'Entitled' Groom Furious After Caterer Refuses to Serve 'Old Fish' that was Cooked by His Mom to 300 Wedding Guests

In a Reddit post, a venue owner recalled an "entitled" groom who "cussed out" caterers for refusing to serve food that was a breach of the venue's contract

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  • A venue owner is reflecting on the unsafe demands of an "entitled" groom

  • In a post on Reddit, the venue owner described how a groom tried to serve food that was a breach of the venue's contract to his 300 wedding guests

  • Disgusted commenters say that the groom and his family didn't care about the risk of food poisoning

One venue owner is disgusted by an "entitled" groom who tried to serve old fish to 300 wedding guests.

In a Reddit post on the popular Subreddit r/weddingshaming, a venue owner recalled the actions of a groomzilla who demanded dinner be served at his wedding despite the food being a "safety issue."

The poster explained that their venue requires that if you don't use their in-house caterer, then all food must be made and served by someone who is licensed and insured. The bride and groom opted for chicken and beef from a "very cheap" caterer as well as soup and fried fish cooked by the groom's mother.

"The groom's mom not only showed up with a car full of soup against our contract today, but also seven pans of fried fish… five hours before dinner service began," the venue owner wrote. "The caterers and our venue refused to serve the fish because it was made and delivered way too early and was a food safety issue."

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The venue owner ended up allowing the couple to serve the soup, as long as the caterers agreed to accept liability for it. But, the old fish was still a hard no.

"Tell me why when I left for the day after being there for 10 hours and telling the groom myself that we could not serve the fish, that during his reception he felt the need to cuss out the caterers and my staff for refusing to serve seven-hour-old fish at that point, that was way past room temperature," the poster wrote. "It's against our contract, the caterers contract, and they still got their a**es handed to them by an entitled groom who ignored his contract with everyone and just tried to intimidate everyone into giving his guests food poisoning."

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The venue owner shared their frustration with the groom.

"I swear, if this groom calls me angry this week, I want to actually ask him to cook some fish at home, leave it out on the counter for hours, eat it, and then get back to me about what we should have done in this situation," the poster continued. "I'm so over explaining to people that we are looking out for everyone's best interests with these rules."

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People in the comments section were just as upset, adding that the soup shouldn't even have been served.

"Broth can be a bacterial breeding ground, regardless of how clean the kitchen was," one user wrote.

"The groom is an a**hole. End of story," another person commented. "He and his family don't understand and don't care about food safety. The venue would have been well within its contract rights to shut everything down and told everyone to go home due to the groom's bad behavior."