a tidal wedding
At a glance
200 guests
An exclusive celebration on Osea Island
Full wedding breakfast
Canapés, plated starter, sharing-style main course & late-night food
Tidal island setting
Complex access, deliveries and kitchen logistics planned around the tide
Field kitchen
Luxury catering delivered in a challenging summer environment
Seasonal menu
A generous, produce-led menu created for the height of summer
the brief
For A&F, the brief was to create a wedding breakfast that felt every bit as special as the setting.
Held privately on Osea Island, the celebration brought together 200 guests with high expectations and an absolute priority on privacy and attention to detail.
The setting itself brought an additional layer of complexity. Osea is a tidal island, so access, deliveries and timings all had to be carefully planned around the tide. Add a field kitchen, extreme summer heat and a tight marquee, and there was little room for error.
Working alongside wedding planner
Elizabeth Santos of Liz and Zie, our role was to make sure all of that complexity stayed behind the scenes, allowing A&F and their guests to simply enjoy the celebration.
The menu
a celebration shaped by the setting
The food was designed to feel generous, seasonal and quietly luxurious, with a balance of familiar favourites and more unexpected combinations.
Canapés set the tone for the afternoon before guests sat down to a fresh, seasonal starter and a sharing-style main course. Later, luxe toasted sandwiches made their appearance as the celebrations continued into the night.
Canapés
A considered selection of elegant, flavour-led bites, from seared tuna with sesame and jalapeño to lobster arancini with orange zest and purple basil. Playful touches included Manchego croquettes and beef tartare on wonton crackers.
Starters
Seasonal stone fruit, black figs, Prosciutto di Parma and lardo came together with crisp focaccia croutes and purple basil. Fresh, generous and beautifully balanced, the dish brought a relaxed elegance to the start of the meal.
Mains
A generous sharing spread centred around pomegranate-glazed rack of lamb with lemon fennel and aji verde. Alongside came cauliflower steaks with salsa macha, English garden salad and richly dressed roast potatoes.
Late night bites
The evening rounded off with luxe toasted sourdough sandwiches, filled with mature cheddar and caramelised onion. A simple, indulgent final bite that brought a comforting note to the end of the celebrations.
feedback
Thank you doesn't sound like a big enough word for you and all the attention to detail you put in organising the wedding breakfast, canapes, late nights, cakes, the tasting, the equipment checking and double checking, and so much extra way beyond your remit.
Please know it does not go unnoticed and I am incredibly grateful. It was a huge amount of work on a logistically challenging event - tidal island, field kitchen, extreme heat, tight marquee, rowdy crowd and pressure of coming in to raise the standard of the catering for the main wedding. But you pulled it off, and better.
It was a pleasure to work with you from start to finish and please give yourself a large pat on the back - and pass on my thanks to the whole Caiger team. We love C&Co!
— A&F
the details behind the scenes
A tidal island demands a little more thought.
The Caiger & Co team coordinated access, deliveries, equipment and kitchen requirements around the island's changing tides, ensuring everything was in place when it needed to be.
There was extensive preparation behind the scenes, from the tasting and equipment checks through to the wedding breakfast, canapés and late-night food. Everything was checked and double-checked.
The challenge was to deliver at the level expected of a luxury wedding, despite the heat, the field kitchen and the restrictions of the site.
For the guests, none of that needed to be visible. The experience simply needed to feel seamless.
Osea Island
the result
A wedding breakfast that felt generous, relaxed and completely at home on Osea Island.
Behind the scenes, there was a huge amount to coordinate. In front of the guests, it simply felt effortless, exactly as it should.
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