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Wedding-Selena and Luke

Mangawhai Heads, 21 January 2023, 82 guests

Selena and Luke Wedding in Mangawhai Heads was so relaxed, boho and fun! The garden of Selena’s parents was the perfect space for a Tipi. The initial plan was for us to set up in the garden too, but unfortunately the space was just a little too tight to accomodate the all 82 guests, the Tipi, the furniture and us so the best option was for us to park in the driveway behind the house. We served canapés at cocktail hour and pasta mains, everything was served cocktail style and walked around by waiters on trays.

Photographer Sarah Weber

Hair Cloe McKnight

Makeup Makeup by Cushla

Groom Ring Zoe and Morgan

Bride Ring Charlotte Penman and co

Dress Handmade by Bride’s mum

Florals Made by Bride’s sister

Celebrant Ann Gentry

Food truck Amaranto

Tipi and furniture hire Gipsy and Co events

Nails Gloss Nails

Selena and Luke Wedding Menu

Canapés

Pizzelle fritte (Deep fried gluten free pizza dough with rich tomato sauce, basil and parmesan cheese) veg/vegan available/egg free

Potato and mozzarella Croquettes with garlic mayo veg

Gluten free bruschetta with salmon, goat cheese and lemon

Sourdough focaccia, homemade mayo, salad and salame Milano

Pasta

Ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach served with tomato and basil sauce, parmesan

Gnocchi with angus beef ragù


Wedding-Sophie and Sebastian

Waitoki, 28th January 2023

No matter how well you plan, life is always full of surprises and you should always be expecting the unexpected. The night before Sophie and Seb’s wedding a heavy rainfall cause widespread catastrophic floods in the North Island. Our plan was pretty straight forward, we had a pop up in Point Chevalier the night before the wedding, we would drive back home to Wellsford as we had always done a million times in the past and set up for the wedding the day after. Except that we never made it home that night, as due to the flash flooding all the roads home were unaccessible due to slips. We stayed in Auckland at a friend’s house and we waited to hear Sophie and Seb’s plans. Around 6am, with the weather looking a lot better, Seb told us that they wanted to go ahead and get married. Well, not going to lie here, we did go a little in panic mode! Luckily we had packed lots of food the day before, it just wasn’t enough and we had to rethink some of the dishes, so we visited some of our suppliers, gathered the ingredients we needed and prepped all morning before making our way to Waitoki! So glad Sophie and Sebastian got to have the wedding of their dreams after all, the weather cleared out for them and all their guests were there to celebrate them

Photographer Bek Smith

Bride dress Sau Lee

Bride Makeup Blair Gamblin

Bride Hair Chantelle Woodward Hair

Florals Isadia

Furniture Hire L.L Hire

Videographer New Wave Collective

Sophie and Sebastian wedding menu

Canapés

Gluten-free sourdough focaccia, salame Milano, homemade mayo, salad

Caprese skewers_Massimo’s cherry bocconcini, cherry tomatoes, basil, extra virgin olive oil

Gluten-free bruschetta, cold smoked salmon, goat cheese, ricotta and lemon

Pizzelle_deep fried sourdough pizza topped with homemade tomato and basil sauce, parmesan

Potato and mozzarella cheese croquettes with homemade garlic mayo

Bis di Primi

Tagliatelle with prosciutto, lemon and cream

Ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach


Wedding-Tim and Courtney

Clevedon, 25 March 2023

Tim and Courtney choose a beautiful Nocton Woolshed, a rustic venue created from a working shearing shed.

They opted for canapés to be served on an antipasto table on the lawn while cocktails where being served, followed by a bis di primi served from the food truck and eaten seated at the tables inside the shed.

Photographer Anchor and Grace Photography

Second photographer Sarah Denison Photo

Celebrant Valeria Antipenko

Coordinator Weddings by Anya

Catering Amaranto

Florist Grace and Flora

Rental furniture and Festoon lights The event refinery

Wedding/engagement rings Nolan ada Vada

Wedding dress Alma J Bridal

Shoes The Iconic

Accessory Zoe and Morgan, Maria Maria Jewellery

Hair and makeup The beauty hub

Groom Suit Rembrandt

Groomsmen Suit Connor

Shoes yd Australia

Tim and Courtney Wedding Menu

Canapés

Potato and mozzarella croquettes with homemade garlic mayonnaise

Pizzelle_deep fried sourdough pizza topped with homemade tomato, garlic and basil sauce, parmesan

Bis di primi

Ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach served with tomato and basil sauce, parmesan

Spaghetti with prosciutto, lemon and cream


Wedding-Elle and Sam

Elle and Sam⁠ wedding took place on a beautiful private property in Ti Point overlooking the water which had the perfect Italian feel. On the tables bespoke tablecloths made with a green damask print, bottles of limoncello as name cards, olive branches and baskets of gluten free sourdough and breads. We started with rolling canapès, followed by a seated family style meal on our beautiful white plates.

“We dreamed of getting married in Italy but Covid-19 had other plans. We didn’t want to wait until we could travel again so decided to recreate our vision here in New Zealand. Our friends offered us their beautiful home and its Italian feel matched our theme perfectly. My mum is very creative and helped us to create the perfect al fresco dining experience. Frankie and team at Black Pineapple created bespoke Italian cocktails and a local Italian couple served homemade pasta, which was incredible”.

Elle and Sam Wedding Menu

Canapès:

Mushroom arancini with truffle mayo

Vitello tonnato

Potato and prosciutto croquettes

On the table:

Homemade gluten free sourdough and butter

Ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach served with tomato sauce, basil and parmesan

Spaghetti served with prosciutto, lemon, cream and vegetables

Meatballs with tomato sauce

Lettuce, baby spinach, walnuts, feta, apple and vinaigrette

Panzanella salad with crostini

Photography Anna Kidman

Bride’s dress Emilia Wickstead

Brides sunglasses Celine

Flora Miss Botanicals

Celebrant Swami Yogamani Saraswati

Hire Flock Events

Drinks Black Pineapple

Cake Bluebells Cakery

Catering Amaranto


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