I’m still not over the food. Seriously. At our tasting, we were blown away by the food, but people kept saying “it’s never the same at the wedding as it was at the tasting.” Well those people can eat crow, because our meals - Beef, Salmon, Pork... and Vegetarian - were the talk of the evening (among many other things, including the ridiculously beautiful Castle in the Clouds venue). The servings were gigantic, and it was one of the best meals I’ve had in a very, very long time. It was hot, beautifully plated, and literally everyone adored their food and talked about it long after the plates were cleared. Cara orchestrated beautifully, was extremely easy to work with, consistent, organized, patient, and knowledgeable, and our chef cannot be beat, he’s amazing.
The only kind of weird thing was that when we went to cut the cake there was no fork or plate or anything, so we had to stand around awkwardly holding the cake knife, asking passing Hart’s wait staff to scrounge up a plate and fork. Seems like a pretty basic wedding event component. Also cake-related, they were extremely slow getting cut cake out on the cake table, so guests thought it was gone and started eating donuts instead, leaving expensive cake behind. My mom had to go back to the kitchen and ask if there was anymore cake. So, the dessert table wasn’t especially well managed, but it’s a forgivable offense. It was also frustrating that guest’s cake and beverages were cleared so rapidly that a lot of our hard-earned and well-spent money was wasted. I suspect this was intentional to drive up the bar bill and get us out on time.
Just be quick to get leftover dessert packed up, as they were whisked away and we had to ask to have some of them back for the farewell breakfast, and maybe have a conversation with the venue and caterer about clearing food that’s still being eaten, and drinks that are still being drunk!