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Denise
Just Said Yes May 2025

Love In The Afternoon

Denise, on March 9, 2024 at 10:53 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 7
Hi Loves,


I’m getting married in September and we had our caterer tasting today and the food was phenomenal. However, I’m vegetarian and I was full after just sampling the three appetizers. I’m wondering if we are serving too much food.
We have three appetizers including sliders, assorted crudités with dips, and finally spinach, cream cheese dip with roasted tomatoes and pita chips. We then have a full dinner shortly to follow with one meat entree, two delicious sides, a vegetable and salad with rolls.
My caterer is phenomenal, but I feel like we don’t necessarily need three appetizers and a full dinner. My fiancé doesn’t want to take any of the food home or have a ton of leftovers to give away before we head out for our honeymoon. I also don’t want my guests to starve and I feel like appetizers or dinner only is not enough. My wedding is at 2pm in the afternoon and our reception is at 4pm with a cocktail hour in between.
Are we serving too much food or given the length of our reception from 4pm - 10pm… is that an acceptable amount of food?
Denise

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Latest activity by Denise, on March 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
    Jacks ·
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    How long is the ceremony for? What's the travel time between ceremony and reception. Let's say your ceremony is an hour long, with 30 min travel time. Your guests will arrive at the reception at 3:30, so if you start cocktails then, you'll need to have a substantial amount of food for them. Usually the cocktail hour is only around an hour, but can stretch to 1 1/2 hours as long as there are food and drinks.

    I guess my question is what are you doing for your guests during that gap?

    Glad you were happy with the food!!

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  • Andrea
    Rockstar January 2024
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    Three appetizers and a dinner sounds very typical to me.
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  • A
    Amy ·
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    That sounds like a typical meal to me.

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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
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    I agree, this sounds like a very typical amount of food served at a wedding
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  • Denise
    Just Said Yes May 2025
    Denise ·
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    Thank you!🌸
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  • Denise
    Just Said Yes May 2025
    Denise ·
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    We actually ended up changing our venue so we have a wonderful new venue and exceptional caterers to work with… I think we’ll be happy.💕
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  • Denise
    Just Said Yes May 2025
    Denise ·
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    Awesome thanks!🌸
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