Belle Fete was part of a fantastic wedding that took place at
Broadturn Farm in Scarborough Maine. Broadturn is wonderful working farm with a magical feel. Our client managed farmer’s markets in the Boston area and wanted us to work with the Farm to create a mostly vegetarian family style menu that highlighted some of Maine’s best seafood.
Passed Appetizers
Spanikopita
Mini Falafel Bites
Blueberries and Cream Cheese En Croute
Maine Shrimp with Lemoncello and Chives
Family Style Dinner
Artisan bread and butter
Summer Garden Salad with our homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette
Balsamic Summer Roasted Vegetables with Goat Cheese wrapped in Phyllo
Maine Shrimp and Diver Scallops on Pasta with a Light Wine Herb Sauce
Maine Potatoes
Broadturn Farm Zucchini, Yellow Squash and Kale
Dessert
Farm fresh fruit with homemade pound cake and whipped cream
Belle Fete was great!
I was so busy leading up to the wedding and the owner would always take time to call me to make sure everything was under control. They worked within my unique requests for all local and vegetarian food and did a great job. Our ceremony was very late to start and they managed to keep the timing of the food right so that everyone could enjoy the food. They allowed me to bring fresh berries from a friend’s farm and created an amazing and creative meal.
M & K
I feel like I’m writing a thank you to a dear friend which is never as eloquent at it should be. Thank you a billion times over for being part of our wedding! A billion may not work, lets try to the moon and back, sounds better. Your food was truly the gift that I wanted to give to my family. I am still getting raved reviews on it! I made tenderloin tonight and my husband asked me, “Sweetie, it’s so good! Did you get Belle Fete’s recipe?”
Food is what gives the mood and judging by the sing along, group dancing and multiple surprise performances by random guest…. girl you make one hell of a mood! From start to finish it was perfect; the tomato pudding, the delicious wine behind the scenes, the tenderloin, and the blueberry pie (I might need to make a second dinner if I keep talking like this). I don’t know how you do it but you do perfect very well. It was exactly what we wanted, everyone that gave us so much feeling our unconditional love for them, and you were a huge part of that. If you ever, ever, have a bride that doesn’t instantaneously trust your beautiful energy or irresistible menus just send them my way. I may talk their ear off, it may involve more interpretive dance or moaning, but please don’t hesitate.
Love,
C. P.
What a wonderful party it was, many thanks to you and your team. Everyone had a terrific time and my mom, especially (and most importantly!), was so happy. We truly value all the advice you gave us — from saying “trust us” with your amazing cake chef/designer, to how many tables/chairs would be appropriate given the occasion and guests, to the types of food and drink to serve to accommodate our budget — everything was spot on.
I have truly appreciated your professionalism from the moment I first contacted you through to this final invoice. You added so many special touches too: the beautiful fresh pepper vases filled with flowers on the serving trays, the flowers you brought from your own garden to adorn the bar table, the cake table and linens you ordered, and the complete attention you paid to my mom’s preferences for pastel colors.
All the timing was perfect and the fact that you even put the kids’ pizzas on serving trays was so lovely! Thank you, thank you! The food was delicious and presented beautifully and your team of servers were efficient, polite and so pleasant.
All the best to you! If you every need to provide a reference to a client prospect, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Take good care,
R.H.
If you haven’t been to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens recently it is really worth a visit! The gardens have grown by leaps and bounds this year. CMBG asked us to design a special cocktail party to thank all of the people responsible for making the gardens grow.
We chose to utilize locally grown produce which we highlighted with our stationary Maine Farmer’s Market display.
On the display we featured Maurice Bonneau’s smoked sausage’s, Pineland Farm and Great Hill cheeses as well as our own homemade artichoke and spinach creme and roasted garlic carmelized onion dip.
To keep the party interesting we served passed appetizers in several waves
Wave One
Maine mushroom, carmelized onion and goat cheese tartlets
Atlantic salmon cakes topped with lemon garlic aioli
Wolfneck Farm beef satay
Wave Two
Gazpacho served in cucumber cups
Chicken brochettes
Sundried tomato stuffed mushrooms
Wave Three
Chocolate Mousse Spoons
Lemon Tartlets
