Unexpected Wedding Bonus
Posted on January 11, 2008 by Him and tagged food, free, wedding
The place where we're having our reception has a list of 15 caterers or so authorized to serve food there. Since we've had an extended engagement, we've had the chance to speak with all of them. They range in price from pretty ridiculous to absolutely ridiculous.
Of course since they are catering our wedding, we have to evaluate their food. Therefore, that means going to tastings! Since they want to impress us, they usually put on a good demo, offering to us the equivalent of a full 5 course meal. To get our business, they make the food much more palatable than what will be served at the actual reception; quite a boon to us. Do this 15 times, and we've saved a few bucks on groceries.
Sure this is probably all a wash in the end, but it is nice to get some "free" food.
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feministfinance | Jan 11, 2008
I am so excited for when we start doing our cake tastings. We are seriously considering doing something unusual (doughnuts or mini muffins since it'll be an early wedding) but neither of us can pass up the opportunity to sample the wares of more traditional bakers. We'll never have such an excellent excuse again!
When I was working in property management, caterers were always trying to woo us for our big building-wide events (and sometimes multiple-buildings). It was awesome--we'd just get cookies or next week a formal tasting with hot foods...
On the minus side, my boss blamed the job for some weight gain.
Wedding Loan Girl | Jan 11, 2008
"They aren't charging you for the tastings??"
It all depends on the cater. A lot of caters on the East coast will give you a free tasting after booking the place. This is to help you plan your menu. Other places don't even give tastings after you book.
I haven't heard of too many places that give free (they do for $$) tasting before signing up. But my experiences are with places on the East Coast.
seeking financial camelot | Jan 11, 2008
Heh! What a great money saver. Too bad I am already married.
Jerry | Jan 11, 2008
Nice bonus, definitely. Who knew that a wedding could led to 15 free dinners! Of course, you have no insurance that the food they give you will be anything like what they feed your wedding guests, but maybe it gives you an idea of what they can do.
Jerry
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