While charcuterie boards and cheese boards may immediately come to mind when dreaming up the perfect spread, crudités platters ... ranch dressing, cold spinach dip, and roasted red pepper spread.

Roast at 200C or barbecue over high ... Take your biggest platter and on it, in separate piles, put cold poached prawns, mussels and clams, flaked boned smoked fish, sliced tomatoes, cucumber ...