How much is your catering: what does it include?

1. How much are you paying per person? $40

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed) includes fruit tray and cheese & meat trey. There will be 2 passed hot h'orderves but we haven't selected those yet.

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices) plated meal with salad course. 3 options, chicken, steak, vegetarian.

4. Does it include alcohol? No purchased in additional package $34 pp.

5. What type of cuisine is it? American

6. (optional) What is your location? North Carolina

1. $30pp

2. No h'orderves included

3. Family-style, choice of 3 entrees, 2 sides, bread & salad

4. No alcohol included

5. Midwestern brewery/farm-to-table

6. Grand Rapids, Michigan

1. About 80pp
2. I think it was fruit and cheeses for the cocktail hour but nothing passed or heavier
3. Plated - choice of 3 meat entrees (or vegetarian), 2 sides and salad. Also includes coffee bar at the end of the night
4. Alcohol not included
5. I think she called it something like “upscale comfort food” but it’s not comfort food. Basically was just a compromise to have delicious, simple food with “upscale quality and service”. Whatever it is sounds delicious.
6. Virginia

1. $58

2. 3 passed hors d'oeuvres

3. Plated, 3 course, 2 entree options

4. No, but the catering and alcohol is all provided by the venue. We're paying an extra $26 pp for a complete open bar.

5. American

6. Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

1. How much are you paying per person? 12 pp and 250 for serving

2. What h'orderves does it include? Doesn't include h'orderves we're just going to get some party trays of finger foods from Wegmans or Costco

3. What dinner does it include? Buffet, 2 meat choices (pulled pork or chicken) roasted red potatoes, green beans and rolls

4. Does it include alcohol? no we are buying our own with the exception of beer that has to be bought through the venue.

5. What type of cuisine is it? bbq

6. (optional) What is your location? northern VA

1. $150pp

2. 6 passed hors d'oeurves, 6 stationary hors d'oeurves and 3 hot chafing dishes

3. Appetizer, salad, choice of a beef, chicken or vegetarian dish for dinner. Cake and other desserts as well as a late night snack of hot pretzels and dipping sauces. (we decided cut out the appetizer so our PP cost should decrease slightly)

4. Yes, includes premium brands and a champagne greeting station

5. American

6. Albany, New York

Edit: The PP price also includes everything else such as linens, tables, chairs, a DOC, etc.

1. How much are you paying per person?

7.99 each
Wilshire Catering and restaurant

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

None, we are doing a luncheon that starts right at 1230 the reception ends at 3

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

Baked ziti, meatballs with sauce, sausage with peppers and onions, roast chicken, oven browned potatoes, salad, dinner rolls.

4. Does it include alcohol?

No we are hosting a mostly dry wedding, just champagne for toasts.

5. What type of cuisine is it?

Standard italian buffet

6. (optional) What is your location?

Rochester new york.

1. How much are you paying per person? 105$ PP not including tax/service charges - those make it closer to 120$ pp

2. What h'orderves does it include? Mediterranean Display of salads, meats and cheeses, 3 cold passed apps, 3 hot passed apps, a carving or action station of our choosing and a pasta station with 2 types of pasta in their own sauce

3. What dinner does it include? 3 course plated meal with three dinner options (chicken, steak and fish) and dietary options upon request (vegetarian/gluten free)

4. Does it include alcohol? 5 hour Mid shelf open bar

5. What type of cuisine is it? American

6. (optional) What is your location? Southern New Jersey.

IMO for everything included in the price (plus private use of the facility for the entire day, all tables, chairs, linens, dinnerware, a DOC who will handle all set up and clean up) it was a no brainer to go with this type of venue

1. How much are you paying per person? $52 pp

2. What h'orderves does it include? Stationed. 2 h'oeuvres + champagne fountain

3. What dinner does it include? Buffet. 2 salads, 3 sides, 4 entrees, and chocolate fountain

4. Does it include alcohol? 4 hour open bar

5. What type of cuisine is it? American

6. (optional) What is your location? Pennsylvania

I am having two caterers. One is for the cocktail hour and bartenders (for whole event) and the other is dinner only. Maybe like some others my total cost also includes labor and dinnerware. This is assuming 150 people as well.

1. How much are you paying per person? About $55 per person

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed) We have 6 apps and all are stations.

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices) Buffet. 3 choices of main dish (of course some people will try multiples), 4 sides, green salad, rolls and cornbread and iced tea, sweet tea and lemonade.

4. Does it include alcohol? No

5. What type of cuisine is it? Apps are a variety I guess and dinner is southern BBQ.

6. (optional) What is your location? South central PA

1. $28/per person

2. 3 passed hors - churros with spicy chocolate sauce, yukon fries with chimichurri, and mexican street corn

3. Buffet - nacho bar, corn chowder, two meats for tacos, veggie taco option, rice, beans, pico, a million taco toppings. They also provide all of the plates/forks, bowls, etc.

4. No

5. Mexican (for Cinco de Mayo)

6. Pittsburgh, PA

Whelp... now I feel a little bad about my catering costs ☹

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Exactly what I've been thinking.... We're in So Cal, so I guess that's the biggest difference. ~$155 pp, including tax & gratuity: 5 passed apps, 3 course plated dinner, 5.5 hours mid-level open bar, coffee service, etc. (All inclusive, so includes beautiful venue with multiple site options for both ceremony & reception [depending on weather], excellent staff, all furnishings, etc.) Still....

View Quoted Comment Mine is a similar PP cost, but doesn't include the cost of my venue ($12k) or the alcohol since I'm buying that and bringing it in. I'm seeing a lot in the $30-$50 range and literally the least expensive caterer I have found is still $110 per person. I feel like I'm missing something.

1. How much are you paying per person $75/person

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed) 8 passed and one stationed table

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices) Buffet. Two mains and three sides.

4. Does it include alcohol? Includes the service but not the actual alcohol.

5. What type of cuisine is it? All vegan.

6. (optional) What is your location? New Jersey

(our visit caterer quoted us $150/person so I’m glad we found this one instead!)

1. How much are you paying per person?

For cocktail hour and dinner, it was about $45/pp before taxes and fees. Adding in the cake and late-night pizza (separate vendors) brings it to about $60/pp.

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

We had seven options, some passed, some stationary. Some light like chips/dip and caprese skewers, some heavy like bbq sliders and chicken strips.

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

Plated- salad/bread, entree, two sides

4. Does it include alcohol?

Not in the cost above. We had a full mid-range open bar through our caterer though.

5. What type of cuisine is it?

American

6. (optional) What is your location?

Central Iowa

1. How much are you paying per person? $41.70 (75), $15 for kids and $15 for vendors

2. What h'orderves does it include? two smoked salmon stations, butler passed bruschetta and spring rolls

3. What dinner does it include? Plated ceasar salad, buffet: Lobster Ravioli, chicken parmesan in lemon caper sauce, garlic roasted mushrooms, green beans and a mash potato bar station

4. Does it include alcohol? No. We supplied our own alcohol but we paid $100 for the bartender and $125 for the mixers to be supplied by the caterer (this is factored into the PP cost)

5. What type of cuisine is it? We wanted a seafood theme but not all was seafood.

6. (optional) What is your location? Orlando fL

1. How much are you paying per person? $145 plus tax & 21% service charge ($190 total)

2. What hors d'oeuvres does it include? 7 passed apps, 1 themed station

3. What dinner does it include? 3-course plated meal, with salad course, then choice of 2 entrees plus silent vegetarian option, and wedding cake

4. Does it include alcohol? Yes, full open bar with premium brands

5. What type of cuisine is it? New American/ Farm-to-Table

6. What is your location? lower New York

ETA also included in that price was a full-service wedding planner (a human, not a book), all the tables, chiavari chairs, all dinnerware/glassware, linens, ceremony site fee, and an inn room for the night.

View Quoted Comment My guess is she isn't making them. My family also wanted to to cook for our wedding. Which would be fine if we were doing a simple back yard wedding. My aunt had a simple church wedding and people from the family brought sides and they provided the meat. There's nothing wrong with it if it works for them.

1) How much are you paying per person? $10.75 pp

2. What h'orderves does it include? None, but we may do cheese trays with crackers.

3. What dinner does it include? Buffet: 2 meats (roast beef and garlic buttered chicken) 2 starches (loaded mashed potatoes and a vegetable blend), green beans, salad, and bread.

4. Does it include alcohol? No, we are getting liquor at Costco and beer from a distributer friend (at his price)

5. What type of cuisine is it? Not really sure what you'd call it, probably American

6. (optional) What is your location? Northwest Ohio