Food between church and meal?

It does sound a bit school field trip tbh

can't you talk to the venue and see if they can do any other canapes? or some sandwiches? it does sound quite a biggish gap tbh. we got married at 1330 and sat down to eat about three-ish but still had canapes.

We are not getting married till 2pm, and we will have the food served at 4.30pm.
I agree with Kierancommunity on the canapés, it wont be too early or spoil anyone's appetite.
The thing I am debating is as we will be eating at 4.30 I am worrying that my guests may get hungry later on so I may ask the venue to serve sandwiches later on

Oooh no. Not sure the idea of providing snacks sounds great. I think that it makes it a bit like a school trip rather than a wedding. Can the venue not be more flexible about the canapes as we are having canapes to fill the void. Could they provide something else instead?

I was worried about this too. Canapes seem so expensive. I'm not sure about snack bags though, makes me think of school trips!

TBH if i was at a wedding and was given a snack bag, i would think i was on a school trip.

I would speak to the venue and see if there are any alternatives to the canapes they have offered

My MIL worried about this at every wedding we'd been to prior to our own so i was concerned about it too.

I have seen weddings where the best man has announced to all before leaving the church that the pub at XYZ is aware that people may wish to stop by for some sandwiches ont he way to the reception and that this will allow for th B&G to sneak off for a little quiet time too.

Snack bag-how cute of your mum to suggest that! Such a mum thing to do...❤️

I think the snack bag idea is such a mom's thing to suggest!

In reality I think it would be a bit field trip like.

We are getting married at 3pm and sitting down to eat at 6pm but we will be serving canapes between 3.30 and 5pm.

I'd suggest talking to your venue and asking for alternative canapes.
What do you dislike about them?

The snack bag idea is really sweet but I too would find it a bit weird! However, at the wedding we went to on Easter Saturday they served hot cross buns and tea/coffee at the church before people made their way to the reception (also not everyone at the church was invited to the wedding). That worked really well - could you do something similar? Perhaps little cakes / scones / even your own canapes from Waitrose etc - you just need a few relatives / friends to hand them round. It also helped keep people occupied while photos were being taken at the church.

Or, just make people aware that there will be no food until 4.30pm. Another of my friends (with similar timings to yours) has done this and everyone is fine with that. Knowing in advance means people can plan for an early lunch and won't spend the whole drinks reception wondering when they're going to be fed!

Could you make canapes, even if its just vol au vents or smoked salmon on little crispbreads etc? just am not sure about snack bags either tbh?

That's quite a big gap so I would be definitely thinking of serving something.

We go married at 2pm and sat down to eat 4:20pm, our package included "nibbles" with the champagne reception and that seemed to work quite well. I couldn't actually tell you what we had though as I was on such a high I didn't even notice ? The guests seemed to appreciate it though.

Thanks everyone for your replies, yep I totally agree about the snack bags, I know! bless my mum but its just not the right thing to do for a wedding I think.

Its mainly the children (I have alot of children coming) that i'm worried about being hungry, and the canapes they offer are things I just know they wouldn't eat, I think I might call the venue 2moro and see what else they could provide.

We really dont have any money left in the budget for providing more food, mum only brought it up on Friday before that I didnt think it was a problem as we have put in the invitations what the times are and when the food will be served.

I was thinking about mayb hiring an ice cream/popcorn cart, this would still be in keeping with our summer wedding, would be something to eat and its something abit fun too.

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I was thinking about mayb hiring an ice cream/popcorn cart, this would still be in keeping with our summer wedding, would be something to eat and its something abit fun too.

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That sounds like a great idea! (I'm assuming people wouldn't have to pay for their own ice creams?) I also wouldn't worry too much if you've made people aware of the timings - I would imagine most parents would take that into account and bring snacks for their children if they felt they'd need them.