An Essex Wedding - Sep/Oct 2019 (Issue 88)

67 CATERING From quirky street food to showstopping dishes… Alternative. Fuud has a selection of award- winning pie fillings that it serves with mashed potato and a puff pastry lid. Your friends and family will love this twist on a classic. Beats Catering offer finger-licking dishes from its vintage food truck and it’s passionate about street food. Check out the chilli nachos with smashed avocado, sour cream and cheese. Its signature chuck beef chilli is slow-cooked for eight hours and melts in the mouth – ideal for soaking up booze in the evening Toasty Box will encapsulate details from your big day into your catering, and the menu choices can be as daring as desired. This could be anything from fiery Tabasco with cheese and chilli to barbecue pulled jackfruit with oozy vegan cheese for the non-meat eaters. Don’t forget dessert! It provides delicious homegrown pears with melted Dairy Milk or Nutella with banana or salted caramel spread. Why not bust out some old-school classics? Prawn cocktail starter followed by chicken kievs or fish and chips anyone? Match your drinks to your food. Having burgers? Try an ice-cold beer. Offering Italian options? Team it with a crisp pinot grigio. Don’t limit your imagination to food. Beats Catering offer a Tennessee iced tea. Its twist on this all-time classic is perfect for whisky lovers with a double shot of Buffalo Trace bourbon, triple sec shaken with its own sour mix served over ice and topped up with Coke – delicious! To wash it down… Drinks GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR EXPERTS James Beattie | Beats Catering | beatscatering.co.uk Richard James | Fuud | fuud.co.uk Barry J Warren-Watson | Russells Restaurant | russellsrest.co.uk Jo de Laine | Toasty Box | toastybox.com