Meal Choices

Re: Meal Choices

• MobKaz member

  

  November 2012 edited November 2012

  Many other posters may disagree with me, but this was a detail we did not fret about.  Many of our guests automatically clarified the distinction on the card by adding their name following their choice selection, like so....

  
  

    1 Chicken      (Sue)

     1 Beef     (Mike)

  
  

  Many couples ordered the same entree, making it a non issue.   For those who had differing entrees, we just assumed the guests would have no problem simply switching their plates amongst themselves.  Some of the servers also confirmed with the guest prior to placing the entree, such as, "Beef, sir?" .

  
  

  The other issue is that your guests selection needs to be written onto their escort card, and that guest needs to remember to bring that card to their seat.  Some guests will forget or lose that card, even in the short time from cocktail to dinner service.  

  
  

  As long as the servers know how many meals of which entree need to be at each table, the rest is fairly simple.  The servers prefer to interrupt/disrupt the guests as little as possible, but a few quiet switches at a table should not be a big deal among friends and family.

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• jessicabessica member

  

  November 2012

  Are you having escort cards per couple or per person?  If it's per couple, just put two stickers/marks for the entrees on the card.  You could also tell people "please initial your choice" on the response card so that they indicate who wants what.

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• getaclue44 member

  

  November 2012

  We had to do this as well. We left a line for their name and then another that said meal choice. We fit two on each response card...so for families of four we did two response cards. On our escort cards we typed their name, table number, and entree.

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• JaxInBlue member

  

  November 2012

  We asked guests to initial their entree choice on the response card.  It worked out well in most cases and when it didn't we made sure the whole response card was seated together so that plates could be swapped.
  
  We also did place cards instead of escort cards (we had an escort board letting guests know to which table they were assigned), and did assign seats per our venue's request.  We used ribbons to indicate which entree the guest ordered, punching a hole in the top corner on one side of the card and tying a small bow.  Blue ribbons were beef, silver was chicken, lilac was vegetarian, empty punches were kids meals.  It worked very well for us.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Magdala9 member

  

  November 2012 edited November 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_food-cakes_meal-choices?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:23Discussion:a4bed7a2-adaa-4d08-8204-3d3699e064d2Post:81984c17-a2af-446b-b5a1-a92f3fe008d9">Meal Choices</a>:
  [QUOTE] they want exact, meaning that each place card has to differentiate the meal our guest wants, Posted by Eisel2Be[/QUOTE]
  
  When my venue wanted exact counts, they wanted to know 50 Beef Tenderloin, 47 Salmon Wellington and 25 Ravioli Funghi (our menu choices).   They did not care which meal was served to which guest.   For those guests with special request meals (gluten free, no salad, no nuts) they wanted guest name and table name so that any special request meals went to the correct guest.

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• TurtlesAllTheWayDown member

  

  November 2012

  We also asked guests to initial next to their choice. Some just checked off each choice (we had 2, so a couple checked one of each). That was fine - we just told the venue how many for each table and figured people could switch around their entreewith their partner/date if they wanted the other one.

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• Eisel2Be member

  

  December 2012

  Thanks guys, I will go ahead and have the cards state to initial next to the meal choice, it seems like thats the best way to go, hopefully my guest comply! Now to determine what the escort cards will look like....

  

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