Putting the 'Kate' in Catering

We met with Jenkinsons today. It was a good meeting.

A very nice man came round and he talked us though things, such as crockery, and table linens, and how we'd want the napkins folded (you can see why Steve wasn't interested at this point) but he also talked us through the timings of the day, which has given us a very good idea as to how it will all pan out.

So the day now looks a little bit like this...

08.00am - Breakfast
11.00am - Hairdresser
12.00pm - Make-up
01.00pm - Dress on and Photographs
02.00pm - Ceremony
03.30pm - A few photos at the Church with tea and cakes
04.00pm - A receiving line at Littywood to say hello to everyone, and the drinks reception
05.00pm - Canapes and a few group photographs
05.30pm - A few photos of Steve and me somewhere
06.00pm - Sit down for dinner
08.00pm - Speeches and Toasts

And the food will look a bit like this...

Canapes - 6 different types, including mini sandwiches (Steve chose the fillings - chicken and stuffing, pate and cucumber, salmon and cream cheese), mini spinach roulade, duck pancakes, and I can't remember the othe two!

We thought cold would be better as hot ones will go cold too quickly as this will be on the lawn (still praying for sunshine!)

Bread rolls with butter

Main - Roast sirloin of beef, hand carved ham, poached salmon with lemon mayonnaise or vegetable terrine silver served, with hot new potatoes, mixed salad, waldorf salad, rice salad, homemade coleslaw and mustards, horseradish sauces.

Pudding - Scones with jam and cream, wedding fruit cake and fairy cakes.

Cheese board - Stilton, Brie and Cheddar served with crackers, celery and grapes Teas and coffees with fudge.

The nice thing is, they've said we can add extra bits, for example Steve wanted Wensleydale with Cranberries, which would increase the cost of the menu (currently £25 p.p.) but we can just buy a chunk and add it to the board, and he can have his Mexicana cheese as well, and we will provide the fudge to be served with drinks afterwards too.

Then there will be champagne or Prosecco served for the toasts, and hopefully, be a nice long, chatty atmospheric meal :)

So that was all very good. They seem very keen to do things as we want!

And, the fellow was saying when Littywood began doing wedding receptions they'd approached them with regards catering but were rebuffed rather, so with us asking to have Jenkinsons, and her caterer friend not really being able to cope with larger numbers, they're looking at how things would work with Jenkinsons in the future, and between Littywood and Jenkinsons, they're hiring an extra marquee (!) to put on the back as a catering marquee and sorting out a tunnel down some steps and another tent, so when he said this I thougth eek, that's a bit more money for us, but they're not asking us for any more! So that's good and will work really well. Jenkinsons are pleased we're helping them expand into another wedding venue I think.