The food will be served at 6 - buffet but sit down to eat.
I was planning to offer soft drinks, wine, beer and lager throughout the party, perhaps coffee after the food, but a friend assumed we'd be offering tea when people arrived, as it will still be afternoon then...
We were thinking of something very simple food-wise - chilli and rice, jackets and salad and a veggie chilli option, with a choice of 2 or 3 cold desserts. However, my mum seems to think people would want a cold buffet if it's a hot day! I definitely don't want to serve a sandwiches and vol-au-vents type buffet and to offer an enormous selection of bits as I don't really like that sort of thing and it will cost as much as a "proper" meal anyway.
Our caterer can do whatever we ask within reason, but she generally does pretty traditional food and she's very good at that. I need to tell her soon what we want.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we should serve? I'm not sure people will care too much but don't want to completely disappoint everyone!
Any ideas welcome...
Thank you.