We're having a BBQ :) which venue did you decide on Kelly?

our hog roast with rolls, stuffing, condiments plus potato salad type stuff and coleslaw is £11 per person, which i dont think is too bad... and surprisingly its one of the cheaper options for the evening food too x

We're looking at the Reeds as a possibility as well kellyG2Be! xx

or should i say the one that looks like a marquee inside but is actually a room x

wow thats really good value...our food total is going to be about £3500 ish as an estimate and thats for 40-50 at the day and up to 90 at the evening x

That seems alot of money for food hun originally mine was going to cost me £1,300 (See post :- Heart to heart with my dad after 6 months of not hearing from him) , but as long as your happy with that go with it x

we're having a BBQ with a selection of sausages, Spicy Piri Piri chicken, Homemade beef burgers, A butternut squash, Feta cheese and spinach fritter, Salads, Tomato and cucumber, Apple slaw, Hot new New potatoes and wedding cake for desert x

its because the daytime meal wedding breakfast is £35 a head which is £1750, then the night time is £11 per head which is £990, and then the drinks package is £6 per head which is £300 , total £3040, so little bit less than i thought and thats for 50 at the day and 90 at the night, but thats the total cost of my venue, cos they dont charge for room hire or anything like that if u have more than 40 at ur day do, and they include the cost of the dj/disco in this price too x
i didnt think that was too bad, especially considering how much some of them charge round here!
some of our friends are booked at the ashbourne which is close by and their venue total is £7000! more than double mine!x

Ooh very nice. We really liked Hall Farm too, but with all the people Marc wants to invite to our evening recpetion I think it's going to be a bit too small :( it's a real shame though because it's a lovely venue. We've still got a couple to look around (one also being hemswell court!) but Marc is being really picky and doesn't want one too far out of town. Which narrows down our choices!

My favourite is The Haborough Hotel, it's lovely. The rooms are fantastic. But their quote was WAAAYYY out of our price range. So now we're thinking The Oaklands and have provisionally booked there. It doesn't have the wow factor for me, but it ticks all the boxes with what we want for food, location, accomodation, price, grounds etc.

amy bee,.... yeah the habrough's really nice i agree, but in the past two years we've been to four weddings there,so wanted somewhere different.do u know the oaklands is up for sale?make sure u have wedding insurance in case they sell and the new owners are funny about having weddings there that are already booked...have they mentioned owt about it to you...?x

loving the sound of a hog rost, i say go for it if it is feasable, people will be talking about it for ages!! Bacon butties sounds quite popular too, might go for that...yummy xxx

i think bacon and sausage buns seems to be really popular...and yet before i put this post up,i'd never heard of anyone doing them lol x

yeah amybee, i think oaklands is up for sale for about £1 million i think!i saw the for sale sign up when i went to a wedding fayre there in oct/nov time x