30 of My Favorite Things

To celebrate my 30th birthday, I am sharing "My Favorite 30 Things" (for weddings of course) everyday this June. In no particular order... #23 The Family Style meal. There are a lot of options when it comes to choosing your menu, buffet, plated, family style, just to name a few. My favorite is the Family Style Meal. It typically offers your guests two meats as well as all of the sides. I think there is something about buffet style that is a bit of a turn off to me. When we are at a wedding, if the bride and groom are offering a buffet to their guests, we will serve the wedding couple. NO BRIDE SHOULD HAVE TO SERVE HERSELF IN A BUFFET LINE IN HER WEDDING GOWN. Buffet was once thought to be a money saver but that is actually not always the case. Most venues have to purchase more food to make sure the buffet stays full. With plated it can be so time consuming to indicate which guests requested the chicken, or beef, or vegetarian, or vegan, or have a gluten allergy... etc. You get the point.