To tie in Neel’s Indian heritage, as well as our love of Indian food, we also had Indian savoury snacks from Sambal Express, Barkingside. My mum is very creative and reused our old bed sheets and old fabric to make bunting to decorate the marquee. The bunting is now termed ‘the family bunting’ and is used for other special occasions. Each birthday I always request a caterpillar cake, so we decided to have Mr and Mrs caterpillar cakes for our wedding, and also cupcakes so everyone would be able to have some. We had a very informal hog and lamb roast and allowed the guests to sit where they wanted. The centrepieces were dried flowers recycled from a friend’s wedding earlier that year – making sure to have a bit of orange or yellow in each centrepiece. We started the reception with local Maldon oysters – shucked by the groom and groomsmen who had learnt how to do it on the stag do! We paired the oysters with local sparkling wine from New Hall vineyards. The favours were limoncello in small glass bottles (they reminded me of Alice in Wonderland, and all were recycled after the day!). 33 REAL WEDDINGS
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