A question that we are asked a lot when planning people’s weddings is ‘when shall we cut our wedding cake?’ The honest answer: there is no set time any more and you really can cut the cake whenever best suits you. Traditionally, 15- 20 years ago, the wedding cake was always cut after the main course was cleared from your […]
Favours? These little gifts can often become a huge discussion point when planning a wedding! And can even cause arguments! So, in the following blog we have put some pros’s and con’s to help you decide. Where did favours come from? Many years ago the tradition was to always have 5 sugar coated almonds in a bag. These almonds were […]
Think we are all well aware that in 2020 the dreaded Covid – 19 pandemic hit and along with many other industries and organisations, event and wedding catering came to a stop at the end of March with immediate effect. Nearly twelve months has passed now and still we are not allowed to cater for a wedding or an event. […]
When we meet our future brides and their families there is always a discussion about table sizes and shapes, which ones are more sociable, which fit better in the venue with the guest numbers, hire of tables and chairs and where to get them, etc… etc… So to answer some questions and to give you some options, we thought it […]
Well if anyone had said that we would postpone pretty much all of our 2020 weddings, which was going to be our busiest year to date, we would have laughed!! Now that the pandemic has been around for a good eight months we are looking at hosting small and intimate weddings. Getting married is stressful! Throw in having to possible […]
With the new year nearly upon us we are sure that everyone is praying for a better 2021 and that the vaccines will be rolled out quicker then ever! For us we hope that weddings and events will return as soon as possible and know that we are not alone in wanting this! The year 2020 was not what it […]
We just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has supported us this year, especially as this year has been like no other! The year 2020 started off with the promise of being one of our busiest years to date, in the eight years that we have been event catering. The numbers 2020 meant a great deal to […]
As everyone knows the year 2020 has been a complete wash out for weddings! For us what promised to be one of our busiest seasons in eight years turned out to be very different, with a large winter wedding in February before Coronavirus really took hold, some charity and civic work before everyone started postponing. We then had 5 months […]
So here we are again, at the beginning of another National Lockdown! We probably all knew it was coming but that doesn’t make it any easier to navigate! From our perspective this one feels a lot different from March, it is no secret how devastating this has been for the business sector we are in, as an event catering […]
After organising weddings for ten years now, this question always arises “what time should the bar open?” There are different answers to this question, so here’s our guide to working out which option will suit you and your guests the best. The questions you need to ask are: What drinks are we serving as the guests arrive? Are we buying […]
