ALL_OTHER_AREAS_strawberry-1Wedding Food & Drink
in Devon & Cornwall

It’s better to entertain fewer guests well than throw an enormous wedding reception and find your budget won’t stretch. Remember it has cost your guests time, effort and no small amount of cash to help you celebrate your big day.
Choosing your wedding menu is important, whether you’re planning a buffet or a sit-down meal. Try to reflect the style of your wedding in your choice of food – formal weddings, for example, might start with canapés to nibble as your guests arrive then continue with starters of smoked salmon or roasted vegetable tart followed by roast duck or lamb or poached salmon and finish with raspberry mousse or ice cream and brandy snaps.

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More informal gatherings might have a carvery or a good fun main course like sausage and mash, or cross your fingers, pray for a good day and plan a barbecue!
Don’t forget to include some vegetarian options and make sure you know well in advance if any of your guests have food intolerances which have to be catered for.

Most venues will have plenty of suggestions for you to choose from or, if you’re having caterers, you can ask them to create a unique menu, perhaps all based on a specific theme. Do try to sample the food before you make a final decision. Everything looks delicious when it’s described on a menu, but you want to make sure it tastes just as good when it’s on your plate.

Drinks for your guests take up a large part of your budget. It’s reasonable to assume each guest will drink one or two glasses on arrival at the reception, three or four glasses with the meal and another one for the toasts.
For reference, you will get between 10 and 12 glasses of sherry from each bottle and from six to eight glasses of wine or champagne.

Though Champagne is the traditional wedding drink, you could offer Pimms or Bucks Fizz on arrival and wine with the meal, saving the Champagne – or equally good sparkling wine – for the toasts.

Do remember to provide plenty of soft drinks for children and adults who prefer them or who may be driving. Allow between half and one litre per person.

BELLS & BUBBLES

Covering the south west
Tel: 07546 943840
Email:

Website: www.bellandbubblessw.com

Hire a mobile bar from Bells & Bubbles SW and ensure all your reception drinks needs are satisfied.

The independent family-run business is fully licensed and insured and has over 20 years of experience. Every hire is tailor-made uniquely for your wedding and your budget.
Choose from a completely paid bar, where your guests pay for all of their own drinks, or a tab bar, where you put an amount of money behind the bar and when this runs out the bar becomes a paid bar.

Drinks packages are available from as little as £9 per head.

THE ORIGINAL PASTY HOUSE

Devon-based
Tel: 01822 615883
Email: [email protected]

Website: www.pastyhouse.co.uk

Award-winning Westcountry pasties, freshly-made sandwiches, baguettes, wraps, salads, toasties, paninis, oven-baked jacket potatoes, gourmet burgers (including vegan burgers) and fried buttermilk chicken: if you’re looking for delicious, yet unpretentious, food to keep your guest satisfied and happy, the Original Pasty House and the Kitchen @25 Delicatessen can cover your every need. They will even supply local cheese for a wedding cheese cake!

Takeaway picnic boxes and afternoon teas are also popular summer favourites – and if you want to include a sweet treat, then indulge in their luxurious ice cream milkshakes and desserts.

 

SCOFF CATERING

East Court Barton, Cadeleigh, Tiverton Ex16 8RZ
Tel: 01884 855522
Email: [email protected]

Website: www.scoffcatering.co.uk

Situated in the heart of Devon, Scoff Catering is dedicated to bring you fresh, local produce and a quality service at affordable prices. They pride themselves on not only providing fantastic food, but also on their professional and personal service. They cater for both intimate and grand events and they will work with you to produce amazing wedding catering that matches your vision and budget. They also have a dedicated Hog Roast & Meat Roast division which can cater for up to 400 people and they can even provide you with a bar.

SOPHISTICATERED

Honiton-based
Tel: 07510 844467
Email: [email protected]

Website: www.sophisticatered.co.uk

Mouthwatering displays of delicious snacks will keep your reception guests full of energy all evening and Sophie Mudd knows how to whet their appetites by feasting their eyes.

Honiton-based Sophisticatered offers creative event catering across the south west. They’ll set up truly tempting buffets – or you can create your own.