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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

10 Reasons to Choose Savory for Your Caterer... part 1

10. Every dish is presented beautifully

 One of the three "P"'s of cooking is Presentation. How the food looks is just as important as how it tastes. At Savory, we plate and display our food so it looks appetizing. It also provides an entertainment factor for the guests- they are excited to try new things because it looks good.

Guava and Coconut parfaits. These single serving parfaits are always a hit at our events.
Even something as basic as fruit is artistically arranged
We love to stack our salads vertically- It makes it much more fun!
This fancy mocktail is served in a crystal martini glass with an edible glitter sugar rimmer

9. No regrets

One of the worst feelings is regret. We're here to help you never feel that after your event! That's why you hire professionals. Our Chef has been catering for 13 years, two of which have been at Savory. She knows the ins and outs of catering and how to make a wonderful event so you won't have any regrets afterwards.

8. Respectful and knowledgeable staff 

Our Savory catering "family" of employees is a great group. We strive to make every event a wonderful occasion for all- host, guests, and crew members. They are very friendly, willing to help and know how to enjoy the moment. We had a customer once remark to us that our "service [was] a 10+!"

7. Decorated buffet table, for free

Remember back on #10 what I said about the presentation of the food being important? Well, the table decorations is just as important. It's doing beautiful food a disservice when it's displayed on a drab and uninviting table. We bring all the necessary platters, risers, and cake stands to fit the style of your event. Best of all, it's included in our service!


This buffet's theme was rustic refined. We had a lot of natural details like tree leaves, burlap and many different kinds of seeds.

This was a silver winter themed table scape. The overriding motif was mirror and glitter. See how the candlelight reflects against the mirror? Beautiful
One of our favorite additions to a buffet is our light box. We have this semi-transparent tray on which we display all kinds of food and let soft lighting shine through. Light on the buffet is very important.
Our displays also include signage. It lets the guests know what we're serving and it helps tie in the theme. For this event it was a traditional rural-Irish theme.

6. Customized menus and flavors to fit your personality


 Our Chef loves to make new dishes that reflect your personality, especially for our brides. This makes the event special and a true celebration of that couple. One couple loves breakfast food so for their luncheon we served all their favorite breakfast foods. 


For this event the couple met in a music class. We incorporated that detail in the garnish for the chocolate creme brulee.


The second part to "10 Reasons to Choose Savory for Your Caterer" is coming soon!

Monday, January 7, 2013

Elegant Winter Dinner

For one of our events in December we decided to play off the colors of the season.
They had a wonderful dining table and with our decorations the setting was very glamorous.


 Lots of silver, crystal, white and glitter to make this dinner an elegant feast.

 silver beads, mirrored plates, and crystal beads

 Elegant white, iridescent, and silver Christmas tree bulbs were perfect



 And finally flickering candlelight from tea lights and votives 
was the perfect finishing touch



To welcome the guests we provided them with our classic Blood Orange Pomtini



 For our Amuse Bouche we had Green Apple and Wasabi sorbet garnished with green apple bits



  
For one of our appetizers we served a warm Pork Crostini: seasoned pork, sage cream, sauteed onions on top of an herbed crostini and garnished with a fried sage leaf

 
 Hard at work assembling the pork crostinis


 Our salad had pears, blackberries, walnuts, and handmade
Bleu cheese dressing, stacked vertically

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Sometimes, it's the presentation that puts a dish over the top.

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Keeping busy at the stove!


 Our main course was a dish native to Argentina. Matambre is a rolled flank steak with proscuitto, spinach, bread crumbs and seasonings.
Here, we accompanied it with a serving of mashed potatoes and shelled edamame.




Thursday, October 25, 2012

Refined Rustic Details






When a bride asks for rustic, we like to think of it as rustic refined.
We love rustic because it reminds us of home. We don't particularly like country kitsch. 
Here's how Savory does Rustic without boring :)





TEXTURES! Rustic to us means bringing in lots of varied textures.
Burlap, fresh maple leaves, moss, florals, coffee beans (plus it makes it smell so delicious), flax seeds, pumpkin seeds in apothecary jars.



 We hollowed out artichokes to use as candle-holders. Stay tuned this week for this super easy DIY!



Whenever possible we love to use fruit as accent to the buffet decor. Recall this wedding, with lemons as decorations?


Bark tree vases with dried florals.



Rustic herb flavored water: just a little bit of flavoring so it is not too overpowering :). Delicious and refreshing.






Chalkboard labels with twine.