8 Original Ideas For Catering At Weddings
The catering wedding is one of the things you need to plan well in advance, knowing maintain a good balance between budget, preferences of the couple and guests.
Wedding planners often offer a variety of ideas to help achieve this goal. In recent years, buffet-style food, with self-service stations have been one of the most chosen options, since it greatly facilitates the dynamics of the event. However, depending on the type of wedding, this may not be the option chosen, but rather a full service one.
Are you planning the catering for your wedding day? If so, do not worry and keep in mind that you can always combine alternatives for your comfort.
In the following article we will give you some very interesting options for catering at weddings. No need to “fall” into the typical banquet!
1. Have a picnic, one of the most original ideas for a catering
If the idea is to organize an outdoor wedding in the best country style … What better idea than to share a picnic! Baskets full of fruits, tablecloths on the floor, cushions to be more comfortable, fruit juices, sandwiches, cakes and everything you can think of that can be eaten without cutlery and without a table. It will be more than fun!
2. Tasting menu
It is one of the trends in catering at weddings, since it allows us to try many dishes without leaving us with an appetite. The idea is as follows: set up a large table as if it were a buffet with “samples” of food: sushi , Galician octopus, salads, prawns, chicken, meat, pizzas, etc.
This variety of options is a more than original idea that also becomes a safe bet when the guests are of various ages or different tastes. You can choose what everyone likes! And the menu will be much more varied.
3. International food
If you are a couple who have traveled a lot around the world, for your wedding you can take advantage of and offer dishes from all (or several) the countries you have visited. For example, a Mexican food stand with tacos and guacamole; one of Italian food with pasta and pizza; one of Argentine food with barbecue and empanadas or one of Japanese food with sushi and sake.
4. Themed meal
Similar to the above, another option for catering at weddings that is quite popular. The idea is this: organize a party whose theme is for example a country, a culture or a movie. And then base the menu on that theme.
If you have chosen to have a very Spanish wedding, then do not miss the paella, squid and gazpacho. If you really like oriental culture, you can offer chao mián or pai thai. If you have chosen a movie, find out what dishes were served on the ribbon or decorate the dishes referring to it.
5. Custom menu
It is very fashionable to receive presents according to our specific tastes and that has also been transferred to weddings. In addition to the guests taking a souvenir related to themselves, we can offer them a 100% own menu.
How? It is as simple as placing the name of each one on a muffin and giving it as a souvenir or choosing in advance the menu they want to eat (among a handful of available options). You can also make starters decorated with personal tastes: music, sports, cinema, literature, travel, etc.
6. Informal menu
Another idea for catering at day and outdoor weddings. Undoubtedly, this will appeal to everyone since the menu will be “international” or rather, known to each guest. Burgers, mini pizzas , french fries, sandwiches … all served on trays.
You can leave them prepared on the tables or hire waiters to take care of distributing the food among the guests. The idea is that the portions are small, as if they were tapas, so that they can be enjoyed standing up and without cutlery.
7. Show cooking, another option for catering and entertainment
When we organize a wedding, many times the shows or live concerts are left out due to lack of budget. So a good idea is for your food service to include a demonstration.
It is not necessary that there are five chefs cooking different dishes, but the person in charge of the main dish or desserts is capable. The most striking options are the cooks preparing stir-fries, pancakes, Japanese food, roast beef or Mexican tacos.
8. Favorite dishes
The wedding should revolve around the tastes of the bride and groom, although sometimes we strive to please others. So a good idea for wedding catering is to choose the favorite foods of those who are married… and offer them for lunch or dinner.
Perhaps the bride likes pasta with cream of mushrooms and the groom likes meat with baked potatoes. Perfect! They already have two options to offer that day. Do the same with desserts. In simplicity is success.
As we have seen, although for many years certain menus were chosen at weddings because they “looked good” or because they were considered traditional and classic, this has changed a lot with the years and fashions.
Don’t give your wedding catering any more , make it beautiful, tasty and simple. Do not cut yourself just because of the fear that they will not like it ! It seems impossible, but it is not. It all depends on the type of event you organize, the time of year it is held, the time of day, the personal tastes of the bride and groom and the budget.
Yamila Papa Painter
Yamila Papa Pintor is a journalist specialized in sports (Circle of Sports Journalists, 2006-2008). Between 2010 and 2011 he worked as a sports journalist at “Argentinos Pasión”. Since 2011 he has been writing articles on different topics: health, sports, travel, pets and cooking recipes, among them. In addition, she is a radio and television announcer, and a great enthusiast for natural life. She is a vegetarian and an active participant in a foundation in charge of planting trees in her home country, Argentina. In terms of languages, he is fluent in English and Portuguese, and has a basic level of Arabic. He recently completed his training with the course: “Introduction to Food and Health” (Stanford University, 2019)
