The Menu

There'll be canapés with the reception drinks, ahead of the wedding breakfast. We haven't picked them yet, but there'll be plenty of them and they're standing in for a starter, so there's no sit-down first course. The wedding breakfast is a roast, carved onto big wooden boards down the middle of each table for everyone to help themselves — roast Lancashire chicken with pigs in blankets, sage & onion stuffing and chicken gravy, and roast rump of Cheshire beef with beef gravy. Alongside it: Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes with rosemary and thyme, bashed carrot & swede, and seasonal greens. We wanted it to feel more like a proper family Sunday lunch than a wedding meal. Two puddings after that — warm sticky toffee apple pudding with toffee sauce and vanilla custard, and apple crumble tart with warm vanilla custard and apple crisp. All we need from you below is meat or vegetarian, so we can give the caterers the right numbers. If you've got an allergy or a dietary requirement, please tell us here rather than on the day — the kitchen needs a good few weeks' notice to do anything about it.