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Wedding Reception Meals
Your wedding reception meal, though you will have no time to actually relish, needs to be organized with selecting the menu, drinks and offer some personalized service to your guests. The kinds of wedding you are having, either formal or informal or a specific theme that it is built around can be reflective of the food and drinks spread. Either follow the traditional way of serving a meal or get a little creative making your wedding a reception memorable among the guests.
Getting the Wedding Reception Meals Right
- Customarily , a wedding reception meal includes , am appetizer , main course , coffee and the wedding cake, however if you wish not to have it the traditional way , you could , bearing in mind , the guests that arrive and the theme of your wedding , can organize a wedding reception meals accordingly.
- Gather ideas on reception meals at least three months before the wedding, do some good research, you are bound to find some interesting ideas. Get yourselves a good caterer who could suggest on the variations you can have.
- Just before the main course , offer a break to your guests letting them pick their own favorites from the snack bar , a snack bar is usually a hit with numerous appetizers to choose from ( if your budget to permits one). This lets them move around a bit, helps them loosen up before the main course and they sure will remember this for a long time, an idea they could use for themselves.
- Throwing a breakfast reception is another idea you could go for after a morning wedding, this will be far easier on your pocket than hosting a wedding lunch.
- If the wedding reception is at a private location, get yourself a good caterer, someone who can suggest a delicious and interesting meal combination, looking at the guest list , the time of the reception and of course the location, as they are in the food business.
- Have a course that appeals to your entire gust list , a choice of dishes in the main course can help them choose what they’d like to eat , you cant force them into having what you prefer for your wedding. Some of your guests could be vegetarians while some might be averse to red meat with some of them preferring just meat and some salad, so a palate that fits for all of your guests is essential.
- Make sure you taste at least some of the foods prepared by your caterer, you could suggest some changes if need be. Also ensure that the food is well presented, presentation is as important as flavor and taste.
- Give your caterer an exact head count, lest it could leave you embarrassed with your guests leaving without food and drink.
- Decide on wine, champagne for the toast.
- Decide if you would want a buffet or a sit down arrangement, depending on a formal / informal wedding.
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