Written by Tammy of Tammy Golson Events.

If you care deeply about the food you eat year round, why would you abandon those standards on what is often referred to as the most important day of your life and likely the biggest and best party you will ever host? Guests know you and will expect a delicious experience.

Placing a priority on the food at your wedding goes well beyond what is served for dinner. Food can be infused into almost every aspect of your wedding festivities. I look forward to addressing many areas of how to impress the palates of your guests from first bite to last morsel.

Starting at the beginning, the date of your wedding and the venue chosen can contribute considerably to the culinary experience you are sharing with your guests. Keep the seasonality of fruits and vegetable and the proximately to an ocean if fresh seafood is important, in mind when deciding on the when and where to get married. Getting a sense of the experience, personality and flexibility of the chef at the venue can prove valuable later in the process as menu is being discussed.

Last summer a foodie client married at a lake club in Montauk, a fishing village on the farthest tip of Long Island. The couple and I sat down with the chef and came up with the menu together, course by course. Having worked at the private club for a long time, his menu caterers to the palates of the member ship. They club doesn’t host many weddings each season, so the Chef was thrilled to meet a couple who cared so sincerely about the food and he was very happy to have an opportunity to flex his culinary muscles and to deviate from the club’s menu. A luxury like this is extremely uncommon, but it exists and it’s worth looking for and in the end you’ll be happy you made the extra effort to find someone open to preparing the best meal possible.

Finding the right venue can be one of the many fun tasks of planning your wedding. Find venues that are inspired by great food and schedule time to visit the properties, talk with the on-site professionals and most importantly, try the food.

When touring and tasting, remember to take note of:

-Presentation

-Ingredients listed on menu

-Taste

-Service

-Staff

While ala carte food (food served in the dining room) and service often varies from the food and service at a wedding, the criteria listed above can measure the integrity of the food, the seasonality of the ingredients and the priority placed on guest satisfaction.

There are no shortage of food influenced venues in New York City! One high quality wedding venue just out side of the city is: Blue Hill at Stone Barnes. It rests on an organic farm and the menus are created around local and seasonal ingredients. It’s a short trip by train or car from the city. If it’s difficult for you schedule a visit, you can sample their succulent creations and superb service at Blue Hill in Manhattan located at 75 Washington Place within Manhattan’s historic Greenwich Village, between Washington Square Park and 6th Avenue, and between Waverly Place and West 4th Street.

Please come back for more about food and weddings in the weeks and months to come.

What is the most memorable food experience you have had at a wedding?

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