The setting on Kezar Lake couldn’t have been more perfect for a wedding. The Bride’s family has a home on the farthest point of the lake. From this vantage point the only thing you can see are trees and water.
The Bride was brought to the ceremony site by her father on a pontoon boat. The Bride’s mother, an avid gardener had spent the summer getting the property ready for her daughter’s wedding. The Bride chose to go with an elegant fall theme that featured orange and white pumpkins, shades of ivory and peach.
Menu
Stationary Appetizer
Seasonal Fruit and Cheese Platter
Passed Appetizers
Beef and Chicken Satay with Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce
Lobster Cakes with Citrus Aioli
Sundried Tomato and Basil Stuffed Mushrooms
Plated Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
Plated Salad
Field Greens with Candied Walnuts, Apple Slices and Blue Cheese with a Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
Buffet Dinner
Chicken Marsala
Sauteed chicken breasts in a marsala sauce with prosciutto
Ginger Salmon
Fresh Atlantic salmon in a ginger sauce
Herb Roasted Red Potatoes
Harricot Vert
Dessert Display
Homemade mini cannolis, pumpkin tartlets, apple spice cake and chocolate truffles
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 part of one of the most beautiful and touching weddings that took place at the Maine Maritime Musuem. When I asked Bride about the type of experience she was looking for as well as her vision for the day, her response brought me to tears. “Our families have both experienced great loss, we want to celebrate with all of the people who have loved and supported us, have a wonderful meal, dance to great music and have a perfect time”.
Belle Fete was honored to chosen to be a part of this celebration. The Bride and Groom wanted to have a family style meal with great food that featured local Maine produce but wasn’t stuffy or “fancy”. What makes this celebration even more amazing was the fact that the Bride did almost all of her planning while living in Thailand!
Menu
Stationary Appetizers
Summer Garden Display - A beautiful presentation of fresh vegetable crudite service with Lemon Goat Cheese Pesto dip served with fresh fruit and assorted cheese and crackers
Bruschetta Bar – A variety of homemade dips including Roasted Pepper Hummus, Garlic Herb Boursin, and Artichoke creme served with crostini and pita chips
Passed Appetizers
Lemoncello Shrimp Bruschetta
Tomato Pudding served in china spoons with fresh Basil
Seared Tenderloin on Crostini with Horseradish Creme and Fried Leeks
Dinner
Seasonal Garden Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Herb Foccacia
Honey Butter Haddock
Marinated Flatiron Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Herb Roasted Red Potatoes
Summer Squash, Zucchini, Tomatoes & fresh herbs
Dessert
Maine Blueberry Pie
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.
