At a recent wedding, the photographers really caught our eye as being professional and unobtrusive. We were lucky enough to see (and use)  few of their photo’s too (you can see some on our gallery) , and their style and quality of pictures really impressed us.

Lime Leaf weddings are wedding photographers based in Devon and provide high quality, unobtrusive, story telling reportage wedding photography.

Their way of working allows you, your family and friends to enjoy your day without us interrupting.

They are different in that they artistically document your wedding, keeping in the background and not stopping you at every doorway or while you’re trying to chat and catch up with old friends. The last thing you want is a photographer distracting you from your day.

They are located between Axminster and Lyme Regis on the Devon, Somerset and Dorset borders and offer wedding photography for the entire UK as well as international weddings abroad.

They  limit the amount of weddings we do a year so we can give each wedding and photo our full attention.

They also work in exclusive unity with the award winning wedding video / cinematographers FX Films, should you wish to tie everything together in one professional package.

To visit their website, go to http://www.limeleafweddings.com

If you are interested in applying for a job with Eat With Englands, then please download and print the application form below, returning it to the following address.

77 Green Close

Exmouth

Devon

EX8 3QB

Click on the link below to download our application form:

http://eatwithenglands.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/JOB-APPLICATION-FORM.pdf

Of course, if you are looking for a bespoke wedding package then the Eat With Englands main site is still the one for you. So go on, have a browse of our new site, and learn all about our new Devon Hog Roast packages!

Westcountry Wedding Award

Eat With Englands have been entered into this years Westcountry Wedding Awards!

Finalists are announced early next year so until then, we will be keeping our fingers crossed (and of course canvassing for votes!).

If we have catered for your wedding within the past two years (or are catering for your wedding next year and you are already impressed by our service!), then we would be delighted to receive your votes!

We will be sure to keep our readers informed of our progress!

Don’t miss this great oppertunity to sample the fabulous food and atmosphere at the best prices in the region!

On the list of wedding planning priority’s, speech timing is not high on most people’s list. However, it is often an important and overlooked aspect of your wedding evening. Consider this. The average three course wedding meal lasts around two hours. The average length of a wedding speech is around 10 minutes – that’s a quarter the length of the meal, and will have a big impact on the running of your wedding evening (even more so if the best man plans to recount the groom’s entire life story).

I recently managed a wedding where the bride and groom were adamant they wanted one speech between each course. Not a problem I said. The father of the bride duly spoke after the starter course. A fairly short speach of 5-10 minutes – the main course was duly served on time. Now came the groom’s speech. “How long until desserts are to be served?” asked the head chef “10-15 minutes, perhaps a little longer” I responded. 40 minutes later, the groom was still speaking, and my head chef (incidentally also my boss) was not a happy chap! The groom finished his speech shortly after, and before we had time to get the desserts out of the ovens, the best man had launched into his! Whether the excitement had got the better of him, or whether they had just forgotten he was meant to be speaking after dessert I do not know. What I did realise very quickly was that his speech was going to last even longer than the grooms (his brother – long speeches must run in the family!). And so, after a further 50 minutes, we duly served dessert.

What is the point of this story, I hear you ask? It is not that long speeches are bad at weddings – incidentally it was one of the funniest best man speeches I had heard in a long time – it is that the timing of your speeches can have a serious impact on the timings of your wedding. Due to the 1 hour 40 minute wait between mains and desserts, the wedding guests were getting hungry again, and the chef’s blood pressure had gone through the roof (try coordinating 3 different desserts, all with different cooking and prep times to be ready at the same time, when that time gets changed by an hour and a half!).

In my opinion, the two best times for the speeches are: Before the meal has even started – this works particularly well at marquee weddings on nice days when the speeches can be made outside perhaps with the help of a small PA system. OR (and in my opinion the best) after desserts and teas and coffees have been served. That way, there is no kitchen angst, guests have had their fill of food for the afternoon, and everyone can concentrate intently on the speeches rather than on when the next course is coming out!

And remember - if you are a best man or groom and are reading this blog – if your speech is going to last a long time, please please please, let your wedding manager know!

To maintain our high standards of food and service we only cater for a maximum of two weddings on any given day, and so our calender quickly fills up. If you are worried that your date might be taken, but don’t yet want to make a financial commitment, then contact us now and we can provisionally reserve a date for you.

The waitresses were dressed as medieval “wenches” , although the same cannot be said for our chefs, who remained stoic in their whites!

Dorset Hog Roast

We are now offering 20% off the price of any of our Hog Roast packages Monday – Thursday, and 10% off the hire price on a friday.

So if you want that something special or a little bit different for your event, contact us now and see how we can help!