As you are going through your pre-wedding checklist you see:
- Find the person I want to spend the rest of my life with - CHECK
- Locked down the date to be married - CHECK
- Invitations sent - CHECK
- Menu for the ages ......
The answer is - maybe.
Weddings are a great way to celebrate the union between two people. Weddings are also a time for friends to judge the love birds on what food is served.
If you want burgers and chips, that is just fine. Any food truck can handle catering your wedding.
Move up the culinary ladder and not every truck is right for the job.
Homework will be involved today and this exercise will be graded.
The good news - You are the teacher and the food truckers are the students.
How the grading works -
Wedding Proposal (10 Pts)
You need to get a full wedding proposal - Be very particular. No cookie cutter brochures here.
Ask for a customized menu, this is your BIG day. Do you have a favorite dish? Maybe a family classic? Make sure your food trucker includes that dish in the proposal. Is there more than one course? Times and serving style need to ironed out early. No stone left unturned here.
Full Tour (10 Pts)
Check out the truck - I have an earlier blog post on what you should be looking for on the inside.
How will your food trucker prepare this wonderful prime rib with no oven? Asking questions as you go will help when grading time comes.
Contracts (10 Pts)
Be very critical on this part - Make sure everything is written out. When your food trucker has something that is not written out - i.e., toppings for a station, you need to ask that more detail be added. Ask that all costs are included in the price. Read the small print.
Tasting (20 Pts)
Sooner or later, the food will do the talking - Make sure you choose sooner.
Some places will not do tastings until you have signed up. I never understood that philosophy and I never will. Imagine marrying your partner without even a single kiss, that is a close analogy.
Be reasonable grading this - Maybe ask for 2 or 3 items to taste. Shoot for 1 Protein.
Pricing (10 Pts)
You may ask why this is separate from the contracts - This is the X Factor.
Both parties need to be as realistic as possible about pricing. Don't be afraid to tell your food trucker what your budget is on the food side of the wedding. The more information shared, the better.
Time to tally up the points - Here are the details
50 to 60 - This is menu bliss, you are in great hands. Book that food trucker ASAP
40 to 49 - Don't be afraid, you can still pull off a great wedding menu. A 2nd meeting to address concerns may add a couple points to the score.
Under 40 Failing grade. This is not a time for settling on a menu (See Weekend Camping Menu)
You may need to get back into the food truck dating pool.
Feel free to check an example wedding menu on our website -
http://www.wanderingdago.com/events.html
If you have a question - Shoot away.
I will help any way that I can.
Brandon
Chef/Owner - Wandering Dago Food Truck
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