My venue provides bar food, for the photographer as we are not having a band. It was £8.00 which was fine for me, I just need to confirm with him times etc. I think most 'wedding' venues do this. Alternatively you can ask your caterer to make a sandwich plate up for them? Friends have also told bands to help themselves to the buffet.

Our DJ was invited to help himself to our evening buffet. We didn't have to provide food or drink but I wanted to give him some food. Can you let them have some of the evening buffet then maybe tell the bar you'll provide them a certain number of soft drinks.

im not having an evening buffet; we're having either a hotdog vendor or hotpot supper. I suppose they could be part of that for their snacks but their contract states that they need a hot meal providing before their set starts (at 8:30pm)

Was thinking of getting the catering staff to make up some plates for them after our main meal is done, what do you think?

Ah fair enough...

Pizza idea is good! X

Keeps the cost down xxx

Hi there,

What does their contract say? The string quartet we had during the day specifically requested a mixture of sandwiches to be provided in their contract, plus soft drinks.
We had the cater make them a mixture up, and gave them a couple of bottles of still water.

The evening band were less fussy, we just let them help themselves to the evening hog roast during their interval, and put some money behind the bar for them to have some drinks.

I hope that helps x

I don't think it's cheeky at all for a band to request food... My h2b is in a band and they covered a reception back in June and by the time they finished and headed for the buffet, it had all been cleared away and only cake was available. Feeding 5 grown men on just cake to me is not acceptable. Yes bands are expensive but they are also human and need to eat an drink... It gets vvv hot on stage under their lights...

Clairenina does that mean you're not feeding your photographer?

The contract says we need to provide a sufficiant hot meal for 3 blokes, good supply of soft drinks (I'm going to buy a amsll crate of bottles water) and snacks for later (They specified biscuits or finger food) I was going to get the caterers to make up some butties.

I'm all for feeding my band and photographer, deffo! I just dont want to spend any more than I have to, if there are cheap optionns..

Just an ask...When does the photographer usually eat? She's not mentioned anything, i just assumed she'd need fed and watered at some point, seeing as we have her for 12 hours!