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Elegant Dining for Your Dream Wedding

The Cumbrian Chef offers luxury, personalised wedding catering throughout the Lake District. Our meticulous approach ensures you and your guests have an amazing experience. Choose from exquisite canapés, full-course meals, and everything in between.

We work closely with you to tailor menus that reflect your tastes, accommodate dietary requirements, and fit your venue’s facilities—whether it’s a marquee or a formal setting. From cutlery to power needs, we coordinate logistics so you can focus on your special day. With locally sourced ingredients and presentation, each dish is designed to tell your story and create an unforgettable dining experience.

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Contact us to start planning your wedding menu.


Below is a range of wedding services that we offer including example menus:

Preparing Appetizers

Wedding Canapes 

Our delicious canapés are proudly presented on rustic boards and served to your guests by our professional team. These tempting mouthfuls offer a delicious greeting for your guests with cocktail napkins to hand. 

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Childrens Menu

Our kids’ wedding menu is designed to delight younger guests with fun, flavourful dishes that cater to their tastes while still offering a touch of sophistication. We also offer a selection of delicious sides and healthy options, ensuring every child has a meal they love.

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Sample Wedding Menus

Our approach to wedding catering is personal and meticulous. We offer a range of menu options designed to delight your guests, from exquisite canapés to full-course meals.

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Evening Food Options for Lake District Weddings

Savour the Night: Evening Food Options for Your CelebrationNo Wedding is complete without evening food. Our range of options includes something for everyone, from a rustic-style buffet to a pizza van. 

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Self Carve Menu

Our self-carve wedding menu offers a unique and interactive dining experience, allowing your guests to carve their own succulent cuts of premium meats right at their table. With options like roast beef, honey-glazed ham, or slow-roasted turkey, each dish is presented beautifully alongside an array of gourmet sides and sauces.

Tastings

We understand the importance of choosing the right wedding caterer. You can book me when in the lakes for a dinner party (normal minimum numbers apply see Private chef services LINK) if you book me for your wedding, I will refund 50% of the dinner party cost. 

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I should be able to adjust the current menu to the wedding breakfast dishes give you the opportunity to try four canapés, two starters, two mains and two desserts. Tastings usually take 90 minutes. 

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Tasting Sessions are charged from £75 per person plus VAT.

What We Include on The Day

Full staffed waiting team, approximately one member of staff to every 15 guests and fully qualified chefs & kitchen team. Non fixed kitchen equipment. Full tidy down of the kitchen. 

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All prices are exclusive of China, cutlery, glassware, table decorations, linen to include tablecloths and napkins, fixed equipment hire for example ovens, refrigeration, hotplates, trestle tables. We use some great local companies that off a hire service for everything that’s needed to caterer for your event. If you would like your room all laid up ready for your day this can be done by my team or the hire company at additional cost. 

What We Need on The Day

If you are getting married in a marquee, we require a service tent, approximately 6m x 6m (open to change depending on numbers & menu) • Power and lighting • Cooking equipment depending on type of meal to be served , refrigeration if needed , Clean water supply • Waste disposal (kitchen waste & bottles) it is the responsibility of the client to provide a bottle bank or similar, general and kitchen waste can be removed by us.

Trestle tables (quantity to be advised which can be obtained from your marquee supplier) • An area for our vehicle to park ideally close to the service tent.

If you are getting married in a local property the chance, is I have already catered there been before, so I can advise on what will be needed for me to be able to offer my services. If I haven’t been before I will arrange a site visit before I can commit my services.  

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If clients are providing own drinks to be served by my team, then refrigeration is preferred.

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We work closely with a range of suppliers, therefore can assist with recommending the following: Marquee Providers • Photographers • Videographers Florists • Table Dress Service • Wedding Planners Crockery & Tableware Service • Cocktail Bar • DJ.

What Next

We hope you have found our information helpful, however please do get in contact with us to discuss your menu in more detail. We really do pride ourselves in offering personal, bespoke options for your special day. Contact us today on julian@thecumbrianchef.co.uk to arrange a no obligation chat about your special day. Then I will be able to provide a detailed quote for you. 

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