Planning Your Wedding Reception Food:
Tips from the Pros for All Budgets
by
Michelle Ellingsworth
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Planning Your Wedding Reception Food:
Tips from the Pros for All Budgets
by
Michelle Ellingsworth
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 Michelle Ellingsworth
http://www.sane-wedding-planning.com/
michelle@sane-wedding-planning.com
Published on Smashwords
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Planning Your Wedding Reception Food:
Tips from the Pros for All Budgets
Contents
Chapter 1 - Why Read This Book?
Chapter 2 - The Wedding Reception Food: What are You Paying For?
Chapter 3 - Planning the Wedding Reception Menu: Beyond Cheese Cubes & Chicken Fingers
Chapter 4 - What You Need to Know About Wedding Food Service
Chapter 5 - How to Find and Hire a Wedding Caterer
Chapter 6 - A Few Red Flags to Watch Out for When Interviewing Wedding Caterers
Chapter 7 - A Few DIY Options if You Don’t Want a Big Catered Wedding
Chapter 8 - Ordering the Wedding Cake
Chapter 9 - Alternatives to Traditional Wedding Cake
Chapter 10 - What if You Want to DIY the Wedding Cake?
Chapter 11 - How to Check Out Your Wedding Vendors
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Chapter 1 - Why Read This Book?
Where are you right now with your wedding planning? Concerned about throwing a wedding bash in this economy? Worried it will take too long? That you’ll go over budget and into debt?
You’re not alone. Each year 2.2 million couples in the US get married and more than half will do it all wrong – debt, crisis, and regrets.
In the creation of my website and books, I surveyed recently married women from all over the country and noticed some consistent wedding planning problems.
The Big Ones: Most couples don’t properly plan or budget for their wedding. And many couples who do budget have trouble staying within their budgets.
They may diligently search online for wedding planning and money saving tips, but the very nature of the internet thwarts them. How a web site gets ranking from search engines (Google) makes researching a subject like budget wedding planning completely insane.
Let me explain. For Google to rank a web page high in search results there must be a density of keywords related to a very specific subject. Therefore, you only get a narrow slice of information per page (even I have to do this on my site). Not to mention that websites often break long articles into very short slow-to-load bits so you’ll search deeper into their site and be exposed to more advertising.
You could spend hours researching on the internet only to gather a few small nuggets of information. And when it comes to saving money while planning a wedding, you need a lot of information.
This guide presents you with concentrated information on how to plan your wedding food – from your reception menu to the wedding cake -- without considering keywords. I did the research and interviewed recent brides, caterers and wedding planners so you don’t have to.
Why read this book? If your wedding food is not well planned, you can waste time, sacrifice quality and waste hundreds of dollars.
In Planning Your Wedding Reception Food: Tips from the Pros for All Budgets you will learn how to plan the reception meal and hire a caterer, as well as what you need-to-know about ordering your wedding cake. You will also learn how to avoid making menu planning mistakes and several ways to cut costs including tips on how to DIY the meal as well as the wedding cake.
There is also a bonus wedding planning chapter at the end of this book that covers how to check out your wedding vendors before signing a contract.
The new economy has ushered in a new era for weddings – they are less conventional, less expensive, and more personal. What matters most is that you and your guests are relaxed and happy.
This is a good change. With thoughtful planning, you really can have an amazing and memorable wedding day without spending a fortune!
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Chapter 2 - The Wedding Reception Food: What are You Paying For?
When you think about the budget you’ve set aside for the reception catering, most likely you think about the food itself as what you’re stroking the check for, but that’s only part of it.
Here’s what you’ll be buying or renting when you plan the meal:
Basic food ingredients
Alcohol and other drinks
Food preparation
Food and drink service
Serving pieces
Dishes and utensils
Linens
Tables
Chairs
Chair covers (if needed)