Overboard?

Knottie_22381884

I am in the midst of putting together my June wedding. It is to be an intimate less than 40 people, total, if everyone comes affair.

The time is 1 on a Sunday, and we're serving refreshments as guests arrive, then a cocktail hour after the ceremony, followed by a full buffet dinner and cake cutting.

Is this too much food for this time of day? We aren't expecting a lot of dancing to take place, just mingling and chatting.

Our goal is for our guests to not have to deal with finding dinner after the reception as it's on a Sunday.

nicoleandersonmd

So, dinner served at 3ish?

Knottie_22381884

Yes, about 3 or so.

Knottie_22382102

If I'm not eating till 3, I'd appreciate the tidbits before hand. Not so much to ruin my dinner...but enough to get by

NYCMercedes

Sounds lovely. Knotties invited?

[Deleted User]

I don't know. I mean, yeah, it's a lot for that time of day, but I have never heard of this "cake and punch" stuff. All weddings I've been to (admittedly not many) have had full dinners of some sort, and I really like to eat, so I don't really think you can go wrong serving a meal at a non-meal time. It's the opposite that would make me go BSC.

Loopyseven

I don't think there's any such thing as too much food .  Ever.

Simply Fated

In Response to Re:Overboard?:[QUOTE]I don't think there's any such thing as too much food :. nbsp;Ever. Posted by Loopyseven[/QUOTE]
This!

OwningAHome1981

In Response to Re:Overboard?:[QUOTE]I don't think there's any such thing as too much food :. nbsp;Ever. Posted by Loopyseven[/QUOTE]

Haha yup! I love food. :

ally91

Completely unrelated but....that's my wedding day too! Congrats!

Calypso1977

i think this is fine especially since its buffet - people can load up for the drive home if they dont want to stop for dinner or they can just eat a little to be social/late lunch and then get something later if tehy want.

or, if your ceremony is only a half hour, lets say, that puts you at 130 - you could almost skip the cocktail hour and just serve the buffet as lunch as 130 is an appropriate lunchtime.

[Deleted User]

Nah, I think it's fine. Most of my family holiday dinners are at about three so that older relatives have time to drive home before it's too dark. So I'm used to big parties having 2-3pm huge lunch/dinner and then eating a small snack at actual dinner time.

winelover123

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_overboard?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0f50cf2a-5663-49c6-a7dc-ace13607b1c0Post:1f60a597-1ce2-406c-9781-d1cb792493b4">Re: Overboard?</a>:
[QUOTE]Nah, I think it's fine. Most of my family holiday dinners are at about three so that older relatives have time to drive home before it's too dark. So I'm used to big parties having 2-3pm huge lunch/dinner and then eating a small snack at actual dinner time.
Posted by vonclancy[/QUOTE]

This. I think your plan sounds good OP.

reppunzel

I think it sounds good.  Since your ceremony is in a mealtime window (I think of 11 am - pm as "lunchtime"), you are correct to serve a meal, and very nice to give your guests something beforehand to tide them over (since they will be getting ready and traveling to your ceremony during the time they would probably be eating lunch).  Besides, one of the benefits of an intimate wedding is being able to splurge a bit more on your guests.

The proper time for a cake-and-punch reception (since it was mentioned in a PP) would be in a non-mealtime slot (mid-afternoon or late evening), when, as ExCalygrl illustrated, people aren't going to need a meal's-worth of food.