Service with a secret

We had the BEST time a few weeks ago at the wedding of A & D at the Red Barn. A few weeks before the wedding A's mother contacted us about a big surprise she had booked for the couple. When we heard what it was we were all for it! Plans were put into place and A & D would be none the wiser until meal time...

We laid the tables and set up the bar earlier in the week. A & D had chosen gorgeous burnt orange for their napkins, folded into pockets for the cutlery. Tables were finished with centrepieces from Lou Bear Events. On the big day, as everyone was seated and D was waiting for his bride, we were in the kitchen meeting two very special waiters that were helping us out.

Wedding breakfast was a casual affair - BBQ sharing platters of sausages, handmade burgers, chicken drumsticks and BBQ pulled pork, with brioche buns, corn on the cob, rainbow salad, buttery new potatoes and homemade slaw. Our “extra” staff made sure everyone was topped up with wine and water.

Once the tables were cleared from mains, one of our extras was checking dessert cutlery when he suddenly, right in front of the bride and groom, tripped. Spoons went everywhere. As he got to his feet he happened to stumble upon a microphone strategically placed for the speeches. Before we knew it those two “extra” waiters burst into song and the whole room went wild.

The Singing Waiter Masters had acted all day in a different accent and completely made up characters, fooling everyone, none more than the bride herself. By the end of it people were standing on chairs, waving napkins over their heads and singing along at the top of their lungs.

Back to normality, we served desserts (salted caramel cheesecake with pretzels and popcorn), ran a full bar into the evening, and finished with mini fish and chips in newspaper cones alongside the wedding cake. Some weddings stay with you for years to come and this is certainly one of them. Soph x