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1 The average wedding caterer cost, including food and food service, drinks and drink service and cake and cake cutting fees is $12,790, according to The Bridal Association of America, which treats these as three separate categories.2  The average number of guests is 150, so it works out to about $85 per person. A cocktail hour and sit-down dinner at a fancy hotel, country club or resort with an in-house caterer can cost $125 to $350 or more per person, including service and gratuity.
Nearly every category of wedding spending saw an increase in 2014, with couples spending the most on catering, musicians and cake. The average cost of a cake now comes in at $555, while catering is $68 per person on average. Reception bands topped out at $3,587, and DJs cost an average of $1,124. The only two categories to see decreases were favors and invitations, which now cost $275 and $439, respectively.