How much is your catering: what does it include?

$140-$150
4 passed apps
Stations
No
Fusion
Chicago

1) How much are you paying per person? $123pp

2. What h'orderves does it include? 8 Passed- 3 stations: Antipasto, Florentine Pasta, and Bangkok Satay

3. What dinner does it include? Plated, 4 courses: 3 appetizer choices, 2 salad choices, 3 entree choices, Desserts: Wedding Cake, mini pastries, chocolate dipped strawberries.

4. Does it include alcohol? Yes- Premium Brands

5. What type of cuisine is it? American

6. (optional) What is your location? South Florida

Oh gosh don't go by my costs because our wedding is somewhat casual (as is nearly everything where I live, lol); we're doing a food truck that's super experienced with weddings.

Anyway, answers:
1. I think after tax & service it ends up being $18

2. Chip & salsa/guac bar.

3. 4 choices (Chicken, carnitas, carne asada and veggie/vegan; GF), beans & rice. They'll make quesadillas for kids, too. All you care to eat. They'll serve at a table in front of the truck so they can help more than one person at a time.

4. No; that's covered by our venue (I think it's running us around $40 ppn, but they put the taxes on a separate line item so that's a bit of a guess).

5. Authentic Mexican

6. Boulder, Colorado

I should add that my costs are with service and rentals (place settings, flatware, and napkins) as well as desserts and late-night snack. It amounts to roughly one-third of my budget.

Our family is cooking for us! We are all so excited!

1. $86/person
2. 1 passed appetizer (our cater is a la carte so they allowed us to have a different cater for appetizers; we are having a multicultural wedding)
3. Family Style
4. No alcohol but yes bartenders (4) and mixers
5. Farm-to-table (using local ingredients sourced from farms around the area)
6. Washington, D.C.

We're getting married at The Grand Estate at Hidden Acres in Freeport PA. Caterer is a local Italian restaurant. The venue gives you two options but I would've picked this caterer whether it was this venue or not. Buffet style. Two entrees. Two veggies. Pasta. Salad. Rolls. They bring all service people including bartenders. They bring the mixers for alcohol. They plate cake. $16.85 a person. It's a steal.

View Quoted Comment Don't make your family work on an event they are also invited to. And please don't self-cater. Food risks such as poisoning.

View Quoted Comment I'd avoid self catering if I were you. Professional catering exists for a reason (safety being a major one).

Also, I don't see how your comment answered the thread's questions.

View Quoted Comment Actually we are happy with our choice! Thanks!

View Quoted Comment Actually everyone involved is super excited! We are happy with the decision! Thanks tho! 😄

1. How much are you paying per person?

My parents are paying for our catering for our wedding gift and we couldn’t be more greatful. We’re very lucky and thankful for this. $15 a plate

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed)

None, but we’re doing pizzas halfway through the reception also, and a popcorn bar during cocktail hour.

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices)

Buffet style bbq pulled Pork, baked beans, corn, mashed potatoes, biscuits and corn bread, fresh fruit.

4. Does it include alcohol?

No but we’re buying kegs and wine

5. What type of cuisine is it?

BBQ

6. (optional) What is your location?

iron river wisconsin

How much are you paying per person?

$140-150

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed)

Five, we are adding an outside oyster shucker that I found

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices)

stations all night, with seats for all butts. Looking at ‘luxe’ stations like surf and turf for our black tie wedding. We were doing plates but the options were just blah for our foodie group. Avg age for us is 30ish.

4. Does it include alcohol?

No, using an outside vendor for another $20pp top shelf with grey goose, patron, etc

5. What type of cuisine is it?
Fusion, variety

6. (optional) What is your location?

washington dc, prices above don’t include $7k venue and valet parking etc

^also includes late night snack and dessert bar. Plus all labor and rentals etc. The Venue is really just four walls.

View Quoted Comment What a deal! May I ask who you are using? We are using Purple Onion.

1. $15.95/person; less for children

2. None; we are handling the appetizers for cocktail hour separately (also, desserts later are separate)

3. Buffet with 2 entrees, side dish, veggies, salad, rolls

4. Alcohol is handled separately

5. Typical Midwest wedding cuisine

6. Omaha, Nebraska

$45 a person for everything listed. It's a buffet at a hotel in Denver, CO

We will do a consumption bar for the rest of the reception that is not included on this.

View Quoted Comment Eat and Smile Catering. They are great!!! They also try to minimize on food waste and resources during their catered events which I greatly appreciate being environmentally conscious.

1. How much are you paying per person?

A little under $12 pp

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed)

None - We might purchase fruit and cheese and cracker platters for our short 15-20 minute "cocktail hour." That would be an additional $30ish

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices)

Buffet - Baked chicken, broasted chicken, roll assortment and butter, tossed salad and dressing, 4 sides (mashed potatoes, cheesy hash browns, corn, and baked beans), kneecaps, and lemonade.

We bought our cake from a bakery at $4 pp

4. Does it include alcohol? No, we are purchasing that separately. Soda, water, and alcohol will be about $4-6 pp

5. What type of cuisine is it? American

6. (optional) What is your location? Wisconsin

1. How much are you paying per person? We had to do cost effective catering as we planned on self-catering until I started reading here. I was totally comfortable with the food as FH's brother and dad are both professional chefs, but felt guilty making them work during our wedding. So....we ended up w/ @$20pp.

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed): Stationed apps. Cheese and crackers, olives, etc.

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices): Interactive buffet. Each guest will go to the buffet to make selections of pasta, sauce, and add-ins. The chef will then cook their portion and it will be delivered back to their table. Includes salad and bread.

4. Does it include alcohol? No, but it does include bartenders.

5. What type of cuisine is it? Italian

6. (optional) What is your location? Central Florida