{"id":783,"date":"2020-02-13T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kemp.mysites.io\/?p=783"},"modified":"2022-04-14T14:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T14:11:58","slug":"foh-kk-wedding-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kempandkempcatering.co.uk\/foh-kk-wedding-organisation\/","title":{"rendered":"FRONT OF HOUSE AT A KEMP AND KEMP WEDDING"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Looking back over the last ten years of Kemp & Kemp weddings (now fast approaching 500 weddings delivered or booked) we realise how far we\u2019ve come.<\/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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Those first few weddings were delivered flawlessly food-wise, but in wedding organisation terms, we flew by the seat of our pants somewhat. I once stood stirring the home-made custard for a full 45 minutes whilst a flight of \u2018surprise\u2019 speeches were sprung on us between main and dessert. At another wedding an over-enthusiastic\u00a0toastmaster<\/a>\u00a0decided to organise a receiving line between canap\u00e9s and the starter, taking at least 90 minutes to seat guests whilst the perfectly dressed salad gently wilted in a summer marquee.<\/p>

We recognised that from Year 1 (2010) what we needed was a person with authority to keep the food at the forefront of everyone\u2019s mind and to make sure it was always served at its tip top best working with the kitchen and the clients. We call this person a Front of House Manager and since those early days every\u00a0Kemp & Kemp Catering<\/a>\u00a0wedding has had one, fully trained and dedicated to making sure the day goes as the client expects it.<\/p>

Core amongst the roles are making sure the guests are ready to eat the food when the food is ready to be eaten. However, bringing these two things together is not as easy as it sounds.. whilst food can be \u2018held\u2019 at least for a while, getting 150 merry people to leave the joys of Champagne on the lawn is the closest thing to herding cats I\u2019ve ever done and with lots of players (on top of the B&G), including photographers, wedding coordinators and toast-masters, there is lots of potential for delay, distraction and [therefore] wilting salad.<\/p>

It\u2019s someone\u2019s big day so our Managers can\u2019t stand there tapping their watches and hurrying people along. Catering is important (esp to our clients), but you don\u2019t want a major memory to be military precision or a feeling that the bride was being hurried. Let\u2019s face it, the photographs are around a lot longer than dinner \u2013 so the trick is to make it all feel seamless and relaxed, whilst being in complete control at all times.<\/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

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Key to making this happen is advanced knowledge \u2013 when ARE the speeches expected, how long will they take, are there any \u2018surprises\u2019 [like a helicopter taking the B&G for a quick spin \u2013 lasting 35 minutes and wrecking the schedule \u2013 or the surprise quiz dreamt up by the Best Men]. We ask all our clients to tell us everything they could wish for in a highly structured wedding organisation checklist that runs to 26 pages and has been likened to an \u2018A\u2019 level paper. At first sight its pretty scary, but it contains everything we\u2019ve ever learnt at weddings and we call it \u2018The Bible\u2019. Our clients love this as it ensures the detail is looked after and nothing is left to chance on the day. An example is \u2018What is the postcode of your wedding venue so that we can direct lost, late guests to the ceremony\u2019 \u2013 so much better than saying to these stressed people \u201csorry, no idea where they are\u201d.<\/p>

They tell us in one place and in black & white what they want, we take this to the wedding and it structures the whole day \u2013 with flexibility built in so that we can accommodate last minute changes [the coach gets lost between Church and Venue \u2013 The antique Rolls Royce breaks down \u2013 you know the sort of thing].<\/p>

Having a person armed with the plan, but able to gently \u2018negotiate when things look like they might go awry\u2019 is thus the key to success \u2013 assertive and accommodating in equal measure as well as creative in managing things that crop up.<\/p>

Not all caterers dedicate such resources in this way, but when the food is as important as it is to us (and to all our clients) we don\u2019t think there is really any choice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Looking back over the last ten years of Kemp & Kemp weddings (now fast approaching 500 weddings delivered or booked) we realise how far we\u2019ve come. Those first few weddings were delivered flawlessly food-wise, but in wedding organisation terms, we flew by the seat of our pants somewhat. 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