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H&J Style at a Fabulous Devon Wedding
Wednesday July 7th 2010
On a beautiful May afternoon (the first truly Spring-like Saturday of the year), our website editor Sukie Read married her boyfriend of 9 years, Peter Baxter, and they were lucky enough to persuade H&J’s brilliant chefs Candice Webber and Denis Cogan, along with the exceptionally well-organised Jules Heckman Hughes, to quit London for the weekend and go to the glorious West Country to do the catering.
The setting at Cadhay House near Ottery St Mary was perfect for a quintessential country wedding, but Sukie, being Sukie, wanted to spice things up a bit with Spanish tapas as nibbles and an Indian Bhangra band for entertainment! There was plenty of Champagne and H&J also provided some ice-cold Fino sherry to complement the hand-carved Iberico ham, chorizo, garlic and chilli prawns and tortilla, and created a non-alcoholic pear and cranberry crush to quench the guests’ thirst as they enjoyed the sunshine on the lawns of this stunning Elizabethan house.
Dinner was served in a marquee decorated with seasonal English country flowers, simply arranged in jam jars and vintage milk bottles. Sirloin of beef from Kimber’s Farm in Somerset was cooked slowly at a low heat and served with roast vine tomatoes, balsamic onions, new potatoes and a salad of broad beans, asparagus and rocket. The chocolate wedding cake doubled as pudding, with bowls of strawberries and raspberries and clotted cream on the tables for the guests to help themselves to and, for those that still had room, there was a selection of British cheeses from Neal’s Yard Dairy, served with Candice’s homemade chutney.
The band, RSVP, who play regularly at Glastonbury and other festivals, rocked the rest of the night with their particular brand of Bhangra fusion with everyone joining in the dancing regardless of age. What a night!
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