Every wedding has an official photographer – every single wedding. Since the invention of the camera, photographers have been on hand to capture special occasions – and occasions don’t come any more special than a wedding. Over the years there must have been millions – if not billions – of wedding photos taken. So with…

Amongst the great many wedding traditions in existence is the giving of cards (often including a cash gift) on the wedding day itself. The card is of course to congratulate the couple on their marriage and to wish them good luck for the future. The cash gift is obviously very welcome and is intended for…

Earlier this summer, whilst providing crepe catering at a private party near Chelmsford, Essex, we met an interesting musician called Alex Southgate (click here for his website) who made his living playing the accordion. For those who don’t know, an accordion is a bellows-driven instrument, meaning that air is forced through the instrument which in…

At a recent corporate family fun day, where Original Crêpes were providing catering, we saw an interesting attraction for those assembled, in the form of a balloon sculptor. We hold more than a passing interest in “normal” sculpture (namely carving and clay modelling) and we always take an interest in any works of art at…

The ‘throwing of the bouquet’ is one of those great wedding traditions we as wedding caterers are privileged to witness when serving crepes at weddings. The sight of a bride throwing the bouquet over her head with all the single females competing to grab it first is one of those elements which make weddings the…

Weddings are pretty much the only day when men will wear a flower as decoration. The ‘carnation in the buttonhole’ tradition stretches back a long way. However it managed to become established, we know not, and whoever it was who first managed to get a bunch of men to wear a white flower on their…

As wedding caterers working in the wedding industry, we think about weddings a lot. Inevitably, sometimes we come up with ideas for weddings. Usually they aren’t very good at all and sometimes they are absolute rubbish. We are lucky in that one time – just once – we had a fantastic brainwave : offering crêpes…

One question we often ask ourselves is: why do people always think in straight lines? We offer exclusive crepe catering at every type of private function but particularly at weddings, we encounter everything laid out in a perfectly straight line rather than in a circular or random way. In some cases, this makes sense and…

Wedding music is a fascinating subject, which we intend to cover in great detail in future blogs. The music heard during whole day will cover a huge range, often going all the way from the heights of Bach at the service, to the depths of Wham! at the reception – with virtually anything possible in…

Although we are specialist wedding caterers, we are not in any way involved with wedding cake production – which may seem a surprise given the number of blogs we have written on the subject. Our area of expertise is in crepe catering and although we have a lot of experience of providing guests with freshly-made…