Let’s talk catering 🍽

We knew without doing any tastings, pricing, etc. who our caterer was going to be. They're a super popular (and delicious) barbecue restaurant in our state. Everyone we know LOVES this place and we knew we had to have it for our wedding. The few people we've told about the catering are SO excited For 85 people with tax and gratuity, it'll be just under $1,400

Pulled barbecue pork, fried chicken, macaroni & cheese, hash & rice, corn, baby limas, rolls, and sweet tea!

We met with 2 different caterers. One is a friend who owns a pretty popular restaurant near us, and we mostly met with him to get an idea of what to ask, what we should be looking like for a budget, that sort of thing. The other one we met with is the one we ended up signing with. We are having BBQ and from the first time we had their food I was hoping they would work out for us. Their food is amazing! The first time we met with them, the owner asked us how we found them. I explained that we were up there for my cousin's daughters graduation party and, of course, she knows my family. She asked who my mom is and when I told her she got teary eyed (my mom passed away last year). She told me that she used to live down the street from my grandparents and my mom used to baby sit her kids. It's hard to explain but at that moment I knew they were the caterer for us. It's almost like my mom sent us there and said this is the caterer for you. Added bonus that her and her family are some of the nicest people on the planet.

We only met with 1 caterer, for our venue they have a list of approved caterers. One of them I had at another wedding and I wasn't impressed at all (had to stop at McDonald's after the wedding). The other was out of budget. So when we went to meet with the one we choose, we hoped it would work. We clicked right away with the owner, he was super friendly and offered to adjust some small things that I wanted. Our budget for food is $4,000; we looked at it the other day and we should be right around there; just depends on declines. For our main meal we are having a served salad with three different dressings: Ranch, French and raspberry vinaigrette. Then we are doing a buffet for the main meal which is: roast beef in beef gravy, chicken piccata, garlic mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and dinner rolls. We are still figuring out the appetizers but right now it looks like: crab cakes, small chicken quesadillas and meatballs.

I know me too! Thank you, yours sounds good too!! I love crab cakes lol.

We knew who we were going to use immediately! We have a long distant family member that owns a catering business in my hometown. We're getting married 2 1/2 hours away from my hometown so it was just a matter of seeing if he'd travel for my wedding. He said yes, and we're getting a great deal on the food! His food is so good so I'm really excited!

We're doing: Grilled Chicken, Roast Beef, Chicken Legs, Mac & Cheese, Green Beans, Mashed Potato Bar, and Rolls