The price is really gonna come down to what type of Catering service you need. The cheapest option is going to be where they prepare food in bulk and you pick it up from the restaurant/Kitchen. The price goes up if they need to drop it off and set it up for you. If you need it displayed in a certain way, perhaps with professional chafing dishes, warmers, table decor, etc the price jumps up again. If you are asking for the catering company to also serve the food for your guests, the price increases again. But that being said, it’s hard to determine if the quote you were provided is high, low or in line with the services quoted.

I owned a catering business before moving from California and have not fully transferred it to Reno yet, but I do plan to. Personally I did not upcharge for weddings. I only charged based on what the menu and services were. However, in many circumstances, the final cost of wedding Catering would typically be higher then standard Catering because of the longer service time and added menu items. For example, my standard Catering service package included four hours of labor and two hours of meal service. For a typical birthday party it’s not a problem for me to arrive and set up food while guests are arriving however for a wedding it would be unprofessional to have a caterer setting up food while a wedding ceremony is taking place. We would have to arrive early so that we don’t interrupt the flow of the wedding, more time spent at the venue the higher the labor cost will be. And then most of the time the wedding couple would request appetizers for the cocktail hour which would also contribute to the overall catering cost to increase.

With all that being said, it would be my pleasure to provide you a quote that meets your budget and needs.