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In Kentucky and around the world, the Kentucky Derby is enjoyed by millions. If you are able to be in Louisville for “the greatest two minutes in sports,” there’s a lot of activity and excitement. If you can’t be here with us, we invite you to enjoy the Kentucky Derby with the traditional local fare and great Kentucky Derby party ideas.

Whether this is your first Derby or you are a seasoned professional, we’d like to help give your Kentucky Derby party a real Kentucky flavor and offer our suggestions for Kentucky food, fun, and friends.

Planning Your Kentucky Derby Party Menu

The menu is the most creative part of the Kentucky Derby party planning. In order to ease the last minute workload, plan ahead and choose Kentucky food that can be frozen or refrigerated a day or more ahead.

Buffet serving seems most popular during the week of the Kentucky Derby, as it is an easy way to entertain the maximum number of friends with a minimum of space and help. There is the traditional buffet supper where guests serve themselves and dine throughout the home, and the ‘seated’ buffet supper, at which guests serve themselves and eat at set tables.

For the Kentucky food, we recommend:

Appetizers:

Kentucky Dill Mix served in a hollowed-out bread round

Pop’s Pepper Jelly served with cream cheese on crackers

Main Course:

Uncle John’s Ribs

Kentucky Burgoo

Kentucky Hot Browns

BBQ Beef, Pork or Chicken

Country Ham and Beaten Biscuits

Sour Mash Kentucky Bourbon Bread

Desserts:

Derby Pie

Kentucky Bourbon Candies

Mom Blakeman’s Pulled Candy

Bauer’s Modjeskas

Beverages:

Mint Juleps

Kentucky Bourbon

Ale-8-One

Sweetened Iced Tea

Planning your Kentucky Derby Party Decorating

  • Greet your guests with Mint Juleps.

  • Use sterling silver for dinner or buffet.

  • Decorate tables with red roses.

  • Use the color red whenever possible to accent your party.

  • Use horse shoe shaped molds.

  • Place a large horse sculpture in the center of the table and garnish with greenery and roses.

  • If entertaining informally, use signs to decorate your home. Tape a sign on the closet door marked Paddock, on the bar marked Watering Hold, on the kitchen door marked Infield, the dining are as the Clubhouse and the television room as the Grandstand. Restroom doors might be marked as Studs and Mares. A Derby Parking Only sign is perfect for the driveway or out by the street.

    • We hope these tips will help make your Kentucky Derby Party a success.

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