How much is your catering: what does it include?

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There is an issue with it when someone gets sick or if that means that instead of relaxing and enjoying the day important family members are working overtime to make sure the food is hot and ready for the guests.

The reception is thrown to THANK your guests for coming to your WEDDING (The wedding is actually the ceremony where the marriage takes place - the reception is just an optional party. You only need to first part to be married not the second. People seem to forget this). There is no way to thank someone less than by asking them to work the party being thrown for them.

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Not sure why you're excited for food poisoning!

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Can I ask who you are using? I am also in Albany and haven't found a caterer yet!

$35 pp for a shrimp boil with cole slaw and key lime pie as well as a grilled chicken option to accommodate allergies.
They provide tables, chairs, linens, plates and utensils. I'm getting different linens and plates, and am going back and forth on chairs.

1. How much are you paying per person? food costs ($42) overall cost per person including rentals, wait staff, bartenders, etc ($110)

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed) All stationed & doing a bruschetta bar, veggies, fruit, anti-pasto

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices) Buffett: salad, chicken, salmon, butternut squash raviolis, roasted veggies, potatoes, rice

4. Does it include alcohol? Alcohol is not included

5. What type of cuisine is it? American

6. (optional) What is your location? Charlottesville, VA

$50pp

Buffet brunch with quiches, sausage, bacon, cheese grits, potatoes, biscuit bar (with sausage gravy, pimento cheese, honey ham, country ham, jams, honey and butter), slider bar(Angus beef, pulled pork, marinated chicken, cheeses and bacon) mixed Green salad, fruits, juices, coffee, teas, lemonade

Alcohol included- mimosa and a bloody Mary bar

They will also cut my cake for free

Greenville SC

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Its the in-house caterer at our venue but Mazzone is the company. They have several restaurants/venues in the area but also cater outside their venues. Their food is amazing and I 100% recommend them.

1. How much are you paying per person? $20 pp

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed) None

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices) BBQ Buffet with choice of pulled pork or chicken, 3 sides, and hushpuppies/biscuits

4. Does it include alcohol? Yes, beer and wine

5. What type of cuisine is it? Southern BBQ

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

$45

None.

Buffet with carving station of prime rib

No
American
Houston Texas

1. How much are you paying per person? - $12/pp

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed) - Scallion cheese dip, we provided additional spreads (veggies, fruit, shrimp)

3. What dinner does it include? (buffet or plated / # courses / # of different choices) - Buffet style dinner with enough for seconds and even thirds. It included: garden salad, orzo salad, loaded potato salad, homestyle mac and cheese, oven roasted chicken with 3 sauces (buffalo, BBQ, and one I can't remember), BBQ pulled pork

4. Does it include alcohol? No, we provided this ourselves (assorted beers, wines, liquors, waters, juices, sodas, etc

5. What type of cuisine is it? BBQ style, she owns her own restaurant

6. (optional) What is your location? The wedding and the caterer were located in Maine (so, super cheap lol)

It was delicious! She did an awesome job, and the price included all serving ware, her staff, cake cutting, cake serving, and cleanup.

1. We estimate it to be about $192 per person (includes tax & gratuity). It is an all inclusive venue so this includes the venue, wait staff, flatware. (doesn't include linens)

2. 5 white glove butler passed items and two stations

3. Formal plated dinner and late night snacks

4. YES! plus two hours extended bar for the after party

5. American

6. Pittsburgh

Why does everyone have to make such a big deal over someone wanting to have a self catered wedding. There are so many different circumstances. Some social circles of friends and family love old fashion pot luck fire hall weddings. I wouldn't suggest it for a huge wedding but for small affairs why is it so bad? I have to laugh every time someone immediately assumes everyone will get food poisoning. Has no one really ever eaten something from a pot luck event. Maybe I just don't get to worked up about those things. Then again I have eaten a rat that a boy had on a stick on the side of the road once lol Anyways that is just my opinion. Oh well.

$79 pp plated 3 courses
6 passes included
2 bottles of wine per table included in package
Cheese and cracker station included
Coffee station included
Cake was 4. 25 p slice . Overall cake was alittle over $1,000.
Dessert station $250 serves approx 50 guests
I added it to the cake table.
Massachusetts and American cuisine.

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What's wrong with it? Botulism. People have DIED from potlucks. Just google potluck deaths. Plethora of articles will come up.

You've eaten a rat on the side of the road and your catering is $192PP, not buying it.

1. How much are you paying per person? $19

2. What h'orderves does it include? (If any: passed / stationed) none

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

plated. salad. chicken/beef, veggies potatoes, rolls. tea/water/coffee.

4. Does it include alcohol? no. that is $959 Separate

5. What type of cuisine is it?

6. (optional) What is your location?

Dallas

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Lmao I had the same thought- not buying it.

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Are you not having a cocktail hour?

So to make it simple...

1. How much are you paying per person?

38$/ person for adults, 15$/ child 6-18, free for kids under 5

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

Stationed- bacon wrapped smokies, cheese platters, veggie platters, fruit platter- 150$/station- station feeds 100-

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

Buffet style- salad, bread roll, garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli/carrots Or bacon wrapped asparagus, smothered steak or smothered chicken, tea/coffee/lemonaid— 30$/person approx

4. Does it include alcohol?

No. Alcohol is purchased by the table/ keg. We chose to only provide wine and beer. This will add around 2k to the total cost

5. What type of cuisine is it?

I would say fairly “american”

6. (optional) What is your location?

Panora, Iowa

total cost of food/ drink— approx 7500$

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Hahaha what does the wedding cost have to do with me not being a picky eater or worked up by where I eat food? I think you missed the point. I do not get worked up by pot lucks but then again I don't really worry about those things which is why I gave the example. So I was kind of poking fun at myself and how I am probably not qualified for what is ok and not ok to eat due to my lack of judgement with food. lol!

View Quoted Comment Huh? What does my adventure of food eating have to do with my wedding cost? I was kind of poking fun of my own judgement by pointing out a risky food experience.