Last weekend just kicked my butt. You can plan for everything but Mother Nature. And when it gets above 90 degrees the heat just kicks in.
We had a lovely wedding a Kunde Estate Winery. We love them (Hi Naomi and Stephanie!) Boothill is their wedding location on a hill top overlooking the vineyard and Kenwood Valley and surrounded by oak trees. Thank heaven for the trees, the shade was a life saver. Setting up all the tables and chairs in the beating down sun is a tough job; Jim recently told me that we’ve rented about 5,000 chairs over the past year, well it feels like I moved everyone of them just this last weekend. Plus we had to put the extra hustle on, with the heat we had to choose to not set tables till the last minute; champagne glasses in hot sun is not the best idea.
The menu was a lot of fun. It was a Sonoma/Indian (Indian not Native American) menu, and I always love to do something new. The groom’s family taught me how to make two Indian dishes - Mattar Pilau (in basic words a curried Indian fried rice) and Raitia (the cool yogurt sauce). From there we had local classics like Grilled Vegetables, Roasted Pepper Chicken, and Spinach Artichoke Raviolis. It was a wow menu- after the heat the Raitia on the spicy matter pilau was fabulous. I was afraid that with the heat no one would eat much, but the food combination was awesome for the hot day.
Also, kudos to all my crews that day. They all did great jobs and had wonderful events despite the heat.
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- Amber Balshaw
- I’ve been cooking as long as I can remember, professionally since I was 17. I love everything about food, and spent my life pursuing it. I was an apprentice pastry chef in Innsbruck Austria before I even went to cooking school. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America I became a full fledged Pastry Chef for a high end country club, and love it as I did there was so much more to be done, which eventually led me to catering. My catering company is just what I want it to be; I get to do something different everyday either in the kitchen or helping a bride design her ideal wedding or just researching new recipes out of my own imagination. If you would like more details about my career, please the About page on my website www.SonomaCaterers.com.
You did a fabulous job - even in the heat! Everything looked fantastic and the food was delicious. We are still getting compliments on the food - I think it was a bigger hit than the dancing. The best part: the in-laws were happy with everything, no complaints! Thank you for all of your hard work and attention!
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