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Weddings
Your wedding is one of the most important events in your entire life, and we understand that you want it to bring delightful memories to everyone involved -- especially you!
Food -- lovingly prepared and beautifully presented -- is a major part of this event. We can help you design a menu that will meet all of your high expectations, as well as respect your budget. Then we will work with you every step of the way to ensure that things are carried out flawlessly, so that you and your new spouse can relax and enjoy the day instead of fretting over details.
We work with an experienced and absolutely wonderful array of event planners, florists, photographers, cake shops, and other professionals who can help make your wedding dreams come true.
We are equipped to handle up to 300 guests.
Please note that we do not play the game that many caterers play. When you ask, How much will this menu cost, they quote you a price that sounds eminently reasonable. What they "forget" to mention is that this is just the cost of the food, and that everything else is "extra": the plates it's served on, the forks your guests will use to eat it, delivery and set-up, chefs/bartenders/waiters, the chafing dishes it's served in, the fuel to heat the chafing dishes...and then the 18% service charge tacked onto everything else! By that time, you wind up paying two or even three times the initial quote.
We think that's outrageous. It's standard industry practice, but we disapprove of it, because we want you to feel good about working with us, not like you've been sucked into a vortex from which there is no escape. We will sit down with you, find out exactly what you need, and then give you one all-inclusive price.
Great food, great service, and honest pricing -- we'll take good care of you!
Brides -- please, don't try to save money on the wedding cake. Economize on the decorations, the flowers, the food -- but not the cake. Think about it: what differentiates a wedding reception from any other event? What do guests rush over to admire as soon as they get to the reception hall? What sends little girls dreaming and intrigues little boys because of the intricacy? You guessed it, the cake. So please, don't skimp on it.
Let me tell you a sad story. We recently worked with a bride who was the most stressed-out lady we have known in a long time. Pressure from work, pressure from academic pursuits, and pressures from family all collided to the point that you'd touch her and she'd just about go up in flames. And of course, she was counting every penny. When a friend offered to do the cake for her at low cost, she jumped at the chance.
Well, even the best and most well intentioned baker on the planet isn't born knowing how to do a wedding cake. It's not just a question of piling cakes on top of each other; it's an architectural job of considerable skill, not to mention making it look fabulous and taste wonderful. I have seen cakes propped up by books, cakes with someone obliged to stand there and support them so they wouldn't collapse... And then there's the issue of calculating portions, which is a science all its own. You really have to know what you're doing, which explains why they cost what they cost.
Do I need to tell you what happened? Her friend proudly delivered her creation, a fine size if the reception had been for 40 people, but there were 130 guests. And the most charitable description of the decorations we can make is, extremely amateurish. When she saw it, the poor bride nearly burst into tears.
So did we! Most of the people at the reception naturally assumed that since we had catered the affair, we had done the cake too. We are civilized folks, and went ahead and served it graciously (in teeny teeny tiny pieces!), but it put us in a very embarrassing position.
The poor bride had tried so hard to have everything perfect, and the cake, which should have been a showpiece admired by all, was a fiasco.
Please, even if you don't get the cake from us, get it from a reputable baker who has years of experience making wedding cakes.
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