The Pros And Cons Of A Family-style Wedding Dinner

As much as a wedding is about the celebration of love and entertainment, it is also about feeding your loved ones to their satisfaction. Never have I seen a wedding celebration having a negative remark when each of the guests is properly fed.

 

Trying to budget for the feeding of your guests and how to feed them can be tasking and confusing too. The style to use is wholly dependant on your choice. And also on the types of guests invited. Do you want the atmosphere formal or just casual, and you are wondering what choice to make? This post is exactly for you. Meanwhile, if you’re in Florida, see here for your Florida wedding caterer.

 

What is a Family-Style Wedding Dinner?

 

A Family-Style wedding dinner is when you have foods placed at the center of a table and have your guest sit around it. This allows your guests to have a choice and pick of what they want. The dishes or menu on the table usually comprises three courses of meal which ensure your guests don't have to leave their table in scout for food.

 

Pros

 

• It is less formal. In contrast with other styles of wedding dinner. Family-style is the most less formal and makes your wedding feels homely. Warms and inviting atmosphere which still allow your guests to sit back and relax.

 

• It is a conversation starter. People get to know each other through the passing of foods around. It also creates an atmosphere of friendly gathering in their minds.

 

• It ensures there are more than enough variety of foods to go round. And removes the inhibition from peoples to have to their fill.

 

• It ensures everybody eats to their fill and ensures they serve themselves what they think they can finish. It also makes sure everyone eats at the same time and serves as a symbolism of the union going on. Two families becoming one, what better way to show that than a Family-Style Wedding Dinner!

 

• It cut the cost of having waiters attend to the needs of your guests. This will also ensure that people don't get to have the wrong meals brought to them.

 

Cons

 

• Passing of foods around the table is an unhygienic habit. Foods tend to get stale from numerous spoon dipping and stirring around.

 

• The tables and cover tend to be messier. You can't ensure there wouldn't be spillage of foods here and there. As there are no proper servers to help them, your guest will do it the unprofessional way.

 

• It is not budget-friendly. This style costs a lot as you will have to budget for more than necessary to provides for every one of your guests. You have to give lapses to your budget as people tend to eat more than they do on a normal day.

 

• It wastes a lot of food. Things may not go according to your plan. Some people might not have the appetite to eat too much while some may want to feed their greed. But still, there will be excess foods because of your over-bloated budgets.

 

• It takes up space. Having all the dishes on the table will surely take space that should be used for decor. This may affect the looks of your wedding and make guests thinks it is clustered.