2.35 Guest starting to arrive now and so the canapes are ready to go.
2.30 Getting close now to the arrival of the bride Kristy so the bubbly is being poured
2.03 p.m. Fabrice, our Restaurant Manger here for 5 years [always a stickler for detail] gives a little last minute instruction to Julie [Our Maitre d'] of 4 years
2 p.m. The flowers have arrived and the tables are now set
1 p.m. Message from florist - flowers are on their way - some of my people will miss their break to await the florist
1245 p.m. The tables are looking beautiful. We are all ready [our mis en place] is complete - however the florist has not yet delivered the flowers - not our problem but one feels somewhat helpess. An hour and a half to go, so let's keep our fingers crossed.
Well...it is 11 a.m. and hardly a storm but it is drizzling. The forecast promises the rain will have blown over by this afternoon - all well and good for Kristy and Marc who celebrate their wedding here in Oxfordshire later today. Part of the Fallowfields Country House Hotel team is here getting all set up for the day ahead.
Below we see the emerging trend to have colour coordinated sashes on the guest's wedding chairs. I love this as, it is not a particularly expensive option but does so much to set off the room.
Champagne is of course an important part of any wedding everywhere, and below glasses are being polished and set up ready to receive their celebratory contents a bit later.
Our kitchen garden has had a very good asparagus season this year.
A pork roast is being planned for later this evening and so the kitchen is hard at work baking fresh baps during the morning. We do not like to buy these in as fresh baked is sooo much better, and says something about the way we care about food and the quality of everything we do here.
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