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 the Capital, whom you might want to get in touch with...
Don't forget to mention Your London Wedding magazine when contacting a wedding caterer.
Introducing Jigger Cocktails: your online cocktail delivery service
Jigger Cocktails, a leading online cocktail delivery service, takes your cocktail experience to new heights with its amazing cocktail box sets. Whether you're planning a special occasion or simply want to enjoy a delicious cocktail at home, Jigger Cocktails has got you covered. Understanding the importance of a perfectly crafted cocktail, its talented mixologists will create your custom cocktail boxset of your choice. Whether you're a cocktail connoisseur or a novice enthusiast, the box sets offer an effortless way to have exquisite drinks in the comfort of your own home - perfect for a stag/hen/sten do at home!
Posted: 29 May 2023
Why Champagne is the number one choice for weddings and celebrations
Champagne naturally goes hand in hand at weddings and there is no shortage of creative ways to share the pinnacle of sparkling wine. The Champagne Bureau UK*, has included useful tips below on how to best serve Champagne at a wedding and help select the right style for the occasion. Using the correct glassware: whilst trends come and go and flutes have commonly been thought of as the crème de la crème - a tall, rounded, tulip-shaped glass is the perfect choice and expertly shows off your Champagne's aromas and bubbles.
Posted: 8 May 2023
Say ‘I Do’ to a Dry Wedding with Mavrik Alcohol-free Cocktails
With a growing number of people going sober or choosing to moderate their drinking, the traditional wedding 'knees up' may be a thing of the past as today's couples opt for a more sober affair - which everyone can remember! In the past, non-drinkers or designated drivers would be somewhat left out of the celebrations with access to only a sad selection of soft drinks or juices. However, now nearlyweds-to-be are putting as much effort into deciding what alcohol-free drinks to offer as they would apply to sourcing the Champagne for the toasts! Plus, not only are dry weddings a huge money saver, but they also allow guests to enjoy the day with a clear head and leave the event with all those special memories firmly in tact.
Posted: 15 February 2023
How to create a bespoke drinks menu for your wedding
Your wedding should be as personalised, luxurious and enjoyable as possible, and the drinks menu is no exception! Here, Steve King, managing director at the drinks retailer Bottled & Boxed, shows you how to bring together a bespoke drinks menu for your wedding. Organising a wedding is as exciting as it is overwhelming: you'll want your day to be as special as possible, and the drinks menu is no exception to this. It's becoming more and more popular to create your own personalised drinks, with Google searches for 'bespoke drinks menu' increasing 10% since the beginning of 2022.
Posted: 8 February 2023
Award-winning bar Swift launched in Borough
The team behind beloved London cocktails bars Swift Soho and Swift Shoreditch have unveiled Swift Borough, the third iteration of their award-winning hospitality, art-deco aesthetic and world class cocktails. The layout of the two storey space on Borough High Street mirrors the iconic Soho original. Upstairs, guests are welcomed into a light, bright no-reservations space with a curated menu of classic-inspired and aperitivo drinks. Swift favourites such as the Swift Irish Coffee and Sgroppino are available alongside classic cocktails on request and Borough Upstairs also hosts the Swift Aperitivo Hour every day until 6pm, with all Aperitivos just £7.
Posted: 12 January 2023
London's Happy Face Pizza launches a pizza truck
Get a slice of the action as London's Happy Face Pizza, unveil the latest addition to the family, the Happy Face Pizza Truck. After the first truck was sadly stolen away last year, the pizza maestros are back on the road, popping up across Happy Face Pizza sites and available to hire for private events, parties and festive celebrations. Striking yellow in colour, the Piaggio pizza truck - nicknamed Isabella – serves a concise menu of Neapolitan-style pizzas created by Executive Chef, Mario Mastrangelo. Made to order and cooked in the wood-fired oven on the back of the converted truck, expect a puffy light dough and punchy flavours, made using a 72-hour dough ferment for that light and fluffy crust.
Posted: 22 November 2022
New Champagne Coupe from London's Searcys
Londoners love a bar in a car and to mark their 175th anniversary, British restaurateur and event caterer Searcys have taken the concept one step further with a new and unique Searcys Champagne Coupé – a fully working mobile champagne bar. Housed in an intricately converted 1935 Rolls-Royce Sedanca de Ville and exclusively serving premium fizz, the Champagne Coupé is available for private hire to ensure your wedding party or private event truly sparkles - and will look picture perfect in the photos.
Posted: 23 August 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
London’s award-winning wine launch
London's award-winning sparkling wine brand Pale Fox Prosecco has announced the launch of their first non-alcoholic sparkling wine. Whether your guests are drinking alcohol or not, you can now treat them all to a fabulous glass of bubbles to join you in celebrating your day. Available to buy online via the Pale Fox website, the new non-alcoholic, single estate sparkling prosecco is produced by vinifying a still white wine, then using reverse osmosis to separate out the alcohol, before finally adding the fizz. The result is complex and celebratory, with an extra dry balance of acidity, fruit and classic yeasty notes. As well as being lower in calories, it also contains polyphenols and antioxidants, which have natural health benefits.
Posted: 14 July 2022
Ryan Reynolds’s cocktail suggestions to combat the heatwave
Summer has officially arrived in the UK and during the upcoming heatwave, take Hollywood film star and co-owner of Aviation Gin, Ryan Reynolds' advice by serving up some Aviation Gin cocktails for al fresco celebrations. Aviation American Gin has been voted the world's highest rated gin (97 points, Wine Enthusiast) and has helped establish a new style of American gin - softer and smoother, with juniper in the background and citrus and floral notes in the front - resulting in more balanced cocktails.
Posted: 13 July 2022
