Food & Beverage - What's For Dinner

~SIT DOWN FORMAL DINNER~
The dinners are prepared and placed on individual plates and personally brought to each guest by several staff members of the reception location or caterer. The wait staff are professionally dressed and usually wear white gloves for the full effect.

Main Course- When your deciding on the main course, give your guests a choice between beef, chicken or fish. They make this decision when they respond to your wedding initiation. Then tally up the number of each dish that you will need and what table they will be sitting at and your caterer and servers will take care of the rest.
Side Dishes- These decisions are completely up to you. The caterer will give you a choice of starch, type of potato and rice and vegetable. You will want to stick with "normal" foods such as mashed potatoes and corn to ensure you guests will be pleased.

~FAMILY STYLE DINNER~
The tables are preset with china and napkins and the dinner is placed in/on large serving dishes with utensils and brought to the table by a waiter/waitress. The guests will serve themselves, just as they would at their own family dinner.

Main Course- This is decided in the same manor as the sit down formals but instead the main course platter will have all the choices made by each guest at each table. For example: you have 8 guests per table, 3 ordered beef, 2 ordered chicken and 1 requested fish. All of them will be on one platter and your guests simply take the one they ordered.
Side Dishes- This is decided upon by the couple.

~BUFFET STYLE DINNER~
The food is prepared and placed in separate serving dishes and displayed on a long table.

Main Course- This is decided on by the couple. They will have two - four choices and should decide on the type of food that will accommodate most of the guests.
Side Dish- Some catering companies will not offer you a starch but they always offer a vegetable or two. This may something you can negotiate on if you really want a potato included in the dinner.

*All dinners will generally include a salad, rolls and butter, coffee and tea. ENJOY!*