And as there are several events worth repeating several times, you could save one of the prepared event food.
Saves you to make it each time you play the event again. So you don’t have to have a free kitchen for it or interrupt another recipe or wait until they are finished.
The event only checks if you have the prepared food, not if you actually prepare it in the kitchen.
That’s why I have one of each for xmas 2013 and 2014 and Wild West etc.
In my earlier days also the food for detective 2 and Excalibur…
So then, you start the event, clear the repeatable (s) and get the reward for the cooking and the next quest immediately.