Catering Tips & Ideas

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Recipes, event ideas, and catering guides from our kitchen in Redruth.

21 articles

Event Catering

Christening Catering Cornwall | Baptism Buffets Delivered

A christening is a family occasion, and the food should feel like that — warm, welcoming, and suitable for everyone from great-grandparents to toddlers. At Salt Wind Catering, we provide christening and baptism buffets across Cornwall that are elegant, plentiful, and completely fuss-free. Light & Elegant Options For a church hall or garden reception after the service, our sandwich platters paired with fruit platters and sweet platters create a beautiful afternoon spread. Our afternoon tea...

S Senara

7 Jan 2025 2 min read

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Christmas Party Catering Cornwall | Festive Buffets & Hog Roasts

Christmas Catering — Festive Food Without the Stress December hits and suddenly everyone needs feeding. The office Christmas party. The family get-together. The work lunch that someone forgot to organise until the second week of December. Salt Wind Catering takes the food off your plate — literally. We provide Christmas catering across Cornwall for everything from intimate dinners to 200-guest corporate events. Festive Buffets & Hot Fork Lunches Our Christmas hot fork lunch is the...

L Chef Lowen

13 Dec 2024 2 min read

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Village Hall Catering Cornwall | Buffets & Party Food Delivered

Cornwall runs on village halls. Birthday parties, wakes, quiz nights, charity fundraisers, parish meetings, sports club presentations, harvest suppers, and wedding receptions — if it's happening in your community, it's probably happening in a village hall. At Salt Wind Catering, we deliver ready-to-serve buffets to village halls across Cornwall. You don't need a kitchen, you don't need to heat anything, and you don't need to spend your evening making sandwiches instead of enjoying the party....

L Chef Lowen

13 Nov 2024 2 min read

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Wake Catering Cornwall | Thoughtful Food for Difficult Days

When a family is dealing with a bereavement, sorting the food for a wake shouldn't be another source of stress. At Salt Wind Catering, we handle wake catering quietly and professionally. You tell us what you need, how many people, and where — we take care of the rest. What We Provide Most families choose a combination of our sandwich platters and savoury platters — classic finger food that's easy to serve and suits all ages. For colder months, our hot buffet platters add warming comfort...

Jn Jenna

2 Nov 2024 2 min read

Event Catering

New Year's Eve Catering Cornwall | NYE Party Food & Buffets

New Year's Eve Catering — Feed Your Party From First Glass to Last Dance New Year's Eve is one of the biggest party nights of the year, and the food needs to last from the first glass at 8pm to the midnight toast and beyond. Salt Wind Catering provides NYE party catering across Cornwall that keeps your guests fed right through to the early hours. Whether you are hosting 20 friends in a village hall or 200 in a marquee, we plan the food around your evening so there is always something to eat...

M Morwenna

21 Oct 2024 3 min read

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Garden Party Catering Cornwall | BBQs, Hog Roasts & Buffets

Cornish summers were made for garden parties. A milestone birthday in the back garden. A family reunion in a farmer's field. A christening in the churchyard. An anniversary celebration on the lawn. Whatever the occasion, Salt Wind Catering brings everything we need and leaves nothing behind. No kitchen required. No power. Just a flat patch of grass and we'll handle the rest. Live Cooking in Your Garden Our hog roast is the ultimate garden party centrepiece — a whole hog slow-roasted over...

L Chef Lowen

18 Oct 2024 3 min read

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Sports Club Catering Cornwall | Buffets, Pasties & Match Day Food for Clubs

Match Day Buffets & Club Catering Across Cornwall Every rugby club, football club and cricket club in Cornwall has the same problem on match day, presentation night or end of season: someone's got to sort the food. And it's usually the same volunteer who did it last year, cobbling together supermarket platters in the clubhouse kitchen at the last minute. There's a better way. Salt Wind Catering delivers ready-to-serve buffets, hot pasties, grazing platters and match day food direct to...

L Chef Lowen

23 Sept 2024 8 min read

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Summer Party Catering Cornwall | BBQs, Buffets & Garden Food

Summer Party Catering — BBQs, Hog Roasts & Outdoor Food for Cornwall's Best Season When the sun comes out in Cornwall, the parties start. Garden birthdays, milestone celebrations in a field, sports club end-of-season events, school fetes, and long evenings with friends around a fire pit. Whatever the occasion, Salt Wind Catering brings the food, the kit, and the cooking — you just enjoy the weather. BBQ & Hog Roast — The Natural Summer Choice Our BBQ catering is the ultimate summer party...

L Chef Lowen

13 Sept 2024 3 min read

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Hen & Stag Party Catering Cornwall | Party Food & Drink Stations

Hen & Stag Party Food That's Actually Worth Eating Cornwall is one of the top hen and stag destinations in the country — and the food should be as good as the location. Whether you're in a rented house, a barn venue, or a holiday park, Salt Wind Catering delivers party food that fuels the celebration properly. Hen Party Favourites Our Pimp Your Prosecco station is the absolute must-have for hen parties. Pair with our Eton Mess dessert station and grazing platters for a stunning spread....

D Demelza

29 Aug 2024 1 min read