28+ Wedding Catering On A Budget Background. The biggest part of your wedding budget will go put your accounting skills to the test by deciding on a budgeting system to track all the money coming in. Typically, a caterer will make up their budgets on a per head basis, or what it will cost you to feed each guest at your wedding.
Since creating this figure influences all of your other decisions—venue, guest list, which meal options to select, and if you can spring for that pricey dj—it's essential you select this figure correctly.
If you decide not to go for a package at your venue, and have around 50 guests at your wedding breakfast, this will give you a budget of around £32 a head. Not determining who's paying for what. Therefore, we made the decision to put a bulk of our budget towards the venue and pay close attention to the dj. As most of us don't plan events for a living, that means huge sticker shock when we learn how much it costs to throw the most important party of our lives.