American, French, Family-style, Butler……… what’s the
difference? These are just a few of the
most common dinner styles that you might experience at a wedding
reception. Let me try to make sense of
them for you.
American
or Plated
Food is plated and garnished in the kitchen and
served to seated guests.
French
Food is brought from the kitchen to the tables on
platters and a white-gloved server then garnishes it and serves it onto the
guest’s plates.
Russian/Family/Eastern
European/Asian
Waiters deliver large platters of fully prepared,
pre-sliced food and the platters are placed directly on the tables for guests
to dish out the food for themselves, family-style.
Butler
Wait staff bring platters of fully-prepared,
garnished and pre-sliced food to each individual guest who then dishes out
their own portion.
Buffet
Buffet stations are set up in the reception hall and
guests wait their turn to put together their own meals.
Keep in mind the number of guests you are expecting when
deciding on dinner style. Buffet style
is not recommended for larger weddings unless you want the majority of your
evening devoted to dinner. And, if you’re having a formal wedding, family
style is probably not for you. Your
venue coordinator and wedding planner will assist you in making the right decision
so that you and your guests will savour the meal and be ready to party the
night away. Bon appetite!!!
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