Grazing tables...

[upandmummin]

Seen them gaining popularity on Instagram and TikTok over the last year and came across my first as the evening food at a wedding recently. No one there serving it, no gloves provided, just a grubby fingered free for all. Also flies were very attracted to it

AIBU or are they a bit yuck?! They look great, but I was really put off especially after kids went up first

Wouldn't be for me.. unless there were tongs everywhere & people HAD to use them..

I don't like them either. I don't necessarily think it's the hygiene factor, as all buffets could have grubby fingers in them. I just think they look messy

Same.

Revolting. Everything mixed up, with wet foods making dry things soggy, flavours running between items. Your photos alone make me want to heave.

They’re designed to show “abundance” and colour for TikTok and Instagram. They’re show-off centrepieces done by organisers who follow trends like sheep

As an actual eating offering? Nah - agree with all PPs not for me.

I don't like the idea that meat products are just left out of the fridge for ages uncovered.

If I went somewhere and this was provided for food, I wouldn't touch a thing on there.

A proper buffet where everything is on individual plates or serving platters is perfectly ok but absolutely not a grazing table.

Looks like instant food poisoning or at the very least, upset stomach. 😱

I really had hoped they were a thing of the past. 🤮

I just don’t understand what’s wrong with platters, plates and bowls.

I think the novelty will wear off soon.

I agree. Totally gross.

They give me a massive ick on this scale, although I love a small charcuterie platter shared among 2-4 people.

Like something from the final days of the Roman Empire. Vile!

I thought this went out of fashion years ago. Looks revolting.

I would starve before I ate from that

I doubt mumsnet is the target market for these

Ohhhh that looks utterly hideous. Who on earth would eat any if it? Shudder.

Nope
Stuff is touching other stuff

Am I the only one who wants to dig in? Haha more for me! 😂

Yeah I thought it had moved on to butter boards

Gross. They don't even look nice.

I like them!

I would literally not touch a thing on there but then I've had too many food hygiene trainings

I am genuinely interested - what do you like about them that you can't get from a buffet?

Awful, I don’t enjoy eating from commercial salad bars where the food is in separate dishes and I am known for eating most things but this is just vile, huge waste of food too as I bet most of it gets binned.

Butter boards are even more vile! They must be a joke surely.