Non-religious alternatives to pre-dinner prayer

Our venue coordinator asked us to name someone who would be a "greeter" and get people settled in their seats and ready for dinner when it was ready to be served at the reception. We don't believe in anything religious and are not having any mention of religion at all during our ceremony. I'm a wedding photographer so I've attended hundreds of weddings and I'd say at the majority of them, there is a person (or the officiant, if religious) that is asked to say a pre-dinner prayer. My fiance and I don't pray and we don't want this at our reception. I'm drawing a blank on the many wedding receptions I've attended (guest or vendor), in trying to remember what that role is if the person is just saying a "let's get seated for dinner" and a quick welcome - what else should I have him do/say? I don't want him to do anything extensive, like an icebreaker - we have a great DJ who will do that later in the evening. Any thoughts on what I can have this friend say, pre-dinner? Thanks!