question about food,opinions needed !!

Hi

Id say if you having the same people all day and not inviting any extra to the evening then you dont need a buffet, however if you are inviting extra people to the evening they might expect something.

Your right tho buffets are hardly touched and its a shame your venue are charging you £12 pp, our venue isnt charging us any extra for evenin guests so don't have to worry too much about paying out for over 100 people ?

Hey hun

Whay dont you in your invites have some thing that says evening of dancing and cake to follow

Something like that so that it gently hints there wont be a buffett then people will eat before they come

xx

Oh yea i forgot to say, i wont be having extra eveving guests, just the same guests all day,so nobody will have to eat before they come, i just hope they dont expect it ?

If you're having the same guests for the day and evening then I think you can get away without an evening buffet if you're meal isn't going to finish until 7ish. At weddings I've been to the buffet has opened about 9pm and I can't imagine your guests would be hungry again by this point

Hey-I'm in exactly the same boat as you- We both have the same timings with a later service and meal, and no extra evening guests.

I'm not having an foo din the evening, justour cupcakes, mainly as we cant afford it!

Also with the service being later im hoping people will eat lunch before they come!

M x

yea that was my thinking too, and we are also having cupcakes instead of cake

i wish i could just buy a load of buffet things from M&S, could probably do it for about £200! damn venue rules,seems to me everything wedding related they wap the prices up to stupid amounts cos most people will just pay it!

I know exactly what ur saying!! Ours is a fortune- We've decided to go for cash bar after the meal came to so much!!

My venue specifies a minimum spend of £15 per head per evening guest and we've also been given minimum numbers of 150 for the evening as we're getting married out of season. I wish I'd fallen in love with a cheaper venue!!!

wow thats harsh, im not sure i even know 150 people! lol

Oh my good god!

Your probably going to call me fit to burn, i can hear you now shouting "Doesn't she think i have enough to do" at the computer screen now, but if you had a small round table going spare at your venue i would just stick some mixed bread rolls, platters of cooked meat and a selection of condiments.

It takes seconds to set up and then guests have the option to have a nibble and soak up some of the alcohol,

if you need any help, with serving dishes or any suggestions or just to say are you for real, just say,

im doing the food for my wedding, being a caterer im not paying someone for something i wont be happy with,

so i have many ideas in this messed up head of mine

lara x

no i would be quite happy to do that but unfortuately i cant, we are having the whole day at a hotel, so they do not allow outside/your own catering, all the food and drink has to be from them.

they catch you with that old chestnut all the time, different hotels have different rules, but even though they state it usually if the caterer is up to date with their health and safety then they cant stop you, but in my advice i wouldn't rock the boat, especially if you are getting along with the hotels coordinator and all they are offering, maybe discuss the platters with the hotel and get some offer that would fit your budget,

good luck let me know

lara x