Wedding Food & Catering

Every bride wants to provide their guests with a delicious menu that doesn’t cost the earth and provides everyone with something they can eat.  But it is getting harder – vegetarians, vegans, people with nut/seafood/dairy/wheat allergies – finding something for all can be hard work!  Here are some great ideas for catering for all your wedding guests. 

Consider a wedding buffet or think of tasty canapés, a barbeque or even different food stations for example, one with sushi, one with meat and one for vegetarians and vegans.  That way, people can help themselves and can eat to their hearts content.  With a barbeque (great outdoors) guests can pick what they want on to cook and it will get them talking and mixing with each other if you prefer the casual, friendly feel.  Sushi bars are becoming increasingly popular, especially as there are hundreds of varieties.  Hiring some sushi chefs for the day to continually make fresh sushi is an extremely cool way of serving your guests if you have many to feed.

You could also consider the types of food you want to serve; for some people, curries or Chinese food may be a natural choice due to ethnic background but its worth considering the variety of  serving multicultural cuisine.

Italian food for example caters well for vegetarians because of the choice of salads; tarts made of vegetables and goat’s cheese, vegetarian pasta dishes etc.  On the other hand, Chinese food, or pan Asian style food works well with meat lovers.  Japanese food works extremely well with seafood – fresh seared tuna and miso soup.   Japanese and Chinese food are also very low (if not completely free) of dairy.

Thai food is generally spicy and can be a refreshing change to the usual wedding menus; it’s also a great choice for a low gluten diet.  Consider a spiced vermicelli salad to begin with (great with meat or with vegetables).

If you have your heart set of your three course set wedding menu, but you aren’t sure if it will suit all your guests then talk to your chef and let them know of any allergies or potential problems.  It isn’t usually a problem to order some vegetarian plates or some vegan ones.  Remember that you need catering staff that are clued up and will let guests know what is in the food being served; the last thing you need is someone being rushed to the hospital due to an allergy.

 

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