Hi everyone! I'm sure everyone has gone on a journey where their knowledge about catering has increased and their vision for their own wedding catering has evolved along with it. For example, a lot of the medium-nice catering options we started with for passed hors d'oeuvres then a plated dinner are a few thousand dollars outside of our price range. They were suggested by our planner and we're a little afraid to tell her that the price was too high. The other reality is that the actual food being on the menu seems way too fancy for our tastes. The caterers we were working with said they could make any changes we wanted and offered to be really flexible, but everything seems more complicated than we're looking for and I don't know where to start asking for something else.
To anyone else who has had a similar experience and found something that still satisfied their guests for some appetizers and a sit-down (though maybe not necessarily plated) meal but didn't require a ton of service costs and fancy ingredients...
What kind of caterers did you speak with that were a good fit?
What kinds of things did you ask them for or say you wanted that they seemed to really understand?
Catering wasn't something I was going to worry about intricate details for. I want it to be sensible and satisfying for my guests, but other details will be more front and center that day in our case!
