Wedding food

This is do-able, but it may depend on whether your venue allows outside food. If they do, there may also be additional requirements.

In my case, my venue did have specific requirements for outside food vendors. We plan on ordering desserts and auntie's and uncle's good eats cooked from home were on the no-fly list. I think this is in place for food safety (e.g. proper food handling).

Pot luck is a nice way of getting family to bring a dish to save the cost of a caterer. Knowing who makes what dish the best, that will be easier to make a menu of your liking for all the guests to enjoy. A slab cake from Costco isn't a bad idea to have for dessert as the wedding cake.

I agree with hank. This is do-able if it's a very small event. Otherwise, i don't think it's appropriate.

View quoted message Okay I will ask forsure thanks for the response!

Some venues will let you use different food vendors, so I assume they would be ok with homemade food too. I would ask in case there are food preparation rules or bylaws that might affect you bringing it.

A potluck? You can do it if it's a small affair, like 20 people that are within family and really close friends, but personally I would not recommend it. The idea of me being a guest having to prepare a big enough dish to feed many people while getting ready is not my idea of fun. Not to mention the food safety issues. You mentioned you have good cooks in the family but is that every guest on the invite list? Professional caterers and restaurants have a food handling license. Who knows what Uncle Jesse or Cousin Jack is doing.