Friday, 1st March, 2019

Food Nostalgia & Your Wedding - Fenix Events Wedding Blog

Food Nostalgia & Your Wedding

Choosing the menu for your wedding can be a stressful process. Do you want a sit down meal? Include the newest food trends? Tasty canapés? DIY food stations or share food?

Food is such a big part of any celebration and wanting the right food fit for your wedding is something to consider.

With all these food trends floating around the wedding circuits – from donut walls to food trucks – it is hard to not get lost in the process. But sometimes, it’s not a bad thing to get back to basics. Think of the food from your childhood and the family meals that fill you with a warm sense of nostalgia. This is a good starting place for when deciding on a wedding menu.

Winter is now in full swing. The days are short and the nights are cold and the cravings for wholesome comfort food are strife – for me anyway. It may be your mum’s piping hot lasagne or that chocolate lava cake your grandma would sneak to you and your siblings when you stay over. Food incites memories and recollections of important and significant moments in your life and is a perfect way to add a sense of personalisation and uniqueness to your wedding. Food has brought people together from the dawn of time, that being, grouped in as a part of an old family tradition or a way to make new traditions with your partner.

In particular, an American study on comfort food has found that food with a particular personal meaning to someone can serve as a reminder of others. You could incorporate this in your wedding with those dishes that are special to you and the person you are marrying. That could be, the meal you had on a first date, that quick fix dinner you may cook together on a Sunday night, a dessert special to the family or that naughty snack you both sneak.

One of the all-time biggest wedding trends is replicating the Royal Weddings. Megan Markle and Prince Harry are considered the hottest thing of 2018 with designers and businesses going heads over heals to get a piece of the royal exposure with their newest designs and services. It has to be said, one of the key appeals of a royal wedding are the century old tradition being played out with such reverence.

One simple royal wedding tradition that could be added to your wedding – whilst also paying tribute to your family – is to name a dish after a family member. This could be your dad’s favourite lemon meringue or your partner’s mum’s delicious Sunday roast.

Just remember when selecting your wedding menu think of nostalgic dishes that signify positive memories in you and your partner’s relationship. As well as meals and food that gave you comfort or reminds you of special family events and traditions.

Check out our catering menu at Fenix, which is filled with so many high quality crowd favourites that are bound to excite the taste buds of all your guests!