Cathryn meets with you initially to learn more about your tastes, your requirements and the ambience you are looking for. She is personally involved with every step and always available to answer questions. This is one area where you can turn over all your worries.

Meals can be traditional, ethnic, fusion, regional or any combination of your favourite things. You can choose from buffet style or a sit-down dinner.Meals can include Vegetarian and Vegan options and allow for Gluten and Lactose intolerances and any other dietary requirenents. Service can be formal or casual.  The goal is to make your wedding meal delicious, original and stress-free.

You won't need a Wedding Planner -all details such as Staffing and Rentals are attended to. We can also provide you with a list of Officiants, a shop that specializes in gorgeous one-of-a kind Wedding Gowns, Photographers, Florists, Musicians, D.J.'s, Sound and Audio Visual Experts, and Aesthticians

Nowhere else can your wedding menu be so perfectly suited to your desires, expectations, and personality.

SETTING

Weddings can take place in the elegant salon or in the lovely gardens, incorporating the warmth, charm and spontaneity of a home wedding. Your wedding menu will also be unique - carefully crafted to reflect your personal tastes and desires.

REHEARSAL NIGHTS AND GIFT OPENINGS

Arrangements can be made for your Rehearsal to take place whether or not you are being married at Mackechnie House.

You may also want to prolong the excitement your wedding by sharing the fun of opening your gifts the next day.

GIRL'S FUN

The Bride and her Attendants spend the night before together - reminisce, laugh and anticipate.

Photo Ops

Depending on the time of year you are being married, you might need a location to ensure lovely wedding pictures. You may rent Mackechnie House for just a few hours and if you wish, we will provide light refreshment.

 Off-Site Weddings

Cathryn caters off-site weddings held at your location,as well as Victoria Hall and other Cobourg locations. She also happily travels to out of town locations.

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The following are some examples of wedding dinners that we have had the pleasure of serving.

A Dinner of Many Bites - Finger Foods, Tapas and  Stations

According to Sebastion Centner (Entertaining Columnist, Globe and Mail)," --- things are getting scaled down. We're seeing a trend away from sit-down dinners and toward more casual parties with food stations and mini -meals"
 

This is our favourite style for many reasons - it allows for a colourful and varied palette of delicious morsels - something for everyone. It is the most economical, and creates an atmosphere that is immediately relaxed, fun and informal. 

 Just some of many choices - - -

Desserts

 Another Buffet Menu

On Each Table

Assorted Flat Breads with three Dips

The Main Buffet Table

Some of my favorites...

HORS D'OEUVRE

Drunken Watermelon Popsicles

Meatloaf Sliders with Homemade Chili Sauce

Uptown Mac and Cheese in Frico Cups

Jamaican Jerk Spring Rolls

Chicken Dim Sum Dumplings....Yum!

Rare Beef Tenderloin with Remoulade Sauce

STARTERS

Lemon and Basil Pasta with Shrimps and Scallops

Creamy Garlic Soup with Aged Parmesan Reggiano

Mixed Baby Greens with  Apples and Candied Spicy Walnuts in an Apple Cider Reduction Vinaigrette

MAINS

Pork with Smoked Gouda and Caramelized Onions

Ossa Buco with Pinenut Gremalota and Polenta Towers

 French Lemon Chicken

DESSERTS

Midnight in the Garden Of Good and Evil Chocolate Cheesecake...truly bad but good!

Baklava with Orange Flower Water

Mocha Buttercrunch Pie

Manor House Intense Citrus Squares