Albert Lee asked:


According to popular saying, the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and funnily enough, it’s the same thing as well for wedding guests. If you want to have satisfaction guaranteed for all your guests, here are several wedding reception food ideas to make them too full to complain.

1. Wedding Reception Food Ideas for Breakfast – If you’re on a tight budget then make sure that you schedule your wedding early in the morning to take advantage of a brunch wedding reception. To prevent your guests from feeling that they’ve got the shorter end of the stick however, consider taking the best slices from various breakfast cuisines: beans from the English, eclairs from general Europe, bacon from the States, and Trahina soup with katiki cheese from the Greeks.

2. Wedding Reception Food Ideas for Lunch – If you’re having a noon reception, it must be something heavier and lighter than what you’ll serve for breakfast and dinner respectively. Pasta and elaborate salads are favorite items for this type of event.

3. Wedding Reception Food Ideas for Dinner – This is the grandest of all receptions so you’ll definitely need a large budget to meet the expectations of your guests. Serving wine is de rigeur but if you can’t afford at least a 5 year old wine then consider serving cocktails instead.

4. Wedding Reception Food Ideas for Buffet – To prevent your guests from waiting in queues to reach the buffet table, allow them to have two points of access to the table. Consider setting up another buffet table as well to further minimize discomfort and delay. And if there’s no chance to prevent long lines, consider hiring jugglers and other performers to entertain guests while they’re waiting for their turn. Lastly, make sure that children, the elderly and handicapped are served at their table.

5. Wedding Reception Food Ideas for Various Courses – If you’re going to serve your guests with a multiple-course meal, make sure that you have all the guests RSVP before a specified time about their preferences. This will allow you to prepare the appropriate number of dishes and consider special diets of vegetarians, diabetics, and the likes.

Jasmine Macdonald asked:


Why not let your personality shine through with a theme wedding. With a little imagination you can plan a wedding that your guests will not soon forget.

Luau Make your guests feel like they are in Hawaii.

Decorate your reception hall with tiki torches; orchids; and palm fronds. Play traditional Hawaiian music (with Ukulele).

For food and drinks serve pupu platters and mai tais.

For party favors you could give each guest a flower lei

Patriotic Wedding Choose a historic site.

Bridesmaids’ gown and accessories can be red, white, and blue.

You can have fifes and drums.

For food have an old fashioned barbecue.

Serve ice cream and cake with sparklers on top.

All decorations and table linens should be red, white, and blue.

Nautical Weddings

A nautical wedding can be on a yacht, at a yacht club or, even a beach.

For decorations use colorful signal flags.

The bride can wear a straw boater hat instead of a veil and the men can wear blue blazers and khaki pants.

For food you could serve your favorite seafood.

Seashells make delightful centerpieces.

New Orleans Mardi Gras Wedding

Hire a Jazz or Zydeco band

For food you could serve: Cajun, gumbo, crawfish, jambalaya, and an oyster bar

For drinks serve Hurricanes

Give your guests beads as party favors

Kentucky Derby Theme How about a day at the races?

The bride and bridesmaids should wear fabulous hats.

Music should have a bluegrass feel.

For drinks serve Mint Juleps

Give your guests fancy paper fans as party favors.

You may want to arrive in a horse-drawn carriage.

Medieval Wedding - Take your guests back to another time

The couple and attendants should dress in period costumes

For food you could have a carving board, featuring a variety of roasts and other hearty foods.

You can even do the traditional medieval “hand fasting” ritual - The couple face each other, cross arms and hold hands. The best man then ties their hands with a ribbon so that they form the sign for “infinity” while reciting their vows.

Christmas Wedding - What a magical time of year!

The bride can wear a white velvet gown, red cape, and a white fur muff.

Bridesmaids can be dressed in red or white velvet.

For music you can play festive Christmas music. A cute idea would be to have children pass out song sheets and have a Christmas carol -sing-a-long.

For decorations you can use poinsettias, holly and pinecones for centerpieces. A sparkling Christmas tree will put your guests in a festive mood.

The bride can carry holly and gold painted pomegranates. While the bridesmaids carry holly wreaths with tiny silver bells.

Cute Christmas tree ornaments make nice party favors.

Harvest Weddings - Great for Fall Weddings

Decorate your reception hall in cranberry, pumpkin, deep greens, and sables.

For centerpieces use cornucopias with overflowing fruits and vegetables. Pumpkins and gourds also make cute centerpieces. You could cut out the pumpkins for flowers.

The bride could carry autumn flowers and leaves.

Serve comfort food such as a Thanksgiving style-buffet.