The couple’s wedding reception food was prepared outside the luxurious Belcourt of Newport — a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island — on a section of the estate’s large gravel driveway.

“In addition to a rise in extended, 90-minute long cocktail hours, we’ve also seen couples choose interactive food elements like the mobile raw bar,” said Jilian Becker, the founder of We Do ...

Related: Are Formal Sit-Down Dinners on the Way Out at Weddings? A floating dinner reception is one in which food stations open periodically over the course of the typically four-hour reception.

Secondly, it wasn't like you were bringing a big tray of food to the reception and eating it there, snubbing the catering. You were very discreet about it, and honestly, the way you went about it ...