  63. Probably one once a month!

  64. 2 or 3?

  65. 2

  66. Victoria Ess says

    4

  67. Erika Belanger says

    About 3

  68. 2-3

  69. Stephanie LaPlante says

    I’d say 3 or 4. Nothing extravagant.

  70. sarah sar says

    I host an average of 6 dinner parties per year.

  71. I host Maybe 1-2 a year

  72. Maybe about 5 a year.

  73. Around 3-4 per year, but would like to do more.

  74. Elizabeth Matthiesen says

    NONE! Now that I live in an in-law flat my son who has much more room upstairs does all the dinner parties and I just eat – great eh? Well I do do the washing up – and he does use an awful lot of pots and pans 🙂

  75. Treen Goodwin says

    w usually hold 4-5 dinner parties a year 🙂 thanks for the chance !

  76. 6 or so

  77. Lisa Neutel says

    i dont host too many dinner parties in a year ..maybe one or 2

  78. Erica Seaman says

    Unfortunately none….my Brother comes over once a year.

  79. Only 1 or two a year.

  80. Only 1 or two a year.

  81. I don’t usually host the dinners.

  82. Julie Bolduc says

    I usually do one

  83. Dayle B. says

    Maybe four. dinner parties. Great useful giveaway too.

  84. Doris Calvert says

    At least 12 a year or one a month

  85. kristen johnson says

    2-3 parties

  86. Carol Denny says

    6 o r 7 a year

  87. About a dozen a year.

  88. Wendy Jensen says

    I have no idea how many dinner parties we host a year. We seem to have quite a few, some arranged almost at the last minute!

  89. Brenda Penton says

    I usually host around 10 a year.

  90. probably about 15

  91. roger simmons says

    We usually host about 2-3

  92. 2 or 3 a year! Always a great time!

  93. JAMES DASILVA says

    2 to 3 a year.

  94. I host about 3-4 parties a year.. mostly family ones

  95. One or two and I keep them small

  96. Juliee Fitze says

    Maybe 4 a year .

  97. Only a few, I travel alot so between work and travel not much time spent at home to host!

  98. 2 or 3

  99. Kristian Weavers says

    No where near enough. 2-3 tops

  100. Just about 2 per year.

  101. Jason Ansell says

    We host 3-4 big bashes a year and have about 1 or 2 intimate dinners per month with a few guests

  102. Penny Snyder says

    Usually 1-2 a year 🙂

  103. Andrei O says

    Somewhere around 6-8

  104. We tend to go out for dinner if we have a crowd.

  105. Julie G. says

    I’d say four or five.

  106. gina bergman says

    1

  107. Usually one of the holiday dinners

  108. usually just 1.

  109. Rachel C. says

    I host probably 2 a year!

  110. Angela Massis says

    I host dinner parties about 8 times a year. Thank Goodness for having a dishwasher! I could not live without it.

  111. Bonnie Day says

    since its just me rarely I usually help host my kids parties

  112. Barbara Hall says

    Maybe 2 a year

  113. Suzanne G says

    I probably have only 2 a year.

  114. I usually only host one dinner party a year.

  115. Brittney House says

    I usually do about 4 a year.

  116. Lots ussuly once or twice a month!

  117. around 2 to 3

  118. None!

  119. Millie Bittman says

    maybe one or 2 a year

  120. Anna Johnson says

    It depends, but usually only a few.

  121. Rosanne Robinson says

    I only host a couple of informal dinner parties a year in our home. My daughter & son-in-law host most of our family parties and we all help by bringing food and cleaning up afterwards.

  122. I usually host 5-6 dinner parties a year. I like having people over but not sure I could handle more times than that.

  123. Robyn Bellefleur says

    Around 2 or 3.

  124. Diana Corlett says

    We go out for those special events, so maybe host two to three dinners each year.

  125. 3 or 4

  126. Elizabeth R says

    Usually 3 or 4 including thanksgiving dinner.

  127. Elva Roberts says

    I used to host many in the summer, Probably two a month. Most of the older relatives are gone now. I still host probably three large dinners a year and many, many informal ones.

  128. Monique L.S. says

    1 or 2.

  129. LILLIAN BROWN says

    I host Dinner Parties about 6 times a year

  130. I host maybe two dinner parties a year, but mostly for family.

  131. Erica Seaman says

    not many, small family gatherings :0

  132. Kelly Baker says

    I host 3-4 dinner parties a year.

  133. Tim Allport says

    We usually host 2-3 dinner parties per year but then we also have one big party a year usually around Halloween.

  134. Lisa Morrison says

    About 5.

  135. About 5, mostly for friends.

  136. I don’t host dinner parties. We do have my parents over for a fun creative meal though! 🙂

  137. I host about a dozen dinner parties a year for close family and friends; two that are huge open houses for extended friends and friends of friends and work associates. I also host my company’s function for 400+ staff.

  138. Edith Rennes says

    Maybe once a year

  139. 1 or 2 a year

  140. Rebecca H says

    I aim for 3 -4 per year. Anything more than that and it’s just too much for me!!

  141. We host at least once a month so about 12 a year

  142. just Christmas

  143. Wanda Bergman says

    I usually do two or three a year.

  144. Wendy L. says

    Usually four.

  145. One every couple of years

  146. 2 or 3

  147. I average about 3 a year!

  148. I only host once or twice a year.

  149. Maximum of 2 a year.

  150. Tricia Hope says

    For parties outside of family about 10,with family more like 24

  151. Catherine R. says

    I host very few because of the size of my house, I don’t really have an area big enough for us to eat.

  152. Nicole Jubleew says

    I host about one a month but they tend to be smaller ones.

  153. Margaret H says

    Once a year….

  154. Alison K says

    I host maybe 3 dinner parties a year

  155. between 2 – 3

  156. Judy Hunting says

    I usually host between 4 -8 dinner parties

  157. 4 dinner parties

  158. Michele C. says

    Thank you for the giveaway. We normally host at least during birthdays and holidays, but I often invite people over for casual gatherings throughout the year.

  159. Angela Mitchell says

    About 4 to 6 a year.

  160. Harmony A. says

    About 4-6

  161. Nicole B says

    Maybe around 5 to 8.

  162. maybe 3

  163. Gina Fleury says

    About 5 -7 depending on special birthdays or events and holidays

  164. Rachael Bhardwaj says

    We usually only host a couple a year.

  165. Elaine Buonsante says

    Most of my dinner “parties” are family affairs. We probably have friends over for dinner 2 or maybe 3 times a years.

  166. I tend to go out to eat so I have to say about 3

  167. Elizabeth Vlug says

    We have about 6 a year, maybe a few more. I love casual entertaining in the summer the most.

  168. A McKenzie says

    I try to host about a dozen each year, but my guests are usually too busy to make it every month!

  169. Marlene V says

    We host over ten times a year a dinner at our house

  170. Aarone Mawdsley says

    not very many

  171. Steph Bkn says

    Not as many as I should maybe 3 or 4

  172. Heather A says

    At least 4, sometimes more.

  173. Melissa Nesbitt says

    usually 3-4. But lots of BBQ in the summer

  174. Melissa Nesbitt says

    usually 3-4, but tons of backyard BBQs in the warmer months.

  175. We don’t do dinner parties.

  176. Sahra Altaha says

    Not too many, maybe one or two. Lots of barbeques though!

  177. Victor Goguen says

    twice

  178. Theresa Smith says

    I don’t host any dinner parties through the year.

  179. We only host a handful, but I’m trying make it a weekly or biweekly thing.

  180. Lee-Ann S says

    3 at the most.

  181. I host around 6, and love it

  182. Lori Bazan says

    I host a dinner every Sunday for family and friends…so over 50!

  183. 3-5!

  184. Becky Moore says

    I do about 4 or 5 dinner parties a year..maybe more in the summer depending on how hot it is

  185. Tiffany S. says

    Maybe 5… Usually for birthdays

  186. Michelle K says

    1 or 2

  187. 1 to 2

  188. Stephanie Galbraith says

    We only host a couple.

  189. If it includes casual get togethers, a couple/few a month, if not maybe 8.

  190. At least once a month we have our extended family over

  191. About 12 per year.

  192. Colleen Rose says

    About 4

  193. About 3 per year.

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