Looking for affordable small wedding caterers

[Jed-O's Mistress]

Good morning everyone! As most of you know by now, Jed-o and I are recently engaged. We have our eye on a place to get married that is in Parker but are looking around for other local items. Do any of you have recommendations for affordable catering, bakeries for the cake, and floral places in Parker and/or Lake Havasu?

We plan on doing most of the decorating ourselves since we can rent our venue for a few days and take our time with all that. The venue has a regular fridge and kitchen set up, outdoor fridge, and out door cooking area. That means we will have tons of room to store pre-made food and ways to heat it up. We are also open to having hot food delivered the day of the event.

If the place you recommend has website, please add the website to your post so we can review what they have to offer and can easily find their contact information.

We love our RDP family! Thank you for all the help!

Angela and Jed
aka
Jed-o's Mistress and Jed-o

 

[monkeyswrench]

When we got married (21 years ago ) we cheated on the catering aspect. We had a friend that was a "Taco Man". He pre-made a ton, and hauled it over, and we put it in the pretty serving heater things. We went full buffet style, as there were over 200 people. We didn't have anyone we new that would be servers, everyone was invited. A cake for that many would have been way beyond our limits, so we did a standard 3 tiered cake, and several sheet cakes that were color matched. All the center pieces and table gift things were assembled/made by my wife and her friends. Me and a few of my friends picked up the rented tables and such the day before, and set them up. We also moved the dance floor, and made that the isle. Essentially, we "borrowed" a church that was the modern type with chairs, not pews. We used their chairs and rearranged around tables to have the ceremony and reception in the same venue. The pastor was curious to see how it worked out, because no one had ever tried that there. It also helped that the pastor was a neighbor of mine when I lived with my parents.

 

[ultra26shadow]

The springs caters

 

[lbhsbz]

Depending on the date, @Misslbhsbz might be up for it...yore guests will be happy, there’s a reason I’m fat

 

[HNL2LHC]

RDP Taco Truck was the bomb!!! Too bad the business venture did not last too long. Best of luck finding what you need for the special day.

 

[Misslbhsbz]

What date are you thinking of and how many people? I'm a chef by trade(have a degree in culinary arts) and I have done cakes and cupcakes for a 150 person wedding and can do almost any kind of food you would like. We are in long Beach but I could definitely make it work especially if I would be able to use the on site kitchen! Here's a couple pictures of the wedding I did and I can send you more pictures of other cakes and cupcakes if you'd like too! Here's a link to my FB business page for my cakes and cupcakes...I haven't payed on there in awhile but it'll give you an idea of what I can do https://www.facebook.com/cupcakethyme/

 

[Dettom]

The springs caters

This^^ contact Norm.

 

[monkeyswrench]

What date are you thinking of and how many people? I'm a chef by trade(have a degree in culinary arts) and I have done cakes and cupcakes for a 150 person wedding and can do almost any kind of food you would like. We are in long Beach but I could definitely make it work especially if I would be able to use the on site kitchen! Here's a couple pictures of the wedding I did and I can send you more pictures of other cakes and cupcakes if you'd like too! View attachment 1013216 View attachment 1013217 View attachment 1013218

Bacon, Beam and cake...
That looks good! Both hungry and a bit thirsty now

 

[Misslbhsbz]

Bacon, Beam and cake...
That looks good! Both hungry and a bit thirsty now

Those were maple bacon cupcakes... one of my best sellers! Really good if I do say so myself!

 

[Jed-O's Mistress]

What date are you thinking of and how many people? I'm a chef by trade(have a degree in culinary arts) and I have done cakes and cupcakes for a 150 person wedding and can do almost any kind of food you would like. We are in long Beach but I could definitely make it work especially if I would be able to use the on site kitchen! Here's a couple pictures of the wedding I did and I can send you more pictures of other cakes and cupcakes if you'd like too! Here's a link to my FB business page for my cakes and cupcakes...I haven't payed on there in awhile but it'll give you an idea of what I can do https://www.facebook.com/cupcakethyme/ View attachment 1013217 View attachment 1013218

We are currently thinking October 2022 but we have to contact the rental area because it looks like they only book up to 4 months into the future.

 

[lbhsbz]

Just make sure to hire a different bartender...if @Misslbhsbz does that most of the people will be naked and crying at the of the day and won’t remember why they were there.


#mixersareforcolor

 

[Misslbhsbz]

We are currently thinking October 2022 but we have to contact the rental area because it looks like they only book up to 4 months into the future.

Oh plenty of time to plan! If you would like to use me just let me know and I'll block out 10/22 and we can go from there we can obviously chat more between now and then and figure out which menus would work for your budget and amount of people... as far as food goes I can do anything from pulled pork, brisket and all the fixins to tacos and everything in between

 

[Misslbhsbz]

Just make sure to hire a different bartender...if @Misslbhsbz does that most of the people will be naked and crying at the of the day and won’t remember why they were there.


#mixersareforcolor

I could try to make them weaker... but then it's not nearly as much fun! Lol

 

[Jed-O]

Just make sure to hire a different bartender...if @Misslbhsbz does that most of the people will be naked and crying at the of the day and won’t remember why they were there.


#mixersareforcolor

That's just a normal Friday night for me!

 

[Jed-O]

I could try to make them weaker... but then it's not nearly as much fun! Lol

That would be Blasphemy for most of our group!

 

[Jed-O]

This^^ contact Norm.

Honestly, having the venue at Havasu Springs was my first choice, that's where I proposed to her. It's the place I grew up going to the river...
I spoke with Adam about it a little over a month ago to get the skinny on the situation. He let me know that he and the outer harbor had nothing to do with the wedding venue and norm was in charge. But I can't find myself paying 5K for the room and linens before I cover food, booze, Rd's bar tab for officiating, hotel costs, boat fuel, etc.... I'm not going to drop 20K on an event. I'm trying to keep our total budget around 5K

 

[rrrr]

When we got married (21 years ago ) we cheated on the catering aspect. We had a friend that was a "Taco Man". He pre-made a ton, and hauled it over, and we put it in the pretty serving heater things. We went full buffet style, as there were over 200 people. We didn't have anyone we new that would be servers, everyone was invited. A cake for that many would have been way beyond our limits, so we did a standard 3 tiered cake, and several sheet cakes that were color matched. All the center pieces and table gift things were assembled/made by my wife and her friends. Me and a few of my friends picked up the rented tables and such the day before, and set them up. We also moved the dance floor, and made that the isle. Essentially, we "borrowed" a church that was the modern type with chairs, not pews. We used their chairs and rearranged around tables to have the ceremony and reception in the same venue. The pastor was curious to see how it worked out, because no one had ever tried that there. It also helped that the pastor was a neighbor of mine when I lived with my parents.

I asked Fonda to marry me twice a day for eighteen months. I always got the same answer, "Nope."

One day in was sitting at my desk working, and she showed up at the office. "Let's go to lunch."

She passed the Mexican restaurant we always ate at, and pulled into the parking lot of the Collin County courthouse annex.

Me: Why are you stopping here?

Fonda: You've bothered me long enough. We're getting married.

Me: Speechless.

We went inside, filled out a 5 X 7 card, signed it, paid the clerk fifteen bucks, and the deed was done. That was 32 years ago, and I think I'm lucky, because she hasn't kicked me out yet.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I asked Fonda to marry me twice a day for eighteen months. I always got the same answer, "Nope."

One day in was sitting at my desk working, and she showed up at the office. "Let's go to lunch."

She passed the Mexican restaurant we always ate at, and pulled into the parking lot of the Collin County courthouse annex.

Me: Why are you stopping here?

Fonda: You've bothered me long enough. We're getting married.

Me: Speechless.

We went inside, filled out a 5 X 7 card, signed it, paid the clerk fifteen bucks, and the deed was done. That was 32 years ago, and I think I'm lucky, because she hasn't kicked me out yet.

Very cool! You got out cheaper on the deal than I did!
Twice a day for 18 months? Like Andy Deufresne from Shawshank, trying to get money for his library

 

[Brokeboatin221]

Del taco fiesta packs!

 

[mjc]

Costco deli and sandwich trays is what I had, with a keg.
Depending on size my son is looking into the Dixie Bell . 1200 for 3 hours. 1 setup 1 cleanup and 1 to cruse around the island.

 

[mash on it]

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[HOOTER SLED-]

Hooooootttt Pooockets.

 

[SoCalDave]

Hooooootttt Pooockets.

Wienerrrrrrrrr

 

[Brokeboatin221]

Taco guy would be cost effective and everyone likes tacos! Congrats to you guys!

 

[Bpracing1127]

We did wood ranch. Surprisingly affordable. Around 20$ a plate. Vs wedding caters we’re about 100$

 

[Jed-O's Mistress]

Wienerrrrrrrrr

Could rent the weiner mobile lmao!