I don't do all day functions. If I did, I would make sure I took something to eat with me, probably a sandwich or something.
Evening functions, I don't tend to have anything. If offered any food, I will politely refuse. I will generally grab something when I get home, which isn't the best time to eat, but I'd rather do that.
I remember an occasion a few years ago when I was a guest at a friends wedding (She asked me if I wanted to DJ and I said I'd rather have the night off as I had done the whole 'DJ at a friends wedding' thing far too many times over the years).
I was sat a table, chatting to the father of the bride (a friend too), when I could see he was distracted......"Everything ok?" I asked....
He sat there, looking in the direction of the (very large) buffet with his mouth opened wide in dis-belief.... "What's up!?" I asked..... "I don't bloody believe it!" he said, and got up from the table and made his way over to the buffet to a guy who was piling food from the buffet on to his plate.
Some strong words were exchanged, the plate was put down and the guy walked away............................................ba ck behind the Disco!
Yes, it was the DJ who had taken it upon himself to visit the buffet BEFORE anybody else. As soon as he was back behind the Disco, he was on the microphone announcing that the buffet was now open.
I thought that was taking the proverbial beyond belief. The father of the Bride was not impressed at all. He was usually a chilled out guy, but this had wound him up big time. Neither of us could believe that someone would have the nads to do something like that and I guess a lot of people saw it happen too.
"I would have offered him some food" said the father of the Bride.........."Now the
can starve!" he continued. "I paid for a DJ to entertain everybody, not scoff his face!".
We sat there for a while and eventually he calmed down. I would never have done anything like that EVER and even when I have been asked if I want some food in the past, and on the very rare occasion I have visited the buffet (usually for a sausage roll as I may have been really hungry), I have been paranoid about what people may think when they see me picking from the buffet....That's just me though.
Lastly, I don't think it looks very professional when somebody is scoffing their face behind the decks. Unless you have help and can nip off and have something to eat, or you can sit down with the guests....I think you should either not do it, or go elsewhere out of view............or just wait until later.