Wedding Stories | Jessica + Ian | Week 3: The Big Day | Orlando Science Center

We are so excited to share the grand finale to Jessica and Ian’s wedding story with you today! After three meetings and plenty of fluid communication with Puff ‘n Stuff Catering Special Event Planner, Heidi Brice, Jessica and Ian were ready to step out and enjoy their magical wedding day. A spectacular wedding like this one is produced by a collection of talented wedding pros working together to bring the couple’s vision and dreams to life. A special thank you to the Orlando Science Center, Encore Creations, VHVIDEO.COM, Chic Event Furniture, Harps Unlimited, The Redcoats, and Kristin Mizo Photography for your incredible contributions to Jessica and Ian’s special day.

Join us and watch the Curry-Garlic wedding day unfold!

Thank you for following Jessica and Ian’s wedding story with us for the last three weeks! We hope their journey inspired you and got you excited to begin planning your own special event. If you have questions or are ready to get started, just give us a call!

Wedding Stories | Jessica + Ian | Week 2: The Tasting | Orlando Science Center

Happy Tuesday and welcome to week two of Jessica Curry and Ian Garlic’s wedding story! If you missed last week’s post, be sure to catch up. Today, we are joining the happy couple just a few months before their big day as they taste the primary dishes in their wedding reception menu. The tasting is every couple’s favorite wedding planning meeting, and it’s ours too!

The cuisine is especially important to Jessica and Ian because cooking together, trying new foods, and discovering unique restaurants truly are a few of their favorite things. And if you haven’t noticed their “spicy surnames” yet, take a moment to think about their incredible fortune to find each other and fall into delicious foody love!

Jessica and Ian have chosen an Action Station menu that will offer their guests a variety of unique dishes prepared live by our chefs and presented as small plates. To learn more about Action Stations, click here!

Please join us as Jessica and Ian enjoy one of the things that set Puff ‘n Stuff Catering weddings apart – their complimentary, personal tasting!

If you watched closely, you caught a sneak peak of the custom dish incorporating both curry and garlic designed by our Executive Chef Paul Lorrain, exclusively for Jessica and Ian’s big day!

Again, thank you to our talented friends at VHVIDEO.COM for capturing this wedding story. Join us next week for the big reveal – Jessica and Ian’s wedding reception!

 

 

Wedding Stories | Jessica + Ian | Week 1: Getting Started | Orlando Science Center

Planning a wedding is one of the most rewarding, exciting, stressful, creative and sometimes confusing personal projects you may ever be responsible for. With one simple “yes!” you are transformed from an average Jane (or Joe) into a full-time event planner! There are countless resources online and in print to help you navigate the wedding landscape, but the most valuable source of guidance will always be from those with great experience – seasoned wedding pros!

The Puff ‘n Stuff Catering wedding team has provided money, sanity and time-saving solutions to brides and grooms for over 30 years, and today we’re starting a new blog series that shows you just how we do it. The first step in our catering process is always a complimentary, private consultation with one of our Special Event Planners to discover your goals, tastes, style and venue. From there, we’ll create a personalized menu and event plan that suits your dreams and your budget!

For the next three weeks, we’ll join Jessica Curry and Ian Garlic as they plan their reception from start to finish with Puff ‘n Stuff Catering. Today, they are meeting with Special Event Planner Heidi Brice to discuss their vision, and taking a road trip to their venue, The Orlando Science Center!

Special thanks to our friends at VHVIDEO.COM for capturing the magic!

Join us next week to see the one of the tastiest steps in Jessica and Ian’s planning – the tasting!

Real Weddings | Connie + CJ | The Orlando Science Center

Today we are featuring Connie and CJ’s gorgeous wedding held at The Orlando Science Center. With Spectacular food, a beautiful venue, and all of their friends and family to share their special day – Connie and CJ had all of the elements needed to make for a perfect night.

From their beautiful ceremony at Lake Formosa to their lively reception in the Orlando Science Center, the entire affair was a fun and romantic reflection of their love together. We especially love the unique ways that the couple incorporated CJ’s Filipino culture into their grand celebration. Following the ceremony, the night’s entertainment started out on an exciting note with authentic Philippine dances; the performers had the entire Dino Digs room in applause! As the night progressed, guests enjoyed making the rounds to each of the Chef Bars, and live entertainment had every one on the dance floor. When the cake cutting was announced, everyone gathered around to admire the exquisite cake featuring traditional Kanji symbols and a barong pattern. To compliment the cake, delicious desserts were butler-passed and the coffee bar was opened to toast the night. Congratulations to Connie and CJ, and thank you for letting us join in your celebration!

 

Hors d’Oeuvres

Chef Paul’s Signature Creamy Tomato Basil Soup Shooter

Butternut Squash Bisque Shooter

Oysters on the Half Shell

Artisanal Cheese Presentation hand-picked seasonal cheese assortments from small independent farms complimented by dried fruits, nuts, house made jams, honeycomb, breads, & crackers

 

Chef Bars

Couscous Bar

Sweet Cranberries, figs, slivered almonds, fresh mint, fresh parsley, & apple fig vinaigrette

Savory Olives, feta cheese, radishes, tomatoes, fresh oregano, & champagne vinaigrette

Crispy Bread

Pepper Berry Crusted Lamb Chops

Pepper Berry Crusted Lamb Chops with cracked pepper, bleu cheese & scallion polenta cake with a crimson reduction sauce & topped with micro shiso

Maple Bourbon Glazed Short Ribs

Maple Bourbon Glazed Short Ribs atop a sunchoke & parsnip puree and topped with a thyme au jus & braised leeks

Pan-Seared Mahi Mahi

Pan-Seared Mahi Mahi with cauliflower puree & lemon jam and accompanied by tuxedo orzo

Butler-Passed Mini Plates

Wild Mushroom Confit Crepe atop truffle lentils & served with grain mustard vinaigrette

Butler-Passed Desserts

Candied Ginger Dark Chocolate Truffle with a Kahlua pipette

Spiked Apple Bon Bon with a Hazelnut Croquant served with a Frangelica pipette

Fresh Biscotti almond biscotti, pistachio biscotti & chocolate biscotti

Event Credits:
Venue: The Orlando Science Center
Catering: Puff ‘n Stuff Catering, Heidi Brice
Photography: Photography by Greg
Cake: The Sugar Suite
Florist: Fairbanks Florist

Inspiration | Napkin Folds | A Fold Above The Rest

Details, details, details- events are all about the details! Whether you’re hiring a professional Caterer for a grand event or hosting a small party in your own home, choosing the right napkin fold can add so much character to your table scape. We’ve collected twelve popular napkin folds for you to play with! Click on the name below each fold for a step-by-step how to.

 

Napkin Ring                                   Rosebud                                 Goblet Fan

Diamond                                        French                                         Pyramid

Crown                                      Bird of Paradise                             Standing Fan

Fancy Pouch                                   Basic Pouch                               Diamond Pouch

 

Tips & Tricks | Beat the Holiday After-Effect

The holidays are filled with good times, but sometimes our good times can catch up to us…cue “the hangover.” So what exactly is this awful thing called a hangover?

According to Dr. Oz, “Hangovers are really about the toxicity of the alcohol breaking down in your body that thus causes bi-products that create inflammation, drops in blood sugar levels and acidification. The combination of these bio-chemical events cause the “hangover” symptoms that consist of headaches, nausea, fatigue, etc.”

“When you are faced with the situation of having had more to drink than you anticipated or are going to have an evening where alcohol is involved, there are key factors that will boost your odds of alleviating symptoms and getting your body back to normal as quickly as possible:

1.      Hydration. Keep hydrating yourself with alkaline forming Italian sparkling mineral water ie Pellegrino. Alcohol is a diuretic, which increases urination and is dehydrating and acidifying. Minerals are alkaline forming and will help replace mineral deficits caused by alcohol consumption. Remember not all waters are created equal so choose carefully.

2.      Eat properly before and after your evening by including protein and low glycemic index foods (solid fruits, watermelon, etc ) to counteract the sugar depletion caused by alcohol. This is important to do especially before going to sleep to prevent hypoglycemia – where you have drops or volatility in blood sugar causing headaches, jitters, heart palpitations, anxiousness, night sweats, shakiness. This usually occurs when you are not eating properly and is most common when you are not sleeping. The perfect protein drink to ingest before bed would be Nutritious and Delicious – 15 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat, 19 grams of carbohydrate no gluten, no soy.

3.      The best nutritional solution for treating pain and inflammation caused by an evening of alcohol consumption is taking a buffered, fully reduced, pharmaceutical grade quality, powdered Vitamin C such as the one made by Pure Essentials when combined with Ultra Quercetin (a bioflavonoid) can be a safer alternative to 2 Anacin or 2 Excedrin before going to sleep, as it is an alkaline-forming way to markedly reduce the inflammation which causes the major pain component of the hangover. Take 1/2 tsp Vitamin C mixed with 8oz of Pellegrino and 6 Quercetin before going to sleep and upon rising.”

 

In addition to his great tips, here are some “Hair of the Dog” Remedies to help cure those post-drinking blues!

The Classic:

The original Bloody Mary, or Red Snapper (as it’s called at the St. Regis in New York)is today’s brunch staple all over the world. Recipe as follows:

The Bloody Mary/ The Red Snapper :

• 1 oz. Belvedere vodka
• 2 oz. Tomato juice
• 1 dash lemon juice
• 2 dashes salt
• 2 dashes black pepper
• 2 dashes cayenne pepper
• 3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce

Stir all ingredients together in a tall glass.

 

Hair of the Dog Cocktail:

Ingredients:

• 6 oz Bulldog Gin
• 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
• 2-3 dashes Tabasco sauce
• slice of chili pepper

Preparation:

1. Pour the Bulldog Gin and Tabasco into an ice-filled cocktail shaker’=
2. Shake generously.
3. Strain into a chilled rock glass.
4. Garnish with a chili pepper.

 

Happy New Year from the entire Puff ‘n Stuff Catering team, and we encourage you to enjoy a safe and fun New Year’s Eve!

For further information check out Dr. Oz’s website.

Inspiration | Holiday Planning with Puff ‘n Stuff Catering!

The holiday’s are here and they’re not slowing down! Whether you’re celebrating with your closest friends and family or hosting a grand-scale party, Puff ‘n Stuff Catering wants to make this holiday season a jolly good time for you!

Our Holiday Planner was hand-crafted for this holiday season and is sure to leave your guests raving for more. Hors d’oeuvres such as our brie in phylo cups with pecan praline filling, baked stuffed mushroom caps, pepper berry crusted lamb chops, or coconut chicken brochettes are just a few delicious ways to start off any celebration!

From buffets and plated dinners to chef-attended stations and appetizers, we’ve got you covered! With so many options like our traditional cranberry glazed Virginia ham to our popular red-hot-holiday mango & chile-glazed spiral cut ham, and eight different styles of potatoes, the possibilities are endless making your holiday party as unique and special as you and your guests.

And a holiday party wouldn’t be complete without desserts like our Chef-attended crème brulee, S’mores indoors, and French dessert crepes stations. We know its hard to pick just one, but don’t worry, our seasoned Special Event Planners are here to help with that too!

There are so many ways to add holiday flavor to your home. We’ve paired a few of the spectacular dishes that you can find in our Holiday Planner below along with some of our favorite holiday centerpieces. Enjoy and Happy Holidays from the team at Puff ‘n Stuff Catering!

 

Check out our Holiday Planner HERE to see more great ideas.

What Was One of the Best Weddings in Orlando You Catered?

Probably, last year. The wedding was Rusty and Chris Little.  They just had their 1 year anniversary and he just picked up an anniversary cake topper for her last week.  Chris blogged on facebook how great I am. They were just the sweetest couple.  She had a vision and we made it come true. It was probably the best day ever–it was a great day.  Just making them happy and seeing them smile is the best thing.

What Does a Special Event Planner do for Puff ‘n Stuff Catering?

My name is Sandy George and I am a Special Event Planner with Puff ‘n Stuff Catering. We cater venues off-site, in peoples homes, and individual residences.  We cater events at venues varying from: museums, a tent in a park, an airport hangar, any location can be a party place. From social to corporate clients, I handle a lot of weddings for the Ballroom at Church Street Station. Our clients come from different markets–mostly local. We are expanding to to other markets outside of Orlando as well. Special Event Planners work with Puff ‘n Stuff clients from beginning to the end of the event. From helping them book the venue, to their menu details ,and working with their vendors.  We want to make your day exactly what you expect!

Mary Brumley | Wedding Catering Planner | Puff ’n Stuff Catering | Orlando | Tampa

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