Vendor Meal

Category: lifestyle

A simplified, lower-cost meal provided by the caterer to feed working event staff like photographers, DJs, and planners.

Vendors work 8 to 14 hours straight on wedding days. Contracts universally mandate that the client provide a hot meal during the guest dinner service. Venues offer discounted vendor meals (such as club sandwiches or scaled-down hot plates) to fulfill this requirement efficiently.

Common Examples

• We added six vendor meals to our final catering order to ensure the photo, video, and entertainment crews were fed during the main course.
• The planner schedules the staff to eat their vendor meals simultaneously with the guests so no photo opportunities are missed during the toasts.