{"id":7420,"date":"2012-07-02T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wdie.wedding-dates.com\/?p=7420"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:55:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:55:28","slug":"food-and-desserts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/food-and-desserts\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Planning: Food and Desserts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7423 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2012\/06\/DSC06502-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Food, glorious Food!<\/p>\n<p>The food at your wedding makes up a large percentage of your wedding costs. Wedding guests will look forward to the meal and remember it for a long time afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>With a variety of guests come a variety of tastes, and pleasing everyone is practically impossible. Do not plan your meal around one relative! Just because aunty Mary doesn\u2019t eat fish doesn\u2019t meant that you can\u2019t have fish on the menu!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>A sit down dinner is the traditional Irish wedding meal, as we all know.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> However there are so many more options to consider:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A finger buffet \u2013 perfect for a more casual wedding where your guests help themselves to a buffet of small food items, take a seat and enjoy the food, with their fingers!<br \/>\n\u2022 A fork buffet \u2013 this is a buffet where guests help themselves to the buffet table and then take a seat and eat with cutlery! Food can be hot or cold.<br \/>\n\u2022 A BBQ \u2013 again, perfect for a more casual affair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The costs involved when it come to a wedding meal usually depend on the amount of choices you have and how extravagant you would like to be. Speak to your caterers or the chef at the hotel. They will guide you in terms of seasonal produce and will give you advice based on the number of guests and your preferences.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to hire a caterer you have to consider <a href=\"http:\/\/eunicepower.com\">Eunice Power Catering<\/a>\u00a0as it is one of Ireland&#8217;s leading caterers. Simply brilliant!<\/p>\n<p>For your post wedding celebrations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gubbeen.com\">Gubeen<\/a> provides a Pig on A Spit. As well as the pig, Gubeen provide a selection of food including salamis, hams, and bacon.<\/p>\n<p>Dessert is often the part of the meal guests most look forward to. I know I do.\u00a0There are so many lovely things to think about when it comes to desserts! Consider these options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you thought about having a dessert buffet? A huge talking point at weddings!<\/li>\n<li>Have you considered using your wedding cake as dessert? Just make sure the wedding cake you have in mind is suitable for this and also check with your caterer or hotel.<\/li>\n<li>A beautiful and popular trend at the moment is the wedding cake display table whereby candles, macaroons, cake lollipops, mini desserts and your wedding cake are displayed on a large table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sweet and Saucy Shop is a wonderful website for inspiration. Warning \u2013 this will make you hungry!<\/p>\n<p><strong>So much food, so any choices. Heaven!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>{Karen Buchanan is a regular blogger for us. We love working with her and we reckon you will too. Connect with her today for all your wedding planning questions. She is known to take the stress out of the big day. Connect with her on Facebook or via the contact details on her website.}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Food, glorious Food! The food at your wedding makes up a large percentage of your wedding costs. 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