HI All
So we're trying to set up our tasting with our catering company. My questions relate to what is considered "asking too much".
We are doing canapes and hot "cocktails" in the garden between the ceremony and the reception.
We're planning to serve the food family style - so platters to each table that people will then serve themselves from the options. We're starting with a soup that will be served to the tables in the tureens. Then we're having 3 meats, a vegetarian main, mashed potato, cauliflowe/broccoli au gratin and roasted veges. Our dessert will be a buffet with sweets and cheeses.
So here are my questions:
1) How many soups can I ask to taste? We sent through a choice of 4 as options and our caterer priced them all in the same price group. How many should we ask to taste in order to choose?
2) Can we ask to taste all 4 mains? We sent him the recipe for 2 of them, the other 2 are his idea. The 2 recipes we sent are our 2 favourite dishes. In fact the one is the dish I made the first time B said he loved me!
3) Do you normally get charged for a tasting? There's nothing in the contract. And what's a reasonable cost?
4) How many of the canapes can we expect to taste?
Any advice would be appreciated. The caterer comes with our venue, so we didn't have a choice of caterer, so no tastings before deciding on the venue.
B