Have Surprise Snacks at Your Next Banquet or Reception

If you are planning your wedding reception or some other kind of banquet, start to think of some ways to add some fun for your guests. Even if this is a formal event, fun doesn’t have to equal casual. A great place to add some fun to these events is with the food. At a typical formal dinner everyone is expecting the usual salad, main course, and dessert routine. One way you can mix it up a bit more is through changing the way this is usually done and making it unique to your own banquet.

1) Serving Stations

A popular trend right now for serving the meal is to have serving stations. These can be set up all around the room with servers from the banquet hall at each one, or if you’re looking to go more casual, it can be self-serve. These stations tend to present more options to your guests than a normal sit-down meal. Instead of everything being pre-made for them, they are able to add their own salad topping, or choose if they only want steak and not the chicken.

If you are really big on options and the banquet hall has an extensive menu, then consider making each station its own theme. One can serve Italian, another All-American and so on.

2) Midnight Snacks

Will your wedding reception or banquet last long into the night? If so, you better be ready for people to start getting hungry again after all the dancing and partying. Show your guests that you really thought about them by having some snacks to surprise them.

Maybe ask the groom for his favorite food to snack on and then have all the servers come out at once at midnight with trays of it to pass around. Also think about having some drinks to serve them to keep them hydrated after all the dancing and alcohol. Whether you want to serve more pop, sparkling water, iced coffee, etc. think about what will compliment the late night snacks and keep your guests going into the night.

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