Hello,
Do you need passed hors d'oeuvres and an hors d'oeuvres station (cheese, crackers, veggies, fruit, etc) at cocktail hour? Our ceremony (30 min max), cocktail hour, and reception are all going to be in the same place so dinner will be served relatively soon after the wedding begins. To save a little money we are thinking of only doing passed OR a station. Do people usually expect both? We are considering having some late night snacks by our catering company (sliders, pizza, or something like that) so maybe that would make up for it? Thoughts?
Re: Cocktail hour food
Around here, in the mid-west, with a ceremony and reception in the same place, with only about 30 minutes between them, no apps would be expected.
For your situation I would go with stations...you will save money because you won't need to have servers and then people can get what they want when they want.
[QUOTE]If you are serving alcohol for an hour, you definitely need some food to go with it. You can do stationary, passed, or both, it doesn't really matter. <strong>Instead of a late night snack, which not all guests will enjoy as some will have already left, put that money toward the hors d'oeurves or the bar.
</strong>Posted by Peavy[/QUOTE]
This is a very good point. Late night snacks are "cute" but you have to purchase enough for all your guests but then maybe only half or a third of your guests will be around to enjoy them...that is a lot of waste.
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