Wedding Forum - What food are you having...

Hi Danielle, we're having a choice of 3 starters, mains and deserts in the day so people can choose on the day then hog roast for evening buffet... I think dependant on theme or if you're not a 3 course meal person something else would be better for you but I like a good 3 course meal haha xx

Were are having a sit down meal add don't fancy idea of people walking around with plates, or guests are having a choice of 3 starters, and 4 mains. And cake for desert.

We had a three course breakfast but the main was a 'posh' Buffett,

I think today, it's not more about tradition, but more what the couple want.

We having canapes at 1pm, 2pm Sit down High Tea - sandwiches, scones, cakes with pink cava with speeches e.t.c , then we having a hog roast starting from 6.30pm, with the non day guests coming from 5pm so they can do some of the afternoon games and have a drink before the hog roast is ready . we having loads of potato salads and couscous too with it e.t.c. :)

We're having a sit down 3 course meal.

Choice of either leek and potato soup or Trio of melon

Roast beef, or goats cheese tartlet for vegetarians (they chose)

And Trio of mini desserts, chocolate Brownie, citrus cheesecake and strawberry pavlova

We're having a 3 course sit down meal.

Choice of chicken liver terrine or smoked salmon for starters.

Chicken and asparagus or pork and apple for mains.

And a Chou pastry swan in a chocolate 'loch' for afters.

Tea and coffee served with tablet too.

We've got an evening buffet too but as we're not having any additional guests in the evening it's just sandwiches and sausage rolls.

We had a full wedding breakfast for full-day guests. Starter was a goat's cheese and onion tartlet, main course was duck, and the pudding was a chocolate marquiss. We also had unlimited red and white wine, and tea or coffee with small welsh cakes. For the evening do we had a buffet.

We are doing a passed canapés first:
Smoked salmon and cream cheese on mini bagels
Parmesan Risotto Balls
Seared Wasabi beef with ginger on watermelon cubes
Smoked Salmon
Mini Quails Egg Royale- brioche, smoked salmon, quails eggs, and hollandaise

We are doing a 2 course sit down (the dessert broke our budget unfortunately but we're going to use our cake as the dessert course!)

Starter:
Fresh fig, caramelised red onion and goats cheese tartin, petit herbb & leaf salad, balsamic caramel

Main:
Corn fed chicken stuffed with chestnut mushrooms, ricotta cheese and roasted garlic, white and wild rice pilaf, asparagus, creamy sage sauce

Followed by tea, coffee, and chocolate truffles

Followed by cake (yum!!!)

For the evening we are doing passed food:
Bacon butties
Fish and Chips in paper cones

We are also going to have a Dessert and Crisps Table:
Bags of English crisps (for the Americans coming)
Cake pops
Biscuits
Cupcakes


Phew… Somehow I was worried before we didn't have enough food.. I don't think that is the case!

Everything sounds great!! I love the sound of the canapés but budget just won't strech that far!! Usually when we go to a wedding we go get something small to eat after the church before going to the hotel to keep us going until dinner! I had initially thought of just having soup as a starter to keep costs down but our hotel is 5 course or nothing!! Although the it was originally supposed to be choice of starters also and I got them to agree to one starter (vol u vent) to keep costs down a little. Surprisingly for our buffet it was the same price to go with the butties and chips as having sandwiches sausage rolls etc. we are also having a candy cart and will be putting little bags on the place setting saying fill me up at the candy cart so will double up as favours!

We're having the 3 course meal followed by a buffet in the evening.

Glass of bucks fizz on arrival, wine with dinner and then some sparkling wine for toasts.

We're using a local supplier through our venue called Cairn'o'Mohr who will supply a non alcoholic drink during canapes/cocktail hour.

Then from the same supplier wine/cider and fruit juice on the tables during meal.

Evening. Guests buy their own.

We're buying the drinks on a buy and return bases so whatever we don't use will be refunded to us.

We are getting everybody welcome drinks which will be bucks fizz and orange juice for children and those hat don't want alcohol. Then as we are having an evening only wedding everybody will be buying their own drinks during the night x

We had a selection of Chinese style/oriental style canapés with the welcome drinks.

Course wedding breakfast:
Lobster bisque for starters, veggie option starter which was some veggie terrine
Chicken stuffed with mushroom mousse and saffron sauce, veggie option main also offered
Chocolate mousse dessert for everyone

My dad and I had a different main though because I wanted pork wellington and my dad preferred it too, we also had a pear frangipane tart for dessert, again just because I preferred it. Brides prerogative lol.

Evening buffet was hog roast with so many sides, I didn't have any of it because I just couldn't eat much all day. Our wedding cake was also served during the evening buffet.

We're having a bbq :) And then for the evening were having a buffet

Hello all

Starting with various canapés and prosecco

Then having a 3 course sit down meal, haven't narrowed down my selection yet, the menu selectors I was given by the venue are great but we get to make 2 choices and a vegetarian choice and there are 6 options on each course, going to be hard to narrow it down!

Our evening buffet is going to be traditional - Scottish Stovies and Oatcakes and wedding cake!

Once we narrow it down we will be going to try the whole menu we pick! and I am looking forward to that xx

I think we are having canapés for guests when they arrive and then a big buffet at night along with the wedding cake. We don't want a sit down meal so just going have nibbles on the table too x

We have prosecco to toast the bride and 2 bottles of wine on each table, but then the rest of the night the guests will buy there own drinks. x

We're having:
Starter: prawn cocktail or leek and potato soup
Main: choice of about 6 pies served with mash, mushy pies and gravy
Dessert: bake well tart or Eton mess
Cheese board
Coffee and mints

Evening we have mini hot dogs, mini burgers and salad with a cheese cake and biscuits and our cake will also be served!

I can't wait- our menu tasting was amazing!!

Ooooh a bbq sounds like a lot of fun!! Beximo86 I love the idea of bottle of bud! We are also going to buy our own wine/champers and pay for corkage as it works out a lot more although the I'd say we will end up with a lot of left over wine. Donna I'm not sure about hotels doing a buy back service. I don't think ours does anyway as the wine they supply is a lot more expensive than the wine we will be buying! Also u usually get 4 glasses of wine from a bottle not very big glasses though so it depends if you want to do one glass or two. I personally think its better to get the waiting staff to pour the wine instead of leaving on tables that way it's fair that everyone gets the same amount but that's just my personal choice. X

Hi all,

We are have in. A 3 course meal

Starters choice of :- melon or prawn cocktail
Main choice of:- roast beef/ chicken with mozzarella and Parma ham and a veggie option of stuffed red pepper with lemon cous cous
Children can have chicken nuggets and chips if they wish
Dessert choice of:- lemon and lime posset/ chocolate brownie with chocolate sauce and mint chocolate chip ice cream/ or just ice cream.

We are having a buffet in the evening and having our wedding cake served with it, our wedding cake is going to consist of 5 different flavours:- fruit cake, Victoria sponge,chocolate cake( maybe chocolate fudge) white chocolate and raspberry and a citrus sponge maybe lemon.
I'm making the wedding cake so I'm being outrageous and having 5 tiers :)


For the drinks we are having arrival drinks of wine/ fresh orange juice
Bottles on the table of red/ rose/ white for during the meal
And. A toast drink of sparkling wine.

We are also having a sweet buffet but not sure when to open that, it will deffo be after the. Meal though, so the children don't ruin their appetite.

That's a really good idea, if only I had thought about this before, I have just designed and as we speak are getting the favour boxes printed, mind you it's mainly to make the table look pretty than to want to give favours lol!

Think I may do it as the evening guests arrive as it means they can have some too! Of decisions decisions, it's crazy everything has to be thought out to the most tiniest detail doesn't it.