To feed my evening guests chips and cake...

[Mooey89]

We’re getting married on a tight budget next summer...

Reception is a mega chilled informal affair... we’re having a late afternoon wedding and not having a formal sit down dinner but having big pans of Paella/street food type stuff, then Eaton mess for dessert...

The trouble is, we have quite a few extras coming in the evening (small ceremony venue & met at work so loads of colleagues!) and I’m really stuck for what to feed people later in the evening!

I was thinking of fish and chip shop chips wrapped in paper cones... wedding cake, maybe some bread and cheese? It’s a seaside wedding so thought this could be fun! BUT it’s then a lot of shitty food!

Any other ideas very welcome... whole wedding budget is 4K so trying to keep costs down but I obviously don’t want hungry guests!

Battered/deep fried Halloumi is a Vegeterian substitute for fish. Tofu for Vegans.

The piece size could be small to suit the budget. Throw mushy peas in the mix.

It's perfect for the Seaside theme, but enough bread and bits could cost more than pieces of fish.

Personally, I'd see if I could strike up a deal with a Independant mobile food van and not someone who advertises for Weddings.

I would love fish and chips(or as I am veggie the veggie alternative).

There is NO tofu/halloumi OR fish, just chips, that's the bloody question!

Yeah, how dare people make alternative suggestions that the OP might find helpful?! How dare they have a chat on a chat forum?!

Battered haloumi is one of the best things ever - and it sounds as if it should be disgusting.

gives up and leaves thread.

We had quite a fancy wedding and spent tons. But we still served bacon butties in the evening (we didn't have evening guests as such but everyone ate at 5, so a top up of
Food was needed). At that time bacon butties, burgers or fish and chips are perfect. Go with your cone idea - very apt!!

Chips and cake?!?!

I’d be so happy to be served that. And my DS (3).

Can we come?

Congratulations OP x

Rebeccaslicker learn to read, dearest; there will be no fish, only chips.

We went to a wedding like this, and it was by FAR the best! Everyone loved it and enjoyed it.

No need to go healthy, it is a celebration.

If you want to have bowls of shiny green apples dotted about

So much better than the formal chicken and profiteroles that is standard up and down the country. Remember napkins and bowls of mints and you are done!

I think it sounds great. I'd love cones of chips at an evening do and the seaside wedding thing might make it a particularly cute touch. Chip van sounds good too. I'm not sure evening guests expect huge amounts of food, do they?

Bless you, kit. Now try again with your finger under the words, eh?!

Scampi and chips

To those who are getting shitty over the OP about whether there's fish or not, she did state that other ideas were welcome!

I think the chips plus ambiguous fish/no fish, halloumi/tofu alternative, mushy peas/ low carb alternatives (lettuce ?? - God forbid a carb should appear at a wedding) etc etc. is all going to add up to a lot more than OP was planning.

OP I would stick to your idea of chips and cake. It's your wedding, do whatever suits you and your budget. It's not a dinner party, evening guests aren't expecting a three course meal - just a little bit of something to eat.

cake and Lancashire cheese is a combination made in heaven!

Lancashire? Wash your mouth out. It's Wensleydale you need

Quite a few of my friends have had a cheese wedding cake, ie tiers of cheeses, not a cheesecake! - bloody marvellous idea, and can be a lot cheaper than an actual cake.

OP I love your idea. Chips are always good.

(I wouldn’t attend an event that was roasting a poor animal).

Fish and chips sounds fine (I'd just have the chips as a fellow veggie). However, would this mean that there is no cold food for guests to nibble on when they get drunk peckish later?

At our wedding we had bead/crackers/cheeses/pickles in the evening (plus cake of course). It went down so well that several of my friends who got married later did the same. Pretty simple but good just the thing to go with drinks and can be left on a table for guests to pick at whenever they want.

Is the first food all set in stone? I’d wonder if you’re having a late afternoon ceremony whether you’ll want two lots of food at all? It wouldn’t work to bring evening guests in on it? I mean invite them from say six and have just one set of food?

We went to a wedding which just provided crackers and cheese in the evening. Great blocks of the stuff, with just a bread knife to try and hack through. DH doesn't eat cheese, so went hungry that night; we left early to get a takeaway.

Fish / veggie alternative and chips sounds great so long as it's not too greasy (think drips on clothing / hand marks).

That sounds brilliant. I'd love to go to a wedding reception with chips as the meal! Everyone likes chips.

Fuck me, MN at its finest.

Seriously, no one gives a shit if you are low carbing/fat free/whatever. It’s one “meal” out of your entire life. If you can’t figure out how to eat around that, you’ve got issues and should probably decline any invitation ever, in case a carb particle floats onto you.

As for the healthy eating twaddle, really?? Do you ever take the sticks out of your arses and just have fun for a couple of hours? Bring your healthy meal with you ffs if you can’t manage to eat before you go out.

Buffets and cheese “cakes”?? Did you all miss the bit where the OP said they are on a low budget?

I’m so glad that when I got married the B&G just did what they wanted, and people either enjoyed it or sniggered about it after in private 🙄.

I agree that just chips is quite mean and will no doubt add fuel to the fire of evening guests being second-class citizens. However, a fish and chip van will presumably be quite expensive.

OP, do not take any notice of people saying you have to dance to all dietary requirements. Most vegetarians will eat fish, and if they don't then they've still got chips. You will NEVER satisfy everyone's food preferences, and if someone has a very particular diet they should bring something in their handbag.

My wedding reception was in a posh gastropub. 20 flippin' years later an aunt is still mentioning (when I see her once a year) that she didn't like the food and why wasn't there a menu. Sigh.

That sounds fab! What about a wee cone of chips with Fish bites/goujon type things as they will be easier to eat. Yum yum yum.

Also a big selection of cheeses/crackers/grapes would also be nice but I don't think you need to do both.

I also don't think you need to offer fruit or anything. Evening guests aren't looking for a meal but just some grub to keep energy going.

Rebeccaslicker learn to read, dearest; there will be no fish, only chips.

From the OP's second post "Fish and chips I can cope with" so it looks like she had already changed her mind about just chips.