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Plan a stress-free Christmas dinner timeline
Everything needs the oven at once. Get a minute-by-minute timeline worked back from serving time, plus jobs for helpers.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me plan the timing for Christmas dinner. Serving time: [e.g. 2pm] How many eating: [number] Menu: [e.g. turkey crown, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, three veg, gravy, pudding] Meat weight and cooking time on the pack: [e.g. 2kg, see pack] Ovens and hob: [e.g. one oven, four rings] Already prepped or bought ready-made: [list] Helpers: [names and how useful] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A timeline worked backwards from serving time, with clock times. 2. An oven and hob plan that shows where things clash, and how to fix each clash. 3. A Christmas Eve prep list. 4. Jobs for each helper, with times. 5. A "running late" plan if the meat needs longer. Use the cooking times from my packs and recipes, and remind me to check the meat is cooked through as the pack says. Don't invent times I haven't given; mark any you've estimated. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. 2pm: a short note you already have. number: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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