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The Vintage Afternoon Tea Wedding Celebration Package
According to legend, one of Queen Victoria’s ladies-in waiting, Anna Maria Stanhope, known as the Duchess of Bedford, is credited as the creator of afternoon teatime. Because the noon meal had become skimpier, the Duchess suffered from a “sinking feeling” at about four o’clock in the afternoon. She invited friends to join her for an additional afternoon meal at five o’clock in her rooms at Belvoir Castle. This summer practice proved so popular, the Duchess continued it when she returned to London. Other social hostesses quickly picked up on the idea and the practice became respectable enough to move it into the drawing room. Before long all of fashionable society was gathering sipping tea and nibbling sandwiches and cakes in the middle of the afternoon. This sociable pastime carries on at Careys and we are now happy to bring the British afternoon luxury to your Big Day.
- Red Carpet on Arrival welcoming you in true style
- Our Wedding Supervisor acting as Master of Ceremonies during your Day
- Civil Ceremony in our Lounge
- Glass of Champagne or Non alcoholic Cocktail for your Reception Drink and Canapés
- Afternoon Tea served on tiered stands, consisting of:
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Sandwiches: Asparagus and Cream Cheese, New Forest Ham and Whole Grain Mustard Oak Smoked Organic Salmon on Rye Bread with Cucumber and Crème Fraîche Lemon and Pepper Chicken Salad, Egg and Watercress, Crayfish and Marie Rose Sauce. Opera Gateau, Fruit Cake, Individual Sherry Trifles, Scones with New Forest Jam and Clotted Cream, Fresh Fruit Cream Tart, Choux Pastry Swans filled with Chocolate Cream, Macaroons (strawberry, pistachio or chocolate) |
- Glass of Champagne with the Toast
- Decorative Pitcher or Jug with Wistful Seasonal Flower Arrangement on each table
- Vintage Floral Table Top, Vintage Style Table Menus
- White Chair Covers and your Choice of Organza Sash
- Table Plan, Traditional Silver Cake Base and Knife
- wedding Afternoon Tea and Evening Room Hire Charges in our Cedar Suite up to 11pm
- Four Poster Manor Bridal Suite on the night of the Wedding with Full English Breakfast
“New Forest Butcher’s Block” Evening Fork Buffet:
Sliced New Forest Ham, Slow Roasted New Forest Beef, New Forest Marque Pork Pie, Loosehanger Garlic and Nettle Cheese, New Forest Goat Farm Cheese, Selection of Flavoured Breads, Homemade Pickle and Chutney
Serving of the Wedding Cake
£110.00 per person for 2010
£120.00 per person for 2011
Inclusive of VAT @ 17.5%
This package is available Sunday to Thursday
Minimum of 60 people during the months of July, August and September
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