Last week we spoke in detail about different sceneries
in the Albury Wodonga area to hold your wedding
ceremony/reception.
Another idea for your ceremony/reception is a
marquee, which are great to have.
Holding your reception in a marquee enables you
to choose a unique backdrop such as the botanical
gardens or even your own back yard.
Marquee’s are a great idea but you have to be
aware that you will have to finance the cost of hiring
the grounds, possibly, as well as organising tables and
decorations and catering and audio equipment. It is
ideal for taking complete creative control of the
decorations, catering and the entertainment and an
outdoor tent will require a nearby power source,
restroom and kitchen facilities for your caterers.
So all the nerves and the twitches and the jitters are
over and its now time to get into the celebrating, but
you have to feed and water the multitude of people that
have turned up for the wedding.
You have two options for food and wine for the
reception.
You can hire a caterer or hold your reception at a
function house or restaurant where food is provided as
part of a package deal.
Before you shop around and ask for various quotes in
writing, make sure you have a firm idea how many guests
will need to be served, and don’t forget to enquire
about group discounts, mid week specials and
complimentary extras.
You need to ask things like are you able to
sample their dishes before deciding, how are the charges
calculated, do the caterers have public liability and
workers compensation insurance, how much fluctuation in
guest numbers is allowed before the price changes, do
you need to arrange a children’s menu, Can you cater the
menu to your liking?
Now, with the meal options there’s all different ones:
there’s a wedding breakfast,
there’s a wedding brunch, you can have a wedding
lunch, a wedding tea, a cocktail party, a sit down
dinner and
wedding buffet just to mention a few. Say for a cocktail
party, which are very popular these days, an evening
reception is usually held in a smart venue and allows
guests to stand and mingle.
Serving style is canapés, sparkling wines and
cocktails followed by the wedding cake.
This then gives the youngies time to go off to
the nightclubs afterwards.
The option of the wedding tea: I am doing a
wedding soon in the botanical gardens and they are going
to serve a high wedding tea afterwards, its held at 3 or
4 in the afternoon, this light fare involves finger food
or a simple buffet and wedding cake served with alcohol
and/or cocktails.
The wedding brunch: this light luncheon or morning tea
should take place between 10:30 or 12,
combining breakfast and lunch foods followed by
dessert. If
morning is too early for alcohol, serve wedding punch
(yum yum).
This Newsletter's ZIP or ZAP
Keep a tier of your wedding cake and freeze it for the
christening of your first child.
Regards,
Annie.
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