For any couple getting married the wedding is one of the most memorable days of their lives and one that they would cherish and want their guests to remember as well. One of the ways to make a wedding stand out is with the food served. A novel and inventive menu will make sure your wedding stands out from the rest. For caterers, offering a wide range of menu choices tailored for wedding catering is a great way to gain a competitive advantage in the catering market. To help you we’re breaking down some of the trends in wedding catering you should consider if you want to get ahead of the curve and provide a delicious and unique wedding menu sure to drum up a lot of business.

Beverages

Popular beverage trends for wedding receptions involve a lot of fruit and herbal infusions. Gaining popularity are flavourful cocktails such as green tea shots and raspberry ginger crush. When offering drinks such as these creativity is the key and having a special cocktail you do better than anyone else is guaranteed to increase your profits. Also popular are self-service bars with drinks such as wine on tap, and this isn’t limited to just alcoholic drinks, you could also have a coffee bar or slushie machine.

Ethnic cuisine

As we are becoming a more open and globalized society our tastebuds have been opened to food from a number of different cultures. Ethnic foods is a growing trend in wedding catering that’s making its way to the mainstream. Some Asian cuisines such as Chinese (Dim Sims), Japanese (Sushi) and Southeast Asian (Curry Puffs) make for great finger food and appetizers and other popular cuisines include Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.

Cheese platters

Always a popular option at weddings, there’s a growing emphasis on doing more with cheese platters and taking them from something standard to something original. Cheese lovers might appreciate locally scoured gourmet platters served with fruit and wine instead of the usual crackers. Some cheese-loving couples might even want to go a step further and replace their wedding cake with a cake shaped wheel of cheese! As one of the most versatile foods, a cheese platter has the potential to be something out of the ordinary that will be the talking point of any wedding buffet.

Healthy options

Gone are the days when healthy food meant bland and tasteless meals not fit to be served at a special occasion. The growing health-consciousness among consumers offers huge potential for caterers who offer food that’s affordable and delicious as well as guilt-free. Vegan and gluten free foods diets are very popular today and there are a wide range of foods to accommodate these diets.

Desserts

For some people hung up on the idea of a traditional wedding, even the thought of ditching the much-loved wedding cake would make them feel uncomfortable, but that goes to show that a unique dessert is the easiest way to make a statement. Popular alternatives include donut towers, pies, cupcakes and smores. The reason the wedding cake is so popular is because its elegance and presentation lights up the wedding and any alternative dessert will be a success if it manages to create the same effect.