The larger part of all wedding budgets is spent on catering and asides from the music, the food is the one thing all guests will remember. Taking the time to sample their wedding day feast before making their choice allows brides and grooms to avoid unwelcome surprises.

Every reception venue has different specialty dishes; the veal may have been an excellent choice at the last wedding you attended, but for your chosen reception hall the duck may be the better option. The only way to know for sure is to try it out yourselves; you’ll find that more often than not, caterers will offer a free tasting (but even if you have to pay, the peace of mind it brings is well worth it).

Be wary of banquet managers that dazzle you with stylish pictures of well presented food while refusing to allow you to sample it – we live in the Photoshop Era and “buyer beware” means a lot more today than it did in the past.