OOOPS! Posted this in the wrong board. Reception food help! : )

Re: OOOPS! Posted this in the wrong board. Reception food help! : )

• Maggie0829 member

  

  March 2014

  CWrightK said:

  Brides i need some help! I am getting married next year, and we have decided on a Dessert wedding reception, where you just serve desserts, not a full meal! I am thinking about serving little finger food, as well as a salad, but mostly desserts. I am planning on putting on my invitations that were just serving dessert, so people know to eat before hand! But, i don't know what time would be best to start the wedding now! We were going to have the ceremony at 6, but now i am thinking more like 7:00, but is that too late or early? 6:00 is what we really want to do, but we think it would be too early for dessert. Our wedding ceremony place and reception place is in the same spot. 

  
  

  If you have your ceremony at 6pm then you need to serve a full meal because your wedding falls during a meal time.  Remember, your guests will need to get ready, drive to your ceremony and most likely show up 15-30 minutes before the ceremony starts.  Where in that time frame will they get a chance to eat a meal?

  
  

  If you really only want a finger food/dessert reception then your ceremony should start no earlier then 8pm.  And there are some on here that will say putting what type of reception you are going to have on your invite is against etiquette, but I actually prefer it.  So instead of just saying "reception to follow" you could write something like "cocktail reception" or "dessert reception to follow".  This will at least let the guests know that they are not going to be receiving a full meal

  
  

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• ei34 member

  

  March 2014

  Wedding receptions in my area usually start at 8pm, and there's always a full dinner, so you're correct that 6pm is too early for dessert. Maybe the reception card in your invitation could say "dessert and beverages to follow"? Although even if I knew in advance I wouldn't be thrilled. I definitely wouldn't eat beforehand though, not if the ceremony starts at 6, I usually eat dinner between 6:30-7, I'd probably leave early and eat afterwards.

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• JMalettas member

  

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Maggie0829 said:

  CWrightK said:

  Brides i need some help! I am getting married next year, and we have decided on a Dessert wedding reception, where you just serve desserts, not a full meal! I am thinking about serving little finger food, as well as a salad, but mostly desserts. I am planning on putting on my invitations that were just serving dessert, so people know to eat before hand! But, i don't know what time would be best to start the wedding now! We were going to have the ceremony at 6, but now i am thinking more like 7:00, but is that too late or early? 6:00 is what we really want to do, but we think it would be too early for dessert. Our wedding ceremony place and reception place is in the same spot. 

  
  

  If you have your ceremony at 6pm then you need to serve a full meal because your wedding falls during a meal time.  Remember, your guests will need to get ready, drive to your ceremony and most likely show up 15-30 minutes before the ceremony starts.  Where in that time frame will they get a chance to eat a meal?

  
  

  If you really only want a finger food/dessert reception then your ceremony should start no earlier then 8pm.  And there are some on here that will say putting what type of reception you are going to have on your invite is against etiquette, but I actually prefer it.  So instead of just saying "reception to follow" you could write something like "cocktail reception" or "dessert reception to follow".  This will at least let the guests know that they are not going to be receiving a full meal

   *The bold font* I also prefer knowing whether or not there's going to be a dinner. Yes, later receptions generally don't, but who knows for sure. If there's not, I definitely want to get a chance to eat before hand, and if there is, I'm going to eat something to tie me over until the later dinner time!

  
  

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• cowgirl8238 member

  

  March 2014

  Maggie0829 said:

  CWrightK said:

  Brides i need some help! I am getting married next year, and we have decided on a Dessert wedding reception, where you just serve desserts, not a full meal! I am thinking about serving little finger food, as well as a salad, but mostly desserts. I am planning on putting on my invitations that were just serving dessert, so people know to eat before hand! But, i don't know what time would be best to start the wedding now! We were going to have the ceremony at 6, but now i am thinking more like 7:00, but is that too late or early? 6:00 is what we really want to do, but we think it would be too early for dessert. Our wedding ceremony place and reception place is in the same spot. 

  
  

  If you have your ceremony at 6pm then you need to serve a full meal because your wedding falls during a meal time.  Remember, your guests will need to get ready, drive to your ceremony and most likely show up 15-30 minutes before the ceremony starts.  Where in that time frame will they get a chance to eat a meal?

  
  

  If you really only want a finger food/dessert reception then your ceremony should start no earlier then 8pm.  And there are some on here that will say putting what type of reception you are going to have on your invite is against etiquette, but I actually prefer it.  So instead of just saying "reception to follow" you could write something like "cocktail reception" or "dessert reception to follow".  This will at least let the guests know that they are not going to be receiving a full meal

  
  Everything Maggie said is what I wold have said.  I would put "Dessert Reception to follow" on the invites to give a heads up also.

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