Planning a wedding in New York City and trying to decide between plated dinner and buffet service. Your venue coordinator has an opinion. Your caterer has a different opinion. Your mother has a third opinion. You’re stuck making a choice that affects your budget, timeline, and how the whole reception flows. Neither option is universally better. It depends on your venue, guest count, budget, and what kind of atmosphere you want. Alfonso Catering has done…
Cocktail hour is where we see the most food waste at weddings, hands down. Couples spend a fortune on elaborate displays of food that look beautiful, but nobody actually eats. Then three items disappear in ten minutes and we’re scrambling to bring out more because we ran out. After catering hundreds of weddings across NYC and NJ, Alfonso Catering has figured out what actually works during cocktail hour versus what just sounds good on paper.…