Why Your Wedding Breakfast Menu Should Match Your Venue
“Where shall we get married?” is likely to be one of the next question after “will you marry me?” and “what date shall we get married?” Before you make your choice, you should also be able to answer the question “What would we most like to eat?”
Wedding venue hire is likely to be one of the most expensive elements of your reception budget so remember; the quality, style and cost of the venue you choose will be directly proportional to the quality, style and cost of the food. Forget this and disappointment is sure to follow, not only for you but for your guests.
Spending thousands of pounds on booking an expensive venue only to serve your guests cheap food is akin to telling your family that you can’t afford to buy them Christmas presents this year because you’ve treated yourself to a £2,000 pair of Christian Louboutin boots.
A buffet of bangers and mash looks out of place in a palace and a golf club is an unlikely place to find a Michelin star chef (unless it’s Wentworth or St Andrews).
To save on cost and disappointment when it comes to booking your caterer, match your menu expectations to the venue. If you are expecting to eat a simple menu, find a simple venue (barn, marquee, hotel…). Whereas if you are expecting impressive eats, find an equally grand venue (palace, castle, mansion…).
Start by asking yourself, what do you imagine eating on your wedding day? If you imagine a picnic with gingham checked cloths, bottles of beer, homemade game pies, scotch eggs and Eton mess, look for a rustic barn with long tables and low beams.
If you imagine a buffet of salmon, salads and strawberries, look for a marquee with long chamomile lawns to provide you with quintessential English elegance.
If you imagine a feast of rich winter flavours such as lamb, soup, bread and sticky toffee pudding, look for a mansion with open fireplaces and candlelight.
If you imagine something dramatic and unusual with flavours to surprise and delight your guests then pick an unusual venue such as a zoo, a museum or a vaulted undercroft.
If you imagine a degustation menu with course after course of incredible food then a famous palace, a cool, pure white space or a castle is the only backdrop to truly do it justice.
Finally, if you imagined a takeaway pizza and a cold beer… well then I really can’t help you!
Article by Wedding Catering Specialist Julie Gray
Images Courtesy of Bovingdons
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