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We won WeddingWire’s Bride’s Choice Award for 2011!

Sofia — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:53:19 +0000

Centerville, Massachusetts – January 25, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce The Casual Gourmet has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Catering!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

The Casual Gourmet stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud The Casual Gourmet for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that The Casual Gourmet is among the very best in Catering within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

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GLITTER Makes Everything Fabulous!

Sarah — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:57:44 +0000

Here at the Casual Gourmet we are always on the hunt for new and exciting things to offer our Cape Cod Brides. While on the search we came across these amazing glitter bon bons from Bedazzlemybonbons.com and we just had to get them. They are actual edible chocolates covered in Glitter. We showcased them at many of our Summer Galas and they were a huge hit, especially at the Falmouth Hospital Gala in August. They were so popular that we thought hmm… what else can we Glitter? Check out the amazing cake that was adorned by Bedazzlemybonbons.com and ask us about your wedding cake and all the fun colors of bon bons we can add to your cake. The bon bons come in a large variety of colors as well as flavors.

The Latest Trend: Wedding Cupcakes

Olive — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:04:09 +0000

Perhaps cup cakes are more your style? (Photo by Bello Photography)

One of the latest trends in the Wedding business has been to ditch the traditional wedding cake and go with cupcakes instead!

Why Cupcakes?

Cupcakes might seem like an odd choice for a wedding but they offer a number of advantages to a typical three tiered wedding cake.

First, they are easy to serve. No messy pile of icing and cake after a hot summer day to cut up and dish out.

Second, cupcakes can come in as many flavors and styles as you want. Sure you can get creative with a wedding cake but with cupcakes, you could have a unique ‘cake’ for each guest!

Finally, they are different and adorable! Cupcakes can add that little edgy spunk to your wedding to really make it stand out from the rest.

What about ‘cutting the cake’?

When breaking from tradition, sometimes a part of that tradition can get lost. Fortunately, this is not one of those times! Many couples will have cupcakes on a three tiered rack but instead of cup cakes on the top, they will have an actually cake topper for the traditional ‘cutting of the cake.’

For instance, take a look at the cup cakes from Grace and Silas’ wedding this past weekend. Instead of going with a traditional wedding cake, Grace and Silas decided to go with four levels of red velvet cupcakes topped with a butter creme icing. And on top of all that, a traditional wedding cake top so they could still cut the cake!

Other couples have skipped the cake topper completely and just fed each other a cupcake! Either way, cupcakes add a unique twist to any wedding.

Need more? Check out some of the links below to see what others have to say about cupcakes for weddings:

Let Wedding Season Begin

Sarah — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:51:54 +0000

June not only signifies the start of summer on Cape Cod, but much more importantly signifies the start of wedding and wedding cake season here at the Casual Gourmet!

This year we are seeing a few new trends with wedding cake design. One in particular is what the cake decorators and I like to refer to as the “Betty Crocker” cake. Instead of smoothly iced sides these cakes have a fluffier less uniformed look to the icing usually accented by a colored ribbon to match the colors they have chosen for the wedding. Fresh flowers to match the bridal bouquet, usually provided by the bride’s florist, are cut and placed on the top and around the tiers of the cake adding an additional splash of color.

On a side note, we want to wish last weekend’s brides all the best and say thank you for letting us be a part of your special day!