When you think of traditional cocktail hour food service, what typically comes to mind? Passed canapés, served by waiters who bring these light bites around to your guests, is what most couples choose. Another alternative? Setting up dedicated food stations, which your attendees can visit on their own. If you're leaning towards the latter option, we'd encourage you to bookmark the latest trend in wedding cuisine: grazing tables. These curated stations feature a rich assortment of bite-size snacks—and though they most often appear as larger-than-life charcuterie boards, filled to the brim with meats, cheeses, fruits, and nuts (à la this one courtesy of Chalk Hill Estate and Winery), they can ultimately comprise of just about any big-day fare you'd like.
In fact, we'd encourage you to think outside of the box when ideating your own grazing table, since the food you choose for your wedding can really speak to your personalities. Have a next-level sweet tooth? Fill your grazing table with all of your favorite treats, candies, bars, cookies, and mini cakes. Are you and your future spouse sushi fanatics? Craft your station with plenty of hand rolls and sashimi (which will be a hit with your guests, guaranteed). On the other hand, if you're getting hitched at a coastal venue in the middle of the summer—in peak seafood season!—consider a grazing table on ice, complete with oysters, shrimp cocktail, and more.
However you choose to interpret this emerging cocktail hour trend, be sure to choose a culinary theme that speaks to you—although, there's nothing wrong with sticking to everyone's favorite meats and cheeses, which are surefire crowd-pleasers at just about any event.
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