TLDR; What quantities should we get of fruits, veggies, cheeses, and crackers for a 3:00-4:30 pm cocktail hour with dinner served right after at 4:45 pm.
A couple at our church used to cater weddings (retired when the pandemic hit) and is coming out of retirement to cater our wedding. They are taking care of everything except for the cocktail hour food.
My fiance and I are on a tighter budget, but still want to supply something for cocktail hour because that's just what you do! We were thinking of just doing fruit, veggies, cheese, and crackers. If money allows, perhaps some other fillers, but just that for now (we went to a wedding that did this and it was perfectly fine as they served dinner right after the cocktail hour). It's a dry wedding (don't get started on that. Mean comments will be deleted).
Our ceremony is at 2:00 pm, it takes about 20 minutes to get to the reception venue from the church, so our cocktail hour will begin at 2:30 pm. It will last until 4:15-4:30 pm to allow for pictures and then travel time to the reception (for the bride and groom). Dinner will be served right after the grand entrances.
How much fruit, cheese, veggies, and crackers should we get? I don't want to have a million and one pieces of food leftover but don't want to run out!
Thanks!
