(Closed) Reception lunch menu ideas?

posted 10 years ago in Food
Post # 1
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Wannabee
  • Wedding: October 2012

Hello, I’m a long-time lurker and just now posting for the first time! I’m getting married in October of this year at a vineyard in Texas. I’m an “encore” bride, and we are having a small wedding (about 35 guests) but of course we still want it to be beautiful and fun. We’re doing a rustic elegance theme – not super formal but definitely not jeans casual either.

I’m a big DIY-er and my head is spinning with way too many ideas, lol. But I am absolutely STUCK when it comes to food! Our ceremony will begin at 1:00pm, and guests will have traveled 45+ minutes to get to the vineyard, so serving a meal (lunch) is a must. But what should we feed them??

I feel like I need to have at least a general idea of what we want before I start looking for a caterer, but I seriously just have no clue. Ideas?

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Post # 3
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Worker bee
  • Wedding: October 2011

I would do a nice buffett of lunch items. Even though I had an evening wedding I had mini croissants with chicken salad on my buffett! They were very yummy and a friend just told me tonight how much she liked them when we were looking at my wedding album. You could do lots of mini sandwiches like that. Also, there’s this big trend toward sliders or gourment grilled cheese! 

Maybe you can even find a caterer who will do a panini station! Or what about also having a salad bar with wonder salads like Chicken or Salmon Caesar, a spinach/walnut/strawberry and Greek Salad! 

To fancy it up, I think a really nice cheese selection would be good at lunch too!

I think a more elegant version of lunch bistro food would be perfect. 

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