REAL WEDDINGS – CAROLINE & JAMIE MARQUEE WEDDING

Caroline and Jamie Marquee Wedding

Bride & Groom: Caroline & Jamie Location: A large marquee wedding in his parents amazing garden, overlooking Hanbury Church. Photography: Richard Barley Caroline and Jamie were looking for hot sharing platters that would inspire them and their many guests. Kemp and Kemp obliged, with a quote based on just that – with six choices that […]

WEDDING PLANNING FOR THE BUSY PROFESSIONAL

stress-free wedding planning

No one can deny that planning your wedding has the potential to be all-consuming. I have even known of people taking a step down in their career or cutting down to part time hours in order to organise this big event. If you’re a busy professional… it’s unlikely that you have the same time to […]

WEDDING CATERING CONSULTATION – WITH KAREN KEMP

Local Food in Catering

If you want your wedding catering to be unique, personal to you (and not to mention all homemade, with fresh & local ingredients) – then I would urge you to book a consultation with Karen Kemp. It’s completely FREE and allows you to discuss ideas together and get creative. No two weddings should serve the […]

TOP 5 WEDDING FOODS THAT GUESTS SECRETLY HATE… AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD.

Wedding Foods that guests hate

1. HARD-TO-EAT CANAPÉS Everyone loves canapés at a wedding – it’s time to mingle with guests & revel in the first flush of being married! With an ice-cold drink in one hand it’s not a great idea then to try hold anything else for long, So our rule is – if you can’t eat it […]

PANCAKE DAY INSPIRATION…

Pancake Day

Seeing as it is Shrove Tuesday (or ‘Pancake Day’) we thought we’d share some of Karen’s pancake topping suggestions! You never know, it may even become a popular wedding dish! Let’s go savoury with our pancakes this year… The trend for all things ‘pulled’ continues so why not turn your pancake into a Chinese one […]

WEDDING FOOD INSPIRATION SHOOT

Questions about catering

To keep you all inspired, we have had a little photo shoot, courtesy of HBA Photography (these guys take fantastic wedding photographs as well as food by the way!) Here are a few of our favourites… we hope you like them too. To find out more about some of these dishes, we’d love for you […]

WHY MARQUEE WEDDINGS ARE SO PERSONAL

Marquee Weddings

… (and can prevent you from being ripped off) Marquee weddings have been popular for a while now; mainly because people like to be in control of their own wedding. I don’t blame them – Imagine paying a small fortune for your wedding day and having someone tell you what you can and can’t do. […]

WEDDING CATERERS – WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT? (GUEST POST)

Wedding Catering Checklist

A guest post by Anna Martin (Bride to be) After saying ‘yes’ and becoming engaged to my now hubby-to-be, it took me all of 5 minutes to fire up my computer and begin planning our big day… and all of 5 days to throw in the towel! There were so many beautiful venues around, we […]

AN ALL VEGETARIAN WEDDING?

Vegetarian Wedding

Just recently we were asked something which we have never been asked by a bride and groom before… to create a completely vegetarian wedding menu. Usually we are asked to create a vegetarian ‘option’, but never ENTIRELY vegetarian. When Karen was asked to do this, her eyes lit up with excitement – she loves vegetarian […]

SELF CATERING WEDDING VENUES

Self catering wedding venues

https://kempandkempcatering.co.uk/#ofEveryone has an idea in their mind of a ‘dream wedding’. Whatever it might be, we can guarantee it doesn’t involve compromise. There are some really beautiful wedding venues out there but a lot do their own catering where you may find yourself limited by having to choose between Menu A and Menu B. Menu A […]