What To Expect At Your Wedding Catering Tasting With Two Fat Men Catering | Food & Beverage

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When booking your wedding caterer, it's something you need to physically be present to do – to taste the food and meet with the team! But what are the steps in booking your wedding tasting? We chatted with Debbie Valentine of Two Fat Men Catering and asked her about all the ins and outs of what happens at your wedding tasting. What information will you need to know prior to booking your tasting? And what can you expect during the tasting? I'll leave the rest to Debbie – she'll fill us in on everything you need to know! Use this as a resource for booking your catering tastings!

It's time to try the food at Two Fat Men! What are your hours to book an appointment?

Debbie: We typically like to do tastings Tuesday – Thursday between 12-6pm as the weekends tend to be busy with events. However, we will always make exceptions!

Hooray – we booked our appointment! How long should we allow for the tasting and what information do you need from us?

Debbie: Tastings usually last an hour and a half to two hours depending on how many folks come with our couple. We like to have a preliminary proposal in place before the tasting.This includes the couples names, date, venue, some preliminary ideas of food and how many guest they are expecting.

Do we need to decide buffet, sit down meal, or passed appetizers before we make our appointment?

Debbie: Not necessary but having a general idea is a good help!

What will be served at the tasting? Is it a full meal or bites of your “best of” menu?

Debbie: Chef Ed tends to go overboard when it comes to tastings! He serves up “small” portions of what the couple would like to try and then adds his own spin on what he thinks will work with the menu! I always tell our couples to come hungry! They will normally get hors d'oeuvres as well as entrees and sides .

Tell us more about the process once we sit down and meet for the tasting.

Debbie: We start by getting drinks and making sure everyone is comfy and ready for a food experience! We bring out the platters with their choices on them, give a quick explanation of what each item is, and we let them eat! We will check back periodically to make sure there are no questions or nothing is needed. Once they have tried all of the food we bring out the big guns and Chef Ed comes to the table to talk food! At this point we have brought out some of our homemade ice cream samples for our couple to try. Chef usually has us running around bringing out more food options that he feels the couple would like and we wrap it up after they feel comfortable with what they have tasted and have a good idea of what they want to serve!

How far out from our wedding do we need to book Two Fat Men?

Debbie: 6 months to a year. We sell out a few times a year so it's best to be safe!

We have food allergies – are you able to accommodate?

Debbie: Absolutely! However, if it is a deadly allergy I remind folks that we are a working kitchen and cross contamination can happen mistakenly.

What else will we need to know for our tasting?

Debbie: You should come hungry! We charge a $25.00 per person fee but we will credit their account if they book with us!

Thank you so much for sharing all about the tasting experience at Two Fat Men, Debbie! I don't know about you, but now I'm hungry! You can check out more informatio on Two Fat Men's catering options here on their website and also be sure to give them a follow on Instagram!

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