Engaging a professional wedding catering business takes away all the stress of providing your guests with first class, delicious food that will add so much to your special day.
Planning is essential, and a specialist wedding caterer will provide you with many options not just for your formal sit down wedding breakfast and dinner, but also perhaps a relaxed barbeque or buffet. And of course you can also discuss and plan for any special dietary requirements that your guests may have.
Here’s some great wedding caterers based in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire from places like Swindon, Salisbury, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Cirencester and Chippenham, whom you might want to get in touch with...
Don't forget to mention Your Glos & Wilts Wedding magazine when contacting a wedding caterer.
The Scenic Supper Event and Party Planning
The Scenic Supper Parties and Wedding Management Service offers creative planning and management of bespoke parties and weddings. We work closely with clients to create memorable events to suit individual tastes and preferences for up to 100 guests for a sit-down event or for a canapés and drinks reception.
The team at Daylesford Organic win award
Daylesford Organic are delighted to announce that their head baker, Michael Engler, was recently named a winner at the Tiptree World Bread Awards with Brook Food. The awards are hailed as the UK's leading celebration of the art of bread-baking, where stars of the industry gather together annually for a much-anticipated prize ceremony. Michael's much loved Organic Fruit Bread was voted the winner by Stephen Hallam, chair of the judges, in the awards' Fruit category. A well-deserved win, the loaf is one of Daylesford Organic's most popular products, densely packed with delicious apricots, raisins and walnuts.
Posted: 17 January 2023
Stick to Dry January with Cotswolds Distillery's Dry Gin Essence
If you're using this January as a month to be more mindful about your alcohol intake then Cotswolds Dry Gin Essence offers a great low-alcohol alternative making your Ginuary damp rather than dry! Cotswolds Dry Gin Essence is a full-strength gin designed to reduce the amount of product and alcohol required in a drink while retaining the intensity of flavour. Cotswolds Dry Gin Essence is made using ten times the botanical concentration of their award-winning Cotswolds Dry Gin, resulting in a lighter and deliciously refreshing gin, with all the taste and 90% less alcohol than the standard 50 ml serve. Each 5ml serve of Cotswolds Dry Gin Essence contains just 0.23 units of alcohol and only 14 calories. One bottle makes a total of 20 almost alcohol-free cocktails.
Posted: 12 January 2023
Enjoy a festive tipple this New Year's Eve with whiskey gifts
Enjoy a festive tipple this New Year's Eve with whiskey gifts from The Cotswolds Distillery. Nestled in the heart of the beautiful Cotswolds countryside, it's the perfect one-stop-shop for gin and whisky gifts, with gift messaging available with every purchase, and all available at the click of a button. The award-winning Cotswolds Signature Single Malt Whisky was launched in 2017 and is the first whisky ever distilled in the Cotswolds. Rich and fruity, Cotswolds Single Malt Whisky is sippable with notes of honey, Seville orange marmalade and dark red fruits. Available in a beautiful gift box, it is the perfect gift for a whisky lover and is very versatile.
Posted: 29 December 2022
Authentic Sri Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree shares Christmas menu
This December, authentic Sri Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree with restaurants in Cheltenham, Oxford and Reading among other places, is sharing its Sri Lankan-style split sprouts & cashews recipe to celebrate the launch of its 2022 Christmas menu. The Coconut Tree's much-loved Ho-Ho-Hoppers feature on the menu for another year along with the Sri Lankan-style split sprouts and cashews dish made with fresh sprouts and pan-fried with cashews, onion, garlic and chipper. There are also turkey baubles - crispy fried balls filled with quality British mince turkey, big island flavours and a pot of cranberry sauce. Customers can even enjoy a nice slice of Christmas cake and vanilla ice cream for dessert. The Christmas menu also includes a number of set party meal offers encouraging customers to try a Coconut Tree Christmas with a festive lunch or night out with family, friends or colleagues. Customers can try cooking Sri Lankan-style split sprouts and cashews for themselves at home this Christmas as part of The Coconut Tree's mission to bring Sri Lankan eats to communities across the world.
Posted: 22 December 2022
Cotswolds Distillery until Christmas cocktail recipes
Christmas is around the corner, so get into the festive spirit with these gin and whisky cocktails from Cotswolds Distillery. As well as forming the base for delicious Christmas cocktails, the beautifully designed Cotswolds Gin and Whisky bottles make wonderful gifts and are conveniently all available to purchase from Cotswolds Distillery. To make a Cotswolds single malt whisky Wintertime Love cocktail, dissolve 60ml of the whisky and 10ml of maple syrup in a cocktail jar or glass. Add ice and stir continuously for dilution. Add the bitters, and more ice and stir a few more times. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and express orange peel around the glass. Garnish with the orange peel.
Posted: 6 December 2022
Paxton & Whitfield launches new cheese called Cullum to celebrate 225th birthday
This year marks Paxton & Whitfield's 225th birthday and to celebrate, the UK's oldest cheesemonger with a store in Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire launches 'Cullum' – an exclusive, brand new British hard ewes' milk cheese. This cheese has been developed together with one of Paxton & Whitfield's long-standing partners, the award-winning cheesemaker Martin Gott of St James Cheese, Cumbria. James Rutter, managing director of Paxton & Whitfield, says: "We are delighted to work with Martin and his team at Holker Farm on this exciting and exclusive new British ewes' milk cheese. We named the cheese 'Cullum' after Stephen Cullum, who was the original founder of the market stall back in 1742 which started the roots of our business."
Posted: 25 October 2022
Mole Valley Farmers store in Cirencester and Penzance enjoys major refurbishment
Mole Valley Farmers, with newly refurbished stores in Cirencester as well as Penzance, Cornwall has linked up with UK barbecue expert, food influencer and cookery book author Marcus Bawdon to promote their fresh food and drink expansion. Marcus is internationally renowned for his barbecue expertise and he runs the UK BBQ School near his home in Cullompton, Devon. He tells us, "I'm a big fan of Mole Valley Farmers and I was impressed by the food offered at my local store. There are some top-quality meat and dairy products and they stock everything you need for a decent barbecue."
Posted: 20 October 2022
Entertaining made easy this autumn with premium Cotswolds-based drinks
Make entertaining easy this autumn and spend more time with your guests at your Halloween or fireworks party with these premium pre-mixed cocktails. Instant crowd pleasers, there's an option for every taste palate with the following delicious cocktails available in cans, bottles and pouches from Oxfordshire-based company The Cocktail Society. Canned cocktails include an authentic Caribbean rum punch made with Barbados Cockspur Rum and a blend of natural tropical fruit juices. With the sweetness of tropical fruit juice and the kick of Cockspur Rum, each 250ml can is fruity and refreshing, instantly transporting drinkers to a tropical island. The Cockspur Rum Punch cans are produced by the long-established Carib Brewery in the Caribbean under a licence from Barbados-based Cockspur Rum and are priced at £1.99 per can from Drink Supermarket or £26.40 for 12 x 250ml cans from Amazon. ABV: 4%.
Posted: 13 October 2022
Enjoy tea for two with Daylesford Organic's new tea collection
Daylesford Organic has developed a bespoke range of organic teas and botanical infusions in collaboration with London-based Nemi Teas. The collection includes 12 thoughtfully selected teas and infusions that complement Daylesford's unrivalled array of bakery treats including cakes, biscuits and pastries. Sourced from locations ranging from West Bengal to Mozambique, the teas include Darjeeling, Jasmine Green and Elderflower Green. Featuring flavoursome botanicals from liquorice to lemongrass, the refreshing infusions include Radiance and Dreamtime. Those visiting Daylesford cafes can enjoy 'tea for two' where the collection of blends will be served on trays with brewing instructions and timers for guests to create the perfect cup. There will also be the option to enjoy the teas over ice, perfect for warmer days. Tastings of the new collection will also be held daily in the Daylesford farm shops with customers having the opportunity to experience the flavours and scents of the blends.
Posted: 4 October 2022
How low can you go when it comes to alcohol for summer weddings
With a bumper wedding season ahead in the UK this summer, make sure you cater for all your guests' needs and be sure to offer delicious no and low alcohol options at drinks wedding celebrations. With a range of great wine, cocktail or gin alternatives to stock up on this summer for the designated drivers and sober curious, there's something for all taste buds leaving guests happy, refreshed and clear-headed the next day - hallelujah to that!
Posted: 3 August 2022
