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Wedding Catering: How Much and How Many
Questions, Answers and Tips
Do you have a question about how much food or drink to serve at your wedding? You can get all your questions about your wedding catering answered here.
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Your Wedding Catering Questions Answered
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How Much Wedding Food?
 
We’re having appetizers at our wedding and I’m not sure how many to serve. Is there a formula on figuring out how many ‘bites’ per guest for a certain ...
How Much Booze?
I'm planning the drinks for my wedding and have one question for you - booze! How did you decide how much to get and what? I am a complete wine novice ...
Tables For A Marquee Wedding
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We are having a wedding reception in a Marquee. I have enough round tables for all the guests, but am not sure how many extra tables I will need for the ...
How Much Cheese For 100 Person Wedding Reception?
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We are having 100 guests at our wedding with a three course meal. We want to have a cheese course but don’t know what type or how much to get. Also how ...
How Many Staff For A 120 Person Buffet?
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We are having a buffet wedding breakfast, but it will be a sit down meal for 120 people. I am happy for my guests to go up to collect the food, but I ...
How Many Drinks For 150 Guests?
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We are providing the drinks for our wedding. We want to have some fizz for the reception and toast, we will serve red and white wine for the meal and ...
Calculating Drinks For A Wedding
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Can you please assist me? I want to know how much alcohol to supply. I am having 140 guests at the wedding.
I want to have:
Beer
Champagne
Lemonade
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How Much Food Should I Order?
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If I have 100 guests, should I order food for 100 guests or for 70?
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You should definitely order food for the number of guests attending,...
Drinks For An Open Bar For 80 Guests
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I am having an open bar. How much alcohol should I buy for 80 people for a wedding starting at 1pm?
Planners estimate one drink per person ...
How Much Alcohol For 80 Guests?
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I am providing the alcohol for 80 people for the evening, how much should I buy?
Thanks
Answer:
You should allow half a bottle of wine per ...
How Much Wedding Food Do I Need To Order?
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I am having a small wedding with only 40 guests and I've decided to order the food for the reception from M&S Food to Order. It is a cold, 'afternoon ...
How Many Sandwiches For My Wedding Buffet?
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I am catering for 150 people but not sure how many sandwiches to make? We are having 4 different fillings and slicing each sandwich into 4 triangles ...
How Many Staff Should I Hire For My Wedding?
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My wedding is in a marquee in a field and we're having 150 guests spread over 15 tables. We'll have reception drinks and a hog roast for dinner. How ...
How Much Meat Should We Order For Our Wedding Buffet?
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My fiance and I are having our wedding catered buffet style. We are going to have two kinds of meat served (chicken breast and sirloin steak at a carving ...
Ordering Food For Buffet
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We are thinking of having a buffet for our wedding reception and there will be about 70 guests. We’re planning on ordering enough food for 50 people ...
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