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How do you lay out a buffet table?

Ivy Summer
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Ivy Summer is a Certified Wedding Planner and the Owner of Voulez Events. Ivy has over 10 years of experience consulting, planning and coordinating weddings around the globe. She has also created a DIY online wedding planning workshop for couples, called "Plan Your Wedding Like A Pro." She currently resides in Greece where she continues to work with a worldwide network of planners and wedding professionals.

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To set up and decorate a buffet, I love multilevel options. You can fit so much more on the table, and it's really aesthetically diverse. You also have more room for decorations and it's easier to hide your spoons and tongs and things that have food on the ends.

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Where do you put extras on a buffet table?

Ivy Summer
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Ivy Summer is a Certified Wedding Planner and the Owner of Voulez Events. Ivy has over 10 years of experience consulting, planning and coordinating weddings around the globe. She has also created a DIY online wedding planning workshop for couples, called "Plan Your Wedding Like A Pro." She currently resides in Greece where she continues to work with a worldwide network of planners and wedding professionals.

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On the ends of the buffet tables, you should have plates, utensils, and napkins. If there's anything that's saucy, you'll also want to include wet towelettes right by the napkins. However, don't include things like salt, pepper, or extra seasonings—if you have anything like that, it should be on its own station away from the main table.

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Which food should be first?

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You could have cheese or fruit on sticks, or cheese and butter on crackers. Pickles, nuts, and other snack foods are great foods to start a buffet.

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If I have limited space and I'm doing a buffet, how do I keep guests only eating appetizers and not entrees?

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Stackable trays are your friend in this situation. You could even use tiny condiments. To make people want to eat the appetizers, make the food look more appetizing than the entree.

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