Feasting Style Menu – Dining in Family Style

Posted on January 11, 2019January 2, 2019 by Wedding Planner

Before you start getting stressed out with planning your wedding feasting style menu in a family style, take a deep breath. Read this post and trust that this information will make a difference.

The first tip is to start thinking about the most excellent events that have already been invited. They probably had something in common.

When planning your wedding feasting in family style, try to look at the guests’ viewpoint. What do they really want and need to be fully satisfied with? How do they like to feel at a wedding party? Try to incorporate one of the best wedding planners in Dubai at Wedding Champs that ensures your personality and style at the wedding banquet. So, your family members will remember the party with joy.

Before reserving space for the party, make sure that there really is enough room for all the guest tables in a comfortable layout, the dance floor, and the food buffets. The location chosen for the family style wedding banquet should be inviting, comfortable and have enough bathrooms for everyone.

You cannot leave this space without decoration; certainly many pictures can be taken there. For this, you can hire wedding planners in Dubai at Wedding Champs, order or make yourself some arrangements for the tables. Other items you will need to arrange are tables and chairs, in adequate numbers, so that everyone can sit comfortably in a family style; also remember the towels if the tables are not of wood. There are also arrangements as to the dishes, glasses, and cutlery. Make sure that the catering is done in family style because the guests will enjoy the wedding dinner in groups with each other.

Once you decide what service your wedding is in, setting up a dining schedule is critical to the success of the party, especially if you do not have an advisory service. This schedule should be given to your photographer, the person responsible for sound and food so that everyone is coordinated. If the ceremony and reception take place in different places, adjust the timeline, taking into account the travel time between one space and another, for you and your guests.

Reception Hours

Breakfast: start at 10 am.

What to serve: Continental breakfast. Natural juices, coffee, tea, croissants, muffins, fresh fruit, wedding cake.

Brunch: It can be served until 3 pm.

What to serve: Spumante, natural juices, coffee, tea, croissants, salted and sweet pies, quiches, cold cuts, roast beef, omelets, crepes, toast, sweet and savory loaves of bread, mini snacks, fruits, creams, sweets, the cake of marriage.

Lunch: Start at 12h and finish at 16h.

What to do: entrance (canapes, paste, slices of bread, cheese), salads, barbecue, hot and cold dishes, crepes, wine, sparkling, natural juices, soda, table of sweets, desserts and wedding cake.

Cake and champagne: Ideal for the afternoon ending at 5 pm.

What to serve: Few candies, sparkling wine, and mineral water. For cake-only reception, calculate 150g of cake per person, for serving with cake and 100g candies per person. The sparkling wine is 1 bottle for two people.

Cocktail: Start at 4 pm and end at 7:30 p.m.

What to serve: Canapés, salty items (baked, fried and puffed), table of cold cuts, finger food. Some people serve a hot dish after the cocktail, which can be a crust (rings, ravioli or cannelloni) or a crepe.

Dinner: Variable start, but always after 6 pm.

What to serve: Cocktail, cold table, sushi, finger food, seasons, dinner (American, steering wheel, French) desserts, candy table, and wedding cake.

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