Diy crockpot wedding food...is it possible?

This is a terrible idea, sorry. I am not a finicky person, but I would definitely be a little grossed out to see crockpots at a wedding. Who knows how long they've been out, if the food is actually safe and fresh, and who prepared it all? Let a caterer, NOT you, your friends, or your family, stress out about this on a day that should be about celebrating and not working.

Literally a disaster waiting to happen.

What are you going to do if someone gets sick? A "couple" years of food service experience does not mean wedding experience, and wouldn't you rather enjoy your day instead of seeing if the soup is at proper temp? No one wants only soup at a wedding.

BBQ or Italian are very inexpensive to cater. Have the professionals do it.

All of this. I’m not sure I would be comfortable eating at a wedding seeing a spread like this for all the reasons the other Sarah posted.

I wouldn't do it if you have to prepare all of the food. You should enjoy your wedding and not have to worry about it the whole day. I have no problem with crock pots and people cooking for weddings but I doubt you went to spend the day like that. You can get good caterers for a small price.

Not going to lie, if I showed up to a wedding reception and was expected to eat out of crockpots, I'd leave and go to mcdonalds.

I would not recommend this. Aside from the food safety issues (yes I've worked in the restaurant and catering industries too, but I'd never dare attempt this), this is highly stressful on you, your family, and friends. It would be much better to get things catered.

^^ everything else people have already said. Why do people think this is a good idea? Are you prepared to pay for medical bills if someone gets food poisoning? Such a bad idea. Hire a caterer and if you can't afford one, scale the guest list down to a manageable number.

No, no, no, no. Please don't do this. It's a horrible idea. It concerns me that you're calling your reception an ordeal and you're 10 months out. If you're not ready to get married, postpone so you can save up the money and do it right. Or elope so you don't have to spend the money or worry about the ordeal.

So what happens when everyone gets sick from your mom's potato salad? Guess who gets held liiable and responsible for medical bills, Y.O.U.

People have DIED from potlucks.

This just sounds like one HUGE mound of stress to me. I would cut costs elsewhere and either find a venue with a caterer or find a vendor.

We self catered our stag & doe for 250 people in the fall. That's pretty normal here. So I'm not going to come at it from the sanitation aspect- I have my food handler's certificate and everything was prepared fresh and stored in an industrial kitchen.

I will tell you that we worked from 8:30am the day of, to 6:30am the day after. Literally 22 hours without a break. We were exhausted, didn't have time to mingle with our guests, and while the party was a smashing success (we've been asked to throw another next year) it took us days to recover.

We would have had no time to get ready or take pictures or enjoy the moment. And we certainly don't want to ask our friends and family to spend the day like that.

Let everyone relax and have fun; hire a professional caterer.