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frequently
asked questions
I
am planning to have a marquee on my front lawn at home.
What sort of catering do you suggest for this type of
wedding?
What sort of menu
would you recommend for a wedding breakfast?
Can you give me some
samples examples of what you provide?
I anticipate it will
be sometime into the reception before we eat. Would
you offer anything prior to the meal?
Is wine provided to
accompany the meal?
Who serves the food?
Will I need to help
with the catering at all?
I live in the middle
of nowhere – is that a problem?
Do we have to clean
up afterwards?
Do you provide crockery
and cutlery?
Do you think we need
to provide another meal for our guests
later in the evening?
I am planning to have a marquee on my
front lawn at home. What sort of catering do you suggest
for this type of wedding?
You have a choice of four different types of
wedding breakfast:
A buffet, where your guests come and help themselves
to a range of food displayed on tables in the marquee.
A hot or cold sit down meal, where your guests remain
seated and waiting staff serve food to the table for
the duration of the wedding breakfast.
A canape reception, a substantial selection of small
bite sized eats circulated by waiting staff through
out the marquee for the duration of the reception
A hog roast , A hot spit roasted pig cooked on site
and served alongside a buffet offering both hot and
cold food.
What sort of menu would you recommend
for a wedding breakfast?
You can choose whatever you want, We can supply
you with a menu choice incorporating all four types
of suggested wedding breakfasts or you can make your
own reccomendations and we will give you a quote for
you requirements.
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Can you give me some samples
examples of what you provide?
Our menus cater for both meat eaters and vegetarians.
The most popular range would include a selection of
meat and fish dishes such as Kiln roasted manuka salmon,
spiced peppered fillet of Devon beef, Local seafood
in filo baskets, Honey glazed gammon with caramelised
oranges, Cheese and leek roulade filled with blue cheese
mousse or a Gruyere roulade filled with avocado mousse,
Marinated crevettes with garlic mayonnaise, Thai chicken
salad, Roasted vegetable and goats cheese tart, Salcombe
seafood and Devon smoked salmon (superb with champagne).
Spit roasted Devon pork (very popular) with apple sauce,
home made stuffing and gooseberry relish, Noisettes
of lamb or breast of barberry duck oven roasted and
served with a redcurrant, port and rosemary sauce (the
choice is endless).
All can be complimented with a selection of bright,
colourful salads made with fresh fruits and vegetables.
Living in Devon and by the sea, it is always nice to
incorporate fresh Devon produce and seafood caught off
our shores.
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I anticipate it will be sometime
into the reception before we eat. Would you offer anything
prior to the meal?
Guests are always hungry when they arrive back
from the ceremony, On entering the wedding venue, your
guests would be met with a glass of champagne, pimms
of a drink of your choice followed by a selection of
canapes circculated on trays to everyone as they mingle,
chat and have photographs taken. The canapes would have
been chosen to compliment the meal and cater for all
tastes. Examples would include crab mariettes. Scallops
in filo baskets with sweet chilli sauce, peaking duck
pancakes with hoi sin sauce, bruschetta with a variety
of toppings, beef croutes with mustard mayonnaise, camembert
and smoked bacon toasts, sesame seed and fetta cheese
tarts, fresh yeal oysters, gamba prawns marinaded in
lemon, ginger and corriander, curried coconut chicken
(there are so many to choose from).
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Is wine provided to accompany the meal?
Experience has demonstrated that clients usually
prefer to organise their own wine according to their
particular taste. However, recommendations can be made
should you wish. Bar staff and wine waiters can be provided
to serve drinks during the reception, around the marquee
and at the tables. If you choose to provide your own
drinks, we will organise a wine manager to look after
all aspects of serving your drinks during the reception.
We do not charge corkage.
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Who serves the food?
A team of highly experienced, friendly waiting
staff can be provided. They will lay up the tables,
set out your table plan and any other items that you
want to put on the tables, serve drinks and clear away
with the minimal amount of bother. You will not even
notice they are there.
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Will I need to help with the catering
at all?
Absolutely not. The whole point of having caterers
is to enable you to enjoy this special day without any
stress or worries about feeding and serving your guests.
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I live in the middle of nowhere –
is that a problem?
Not at all. Everything need for the day can
be provided – even fresh water and ice for drinks
if there is none. Should you choose to have a hot meal,
cookers can be hired in and a complete kitchen can be
arranged in a catering tent adjoining the marquee. A
large refrigerated trailer, supplied by us, will be
on hand to keep all food at the correct temperature
according to enviromental health regulations –
of vital importance when catering for any number of
people.
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Do we have to clean up afterwards?
No – everything supplied for the reception
is taken away on the day except for table cloths and
glasses. Staff can happily return the following day
for a final clear up.
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Do you provide crockery and cutlery?
Yes – we will organise everything needed
for the wedding breakfast, we have worked alongside
a professional catering
hire company for the last 15 years who provide
us with all our requirements.
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Do you think we need to provide
another meal for our guests later in the evening?
With the substantial amount of food your guests will
have had during the day, it would not be necessary to
provide another full meal during the evening. We find
that the most cost effective and very popular solution
is to offer a Devon cheese buffet that is set up after
the wedding breakfast for the guests to enjoy throughout
the night. This buffet would consist of a selection
of Devon cheeses, local breads, cheese biscuits, pickles,
grapes, celery and bowls of fruit.
If you are entertaining a large amount of guests that
have arrived for an evening reception and have not been
to the wedding breakfast, a hog roast with baps, salad,
stuffing and pickles is a deliciously brilliant way
of entertaining a large quantity of people
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