dinner challenge

I think I have probably mentioned before that my little brother earns a fortune running a chain of hotels. He knows a lot about catering, and it is always fascinating listening to his thoughts on it all. Anyway, one of the amazing things that he has told us is that he can feed a guest breakfast, lunch and three course dinner for only £1.38 a day (Now, now...I didn't say anthing about the quality!). While Mrs McMuffin and I were out today, we got to talking about this, and this then moved on to how we could challenge our friends, our usual dinner companions, to cook a meal as cheaply. Of course, my brother has an economy of scale thing going on, so we thought we would only ask people to prepare one meal, a three course dinner. We also thought we should double the amount of money that is available, and some, to say £3.00 a head. There is a real incentive here to invite a lot of people to dinner. There are some conditions, the meal has to be like a proper dinner party meal, not a big bowl of pasta and some bread...So, here is the challenge: cook a three course meal for at least six people for no more than £3.00 per head. I think is only fair to say that you can use any condiments or herbs and spices that you might already have, but if you have to buy new ones then that counts towards your final cost. Now that I think about it, you can also use for free any fruit or veg that you have grown yourself, with your own fair hands. Oh, and I think it's only fair that you must keep the till receipts to prove how much you spent.

Is there anyone out there up for this challenge. Yes, that means you Jo who counts sheep! I'd love to hear about your ideas of how to make so little go a long way.