On Saturday 26th June, we were the chosen caterers for Charlotte and Sam’s Wedding. A little bit of inspiration, this fab little sign was handmade by Charlotte and her friend to make sure all the guidelines were followed. It was great to see a light hearted take at a difficult time. They were lucky with the weather and were able […]
After Boris’s announcement on 22nd February 2021, saying that he hoped the country could re open on 21st June 2021 with all covid restrictions lifted, Lucy and Ed soon made the decision to move their planned wedding from Saturday 19th June to Monday 21st June. Day 1 of no restrictions, we all crossed our fingers and hoped! After lots of […]
Back in April 2019, Alice and David asked us to be their wedding caterers for their October 2020 wedding, which was to be held near Bude in Cornwall. Due to the dreaded pandemic, this day was postponed, but finally took place on 4th June 2021 and was our second micro wedding of the year and what a great one it […]
Hooray! Weddings have resumed here at Oaktree Occasions Ltd! and we are absolutely delighted to share our first in a long time with you, and fingers crossed the first of many to come this year! To be asked to cater for Laura and James for their intimate wedding in mid May, having known Laura’s family for many years was a […]
With the latest roadmap from the government coming into effect, we are full steam ahead, finalising all details with this years couples that are getting ready to walk down the aisle and WE CANNOT WAIT to get going!! We are busy with site visits, lots of zoom meetings, working out timings, putting rotas together and finalising every last detail. As […]
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 […]
