Are You A Bridezilla or Groomzilla?! Catering with Teatime

Look familiar?

You consider yourself a happy bride or groom, planning the dream wedding of a lifetime.  Sometimes you may not even feel or see it coming.  The control issues, the frustration.  You are driving all of your wedding party insane.  
As a caterer in the Washington DC area for over 30 years, we have seen a LOT of couples getting married.  I have met some of the most amazing people; I consider it a privilege to be part of the wedding reception.  Sometimes the signs aren’t there in the early planning stages; sometimes they walk through the door at the initial meeting.

 Obsession with Detail.

It’s hard to be “in the moment” when you feel the pressure of “this is the most important day of your life”.  Hey, it is going to be a really great day, no doubt, but it’s one of many more to come.  Trying to control every single detail to the nth degree doesn’t make it more special, it just drives YOU and everyone around you nuts.  Truthfully, not one guest will care that you spent 45 minutes with your baker discussing the different shades of white frosting.

selfie?

Sometimes I think people should get married twice, once to just get it out of their systems.  Second time to have the time of their lives.
There is nothing inherently wrong with lots of detail that make a stunning wedding reception.  Flower, colors, linens,menu, music are all  things that come together beautifully.  It’s when that’s all you can think about when it becomes the problem.  Do you remember why you are doing this in the first place?  It’s that significant other who is the best thing that ever happened to you.  You are sharing this magical day with your closest friends and family.  Not sharing it AT them.

Bring extra pair of comfortable shoes.

 The vendors you hire are being paid to do their job.  Don’t tell them how to do it.  Don’t complain about how expensive they are.  When the mother of the groom leaves the saved top tier of the wedding cake in the back of her car for 4 days, don’t let her throw the caterer under the bus.   Oh wait – that’s a Momzilla.  We all want you to have the very best wedding experience as well, I can assure you all of the vendors are doing the very best job possible, often under trying circumstances.  Imagine loading and unloading for a wedding reception in a tent during a summer rain storm.  The staff is soaked for the next four hours.

Attractive, yes?

 So yes, it’s not just the bridezillas.  There are the previously mentioned Momzillas, and even Guestzillas.  For some reason, Guestzillas materialize at the bar.  They are a very unpleasant species.  That is a separate blog post.


Even the groom is not immune: 

What. A. Surprise.

I love hearing how I made a couple’s wedding reception extra special.  How the little touches from my staff meant so much.  How OUR attention to little details did not go unnoticed.  How the guests are STILL talking about how delicious the food was.  How Ruth answered every single question they had quickly. How they knew they were in great hands the moment they met me.  How “Teatime Delicacies is the PERFECT catering company, hands down!”  It’s why I do what I do for a living.


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