hiya, Im abit confused :/ im planning on having a 2/3pm church ceremony and then going for photos etc meeting the guests at my reception venue until the evening guest arrive around 6pm i am doing a buffet for the evening guests. Ive been told the day guests wouldve had lunch before the ceremony and that they could wait until the evening but i really dont know what to do :/ and theres also the fact i was planning on doing speeches/ cake cutting with the day guests so surely if they are drinking they will need some kind of food. im probably being really daft here haha x
CommentAuthorMrs Forrest :-)
We get married at 3pm too, go to our reception venue around 5, eating sit down meal at 5.30pm. We are only having once course though, speaches and cake cutting, then evening guest around 7.30- 8pm. Not sure if that helps at all x
CommentAuthormcquire81
Im sure they will be fine without but if your really worried then maybe you could get some nibbles laid out on the tables for them to pick at until the evening food?
CommentAuthorInDreamland
They hould be fine hun if you're going to do a buffet around 6pm-6:30pm but if you're worried, with the drinks maybe you could organise some canapes xxx
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CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
thanks ladies. i was thinking drinks and canapes but i am also looking into a hog roast i just dont want to end up wasting loads of money on food. or the other idea was to have an 'afternoon tea' teas, cakes like big sponges and scones etc xx
i mean i dont want to waste money getting too much food that wont be eaten xx
CommentAuthorMrs Forrest :-)
mmm the afternoon tea thing sounds great. Everyone loves cake! x
CommentAuthormcquire81
Afternoon tea sounds like a fantastic idea, maybe just some cakes and scones on little cake stands for them to nibble :-) Wont be too bad on the pocket either xx
CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
thats what i was thinking then it should tide the day guests over until the evening buffet without being too expensive too xx
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Mmmmmm HOG ROAST!!!!! YUMMY! Lol we're having that for our evening buffet.
I like the afternoon tea idea xx
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CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
ahh all these decisions lol xx
CommentAuthorInDreamland
I say have the afternoon tea or canapes followed by hog roast during the evening buffet lol! Oh and can I come? ;) xx
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CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
haha yea why not the more the merrier haha xx
CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
were having 2pm wedding followed by afternoon tea at 4pm and a full buffet at 8-830pm but beware most peeps wont have lunch b4 they come...i wouldnt and at my cousins wedding we didnt get anything until 7pm from a 3pm wedding omg we were starving xxxx
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CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
yea i think im going to have the guests greeted with champagne and canapes, followed by afternoon tea, speeches etc and then hog roast/ buffet in the evening xx
CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
good choice! xxxxx
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CommentAuthorbeclou777
I'm not getting married until 4 o clock and greeting guests with a drink and canapes then prob sit down and eat at 5.30ish, we are actually doing something totally different and having a bbq and some buffett foods but still have a sit down table thing. instead of having seperate people to the day and night we are just having everyone there from the beginning and not putting a buffett on at night as by the time people having eaten and had cake it will be about 6.45ish with us getting married so late on. weather depending we are getting married outside.
so many people are getting married later on I'm really surprised how many xx
CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
im just not a morning person haha xx
CommentAuthorbeclou777
lol!! me neither and i guess you get more time to organise in the morning bcoz i hate rushing but i still doubt i will arrive on time lol xx
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Excellent decision lillybaby - now all you need to do is confirm date, time and venue on this thread and we'll all turn up ;) With me at the front of the queue lol
I'm surprised too at the number of people getting married later, mine is the normal average 1:30pm at the Church (they can't do earlier because of the weekly Saturday mass) - this suited me perfectly but H2B wanted it earlier, thank goodness we couldn't have it earlier as I won't be able to get up so early for shower, hair, makeup and getting into the dress etc. Men don't think what we have to go through to get perfect and ready, for them it's shower, shave and erm, well the other "s" is on the toilet lol, then they're kinda good to go.
xx
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CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
We have booked ours for 2pm but are hoping we can move it forward to 1.30pm and will be having our sit down meal at about 4pm. I have to say though, if I was invited to a full wedding I wouldnt eat lunch before going. I would have a bigger breakfast than normal to keep me going but I would be expecting food unless the invite stated otherwise xxx
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
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I agree with Linzi-jo but if you're serving a full big buffet at 6pm or 6:30pm with cannapes/afternoon tea beforehand and the ceremony is around 3pm to 4pm I reckon you can get away with it. For an earlier ceremony though I'd definitely expect food xx
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CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
see im strange as any function ive attended ive eaten first as i dont eat out i hate the whole awkward bit when you just take a bite and someone is adament on getting you to talk with your mouth full lol but yea ive no intention of making my guests feel hungry i was worried that id over feed them instead lol. i think ill stick to what i have said and see if i can have the hog roast for day and eve guests so that will fill them up and if they want to pick they have the candy buffet normal buffet and cakes ;) xx
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Sounds good hun!
Hog roast goes a long way. About 3/4 of it at sisters wedding was left over as there was so much food in the evening plus all the day guests had only just finished eating the wedding breakfast 3 course meal 90 mins earlier so weren't very hungry. I'm worried after our 3 course wedding breakfast that people will be too full for our hog roast but................... the young men eat a lot! H2B's friends are rather greedy (at one wedding H2B's bestman helped himself to my dinner!)
If there's any hog roast left hun, just ask your venue to wrap for you so you can take it home, pop it in the freezer, it tastes delicious - I put it in noodles lol! xx
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CommentAuthorBrideInTraining
haha fab idea! hog roast and noodles yum! im hopefully meeting my caterer soon so will hopefully get it all sorted they will know the best way to do it all im sure. its so hard when you think you have it sorted then family/friends say something and it completely throws you lol xx
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Lol - just remember hun to trust your instincts, people will always throw something into the mix that'll get you thinking and worried but you'll usually get it right! I'm sure it'll be just perfect (hog roast will make sure of it - if you can't tell I love hog roast) xx
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