{"id":1679,"date":"2017-02-10T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kemp.mysites.io\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2022-04-14T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T14:10:21","slug":"wedding-caterers-what-should-you-expect-guest-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/wedding-caterers-what-should-you-expect-guest-post\/","title":{"rendered":"WEDDING CATERERS \u2013 WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT? (GUEST POST)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A guest post by Anna Martin (Bride to be)<\/em><\/p>

After saying \u2018yes<\/strong>\u2019 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\u2026 and all of 5 days to throw in the towel!<\/p>

There were so many beautiful venues<\/strong> around, we were spoiled for choice, but I kept hitting the same brick wall \u2013 The food had to be chosen from a set menu and cooked by someone I didn\u2019t know! I want our wedding day to be very personal, and this wasn\u2019t it.<\/p>

I decided that it would be much easier to work backwards<\/strong>. Find the wedding caterers<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, service staff, band etc. and then find a place to put them. I sent an email out to a few wedding caterers first, to see what they could do, how much they cost<\/strong> and what is included<\/strong>. The emails that I received back confused me even more\u2026<\/p>

So, I have put together a little checklist<\/strong> to send out to your potential wedding caterers when asking for a quote; to make sure that you don\u2019t get stung by hidden extras. I hope you find it as useful as I did. (P.s I stole it from Kemp and Kemp Catering<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, who were the only ones that included everything by the way!)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ensure your potential wedding caterers include the following in their quotes:<\/p>

  • Smart, Smiley Waiting Staff<\/li>
  • Crockery<\/li>
  • Cutlery<\/li>
  • Tablecloths & Napkins<\/li>
  • Cake Cutting<\/li>
  • Tea & Coffee Service<\/li>
  • Drinks Service (of your own drinks)<\/li>
  • No Corkage Fees<\/li>
  • Front of House Manager<\/li>
  • Chefs & Kitchen Assistants<\/li>
  • Project Management and<\/li>
  • Planning Service<\/li>
  • Table Laying<\/li>
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    I’m sure It\u2019s fairly obvious that I chose Kemp and Kemp to cater for our wedding. They have been FANTASTIC. In fact, as we speak I have just received a checklist<\/strong> from Richard to make sure that everything runs smoothly, and it has a reminder to get Ice\u2026 ICE \u2013 HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT? (I did by the way).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A guest post by Anna Martin (Bride to be) After saying \u2018yes\u2019 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\u2026 and all of 5 days to throw in the towel! There were so many beautiful venues around, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWedding Catering Checklist | Kemp and Kemp Catering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have put together a checklist to send out to wedding caterers when asking for a quote; to make sure there are no hidden extras.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/wedding-caterers-what-should-you-expect-guest-post\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wedding Catering Checklist | Kemp and Kemp Catering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have put together a checklist to send out to wedding caterers when asking for a quote; to make sure there are no hidden extras.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/wedding-caterers-what-should-you-expect-guest-post\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kemp and Kemp Catering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-10T10:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-14T14:10:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/checklist-catering.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"267\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Esme Wade\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Esme Wade\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/wedding-caterers-what-should-you-expect-guest-post\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/wedding-caterers-what-should-you-expect-guest-post\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Esme Wade\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f49e0fac93c3b55df8da2e81d046d3b5\"},\"headline\":\"WEDDING CATERERS \u2013 WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT? 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