An outdoor wedding can be a truly magical experience, especially as the sun goes down on a balmy summer evening and the celebrations get into full swing. When you are looking around for all the outside wedding catering ideas that are available you will need to decide upon the type of catering you want for the wedding. Here is a list of five fantastic catering ideas which can be used for any outdoor occasion.
1) Traditional sit-down meal
One of the first ideas you could use is to have a traditional sit down meal for your friends and family.
This will make it easy for you to entertain your guests and make them feel valued by being served by catering staff.
Also, you can have a bit of fun arranging who is going to sit next to whom and which food menu you will decide to choose for your guests. Having seating arrangements will allow people to talk to each other freely without moving about which will help to create some social buzz around the room.
The only negative sides of a sit down meal are the fact that a three-course dinner can be quite pricey and not all your guests will like your choice of menu. As well as this, by giving your guests a three course meal may mean that your wedding cake may not get eaten as your guests could well be too full!
2) Buffet-style wedding breakfast
If you decide to have more of an informal wedding then why not provide guests with a buffet? There are a number of advantages of organising a catering buffet. Firstly a buffet will usually cost a lot less compared to a sit down meal. A buffet also means that you can provide a wider spread of foods and so your wedding will be able to cater for all your guests’ different tastes and requirements, which is difficult with a traditional menu. This option also makes it a lot easier to cater for people with food allergies. For those deciding to have a DIY wedding then you could get every guest to contribute something to the buffet which will help to reduce the costs of the wedding.
3) Bowl taster menus
One of the other options available for catering is to have bowl food, which can be defined as a mixture of a buffet and massive canapés. The way this concept works is that catering staff come round to your table with small bowls which contain a variety of different cuisines from which the guests can choose whichever one they want.
4) Hog Roast
This catering idea still continues to be sought-after for weddings so if you are having a rural wedding in Devon or Cornwall then this could prove to be popular with the guests. To accompany the hog roast you could include a selection of salad and vegetables and hire an ice cream van for dessert.
5) Afternoon Tea
If you don’t have the budget to have any of the above then you could always choose to provide your guests with afternoon tea instead. Get some of your friends involved in baking cakes and making some sandwiches for your guests. Dress up the tables with some decorations and hang some bunting to get everyone in the celebratory mood. Be sure to provide plenty of tea, coffee, soft drinks and also some champagne for the toasts and speeches throughout the reception.
Deciding upon the best catering option for your outdoor wedding can be extremely easy. Once you have chosen your wedding theme you can then begin to plan the type of outside catering that you are going to offer to your guests.
These outside wedding catering ideas were provided by the kind folks at Browns Vibe an outside catering company who specialise in providing elite catering for corporate and private clients.
