Catering needed but no kitchen!

Would you be happy with a cold buffet? If so it might be worth asking caterers for the cost of that? Also with that option you might be able to get food from other places, I know M&S and Waitrose do party food but I assume there are lots of options.

I think food trucks could be a great idea - it depends how many guests you have but will they have to line up individually? If so maybe it's worth asking whether they can do platters / sharing dishes as well / instead of their usual dishes - these should be easier to transport if it does rain and cut down on waiting time.

Ideally we'd like hot food - but am beginning to think that cold food may be the only way to go.

I will get back in touch with some of the food truck to see if they are able to do sharing platters- good shout. Thanks!

Ideally we'd like hot food Hopefully it's be a lovely warm day but I think even our all day guests will appreciate a hot meal

Good shout on the food trucks- I'll get back in touch to see if they can offer sharing platters x

Sorry, I did write you a reply with a couple of suggestions, but it was not posted - I guess maybe the forum doesn't like links being included?

When we were looking at organising our own caterers, we did find a couple of companies that did food from vans and would also either do table service or buffet service. Might be worth looking at something like that. Free Range Pies was one company and we also looked at a couple that did hog roasts, so perhaps search along those lines?

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