When it comes to your big day, the venue and the dress tend to eclipse the food in terms of importance and planning order, but while these parts are obviously, very significant, we believe that the catering should also be considered a central part of your big day. It’s about bringing your guests together with wonderful food and providing fun and creative ways of serving and eating these delights. If you are keen to inject some interest into your wedding catering, here are some ideas for your wedding food.

Cold and crisp

This wedding catering idea involves cold food only and is aimed at delighting and refreshing guests at a hot and sunny wedding. For this form of catering, there is a focus on fresh, raw and bright coloured ingredients. So it would be particularly suited to couples who lead a healthy lifestyle, or who are perhaps vegetarian or vegan. Dishes include colourful crudités with herb dips, tangy gazpacho, succulent sashimi and tropical fruit salads. In terms of drinks, fresh fruit cocktails would be perfect.

Sharing and caring

Banquet style catering is a recent wedding trend. This kind of catering is all about you, your family and friends sharing stories over sumptuous stews, passing platters and laughing over lush, leafy salads. This style of dining would suit a bride and groom looking for laid-back yet elegant dining at beautifully dressed trestle tables. The focus of the food here is on sharing. Think antipasto boards, centrally placed pans of paella and tiered cake stands loaded with mini desserts. Large carafes of red, white and rose wine would be a must. If you have your heart set on something more formal, it’s easy to incorporate this dining style subtly into a traditional wedding. Click here for wedding caterers in Dorset that create an elegant balance.

Theatrical dining

If you want to see your guests gasp with delight every time a course is served, theatrical dining may be the way to go. Yes, we are referring to Heston Blumenthal style food that is dramatic and amazes all the senses. Because there is a lot of work involved in this style of dining, you are going to need a pretty sizable budget. However, do your research as you may stumble across an affordable gem somewhere. Typical of this style of dining are unusual flavour combinations that surprisingly work and dishes that are interactive. One of our favourite dishes involves hot chocolate sauce being poured over a white chocolate dome to reveal salted caramel ice cream inside. Mouth watering and fun!

As you can see, there are many unique and wonderful ways to serve food at your wedding reception. By doing something a little differently, you can make your big day an even more enjoyable and memorable occasion for you and your guests. Now, get your creative hats on and have fun with your food!

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