picnic & afternoon tea
How does it work?
With gorgeous handmade food, and the option for well-made classics and interesting bites with a twist, our picnic & afternoon tea weddings are the perfect choice for a relaxed and rustic wedding. These are also the most economical weddings we offer.
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Our picnic basket meals come served in lined wicker baskets, and are all packaged to be as environmentally friendly as possible. Our afternoon tea meals come served on beautiful platters by our waiting staff. Generally the meal consists of a course of sandwiches, then an optional course of savoury bites, then either savoury or sweet scones, finishing with sweet treats.
Sample
Menus
american influenced picnic
Pastrami ruebens
Lemon roast chicken and avocado caesar salad boxes
Eggs, truffle butter, brioche rolls
Ham hock, barley and spinach salad
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Cravettes, squid and aioli
Lightly dressed fingerling potato salad
Crab palmiers
Ants on a log
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Honey mustard popcorn
Walnut, choc chip banana bread
Blueberry and sour cream twist
PB and J brownies
traditional afternoon tea
Smoked salmon, cucumber, cream cheese
Spice roasted chicken, coronation crème
Egg, golden mayonnaise, watercress
Roast beef, horseradish, rocket
Crab quiche
Prawn cocktail cups
Porcini and port pate
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Buttermilk scones, clotted cream, blackcurrant conserve
Thin crust Bakewell tart
Victoria sponge, buttercream, fresh strawberry
Sachertorte
mediterranean vegetarian picnic
Filo and spinach spanoptika
Roast pepper, goats cheese and olive butter baguettes
Roast cauliflower, sultanas, quinoa
Hummus, stuffed vine leaves, falafel, gigantes
Orzo, lemon, pea, feta and mint salad
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Talleggio, potato and rosemary tarts
Chargrilled vegetables and olives pots
Tapanade straws
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Fennel and black pepper popcorn
Baklava
Chocolate panforte
modern
afternoon tea
Lancashire cheese, carrot and almond chutney
Steak and truffle butter baguette
Ham and gruyere croissants
Chicken, tarragon and red grape club
Chorizo sausage roll
Kedgeree arancini
Devilled eggs
Cheese and chive scones, whipped goats cheese, roast apple jam
Carrot cake, chai buttercream
Guinness brownie
Gooseberry elderflower mini pavlova
local produce picnic
Dovedale blue or Hartington Stilton proper sage Derby, smoked Cheadleton.
Treacle glazed ham from local Derbyshire pork
Breads, crackers, chutneys, pickles and honey
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Hand raised pork, hunters and homity pies
Locally made duck and orange pate
Spinach and nettle quiche or wild garlic frittata
Shaved asparagus, watercress, baby gem, lemon and pink peppercorn salad
Staffordshire oatcake, smoked salmon, cream cheese
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Bakewell tarts
Flapjacks
Bluebells ice cream
