I'm having a plated meal, where guests will be asked when they RSVP to pick 1 of 4 meal options. I'm going to use this to let the caterer know exactly how much of each is needed, obviously. My issue is, how do the servers know who to serve what to without assigned seats? With assigned seats it's easy to give them a printout of the layout with labels of who has meal 1, 2, 3 , and 4, but with just assigned tables, it wouldn't be clear.
I want to avoid assigned seats and just do assigned tables, but I don't understand how that would work with a plated lunch. All the weddings I have been to were buffets, so I've never seen this done. I'm sure there is a simple solution that I just don't see, so I would appreciate any help.