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catering

If you’ve got questions about wedding catering cost or are looking for wedding catering ideas, you’re in the right place! We’ve got wedding menus, info about tipping, and even info about how to DIY your own wedding catering.

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You don’t need that much cake, and other things I’ve learned from catering weddings

I have very limited experience with weddings from the guest side of things — like maybe five in my entire 31 years of living. But I have a ton of experience from the vendor side of things, allowing me to see a wide range of budgets and styles in the wedding world. I thought I’d share a few of my universal observations when it comes to wedding days…

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Save money on catering: ask about kid food!

Here’s the deal: you’re having your wedding catered. Your guestlist is starting to look big, and it’s filled with children! You need to save money, but you have all these adorable kids to feed, and only so much cash on hand to spend on kale caeser salads and wild salmon.

Well, here’s your solution, courtesy of an Offbeat Bride named Tammara…

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Wedding venue and catering secrets from a wedding industry insider

Okay, I admit it, I’m part of the Wedding Industrial Complex — I work at wedding venue. I’m also an Offbeat Bride. As an offbeat member of the wedding industry, I wanted to share a couple of insider tips for finding a venue and caterer.

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Supposed-wedding trend: “Global meats”

We received a press release about 2012 wedding trends — half of it was slightly interesting and the other half was just full of WTF-ery. Most notably this little gem…