Venue Cranfield Wedding (Inserts)

Your civil ceremony

The perfect setting As an alternative to a formal church or registry office service, why not tie the knot and host your celebrations under one roof. Civil ceremony rooms Mitchell Hall has a choice of two licensed civil ceremony rooms. The Lord Kings Norton for up to 80 guests and the Cardington Suite for up to 110 guests. These rooms can be hired for a charge of £375 each. Once you have booked your room Following your provisional booking of the venue, you will need to contact the superintendent registrar in Bedford. T: 0300 3008089. All arrangements for the civil ceremony should be confirmed with the registrar’s office. All fees relating to the civil ceremony are payable to the registrar’s office and are not included in the price of the room hire.

What your wedding may cost Non-refundable deposit £400.00 Room hire charges Civil wedding room hire (if required) £375.00

Wedding packages Bronze

£45.00 per person* £58.50 per person*

Silver

Gold £75.00 per person* * A room hire fee of £500 is applicable to bookings under 60 guests.

Accommodation When booking your wedding, you are advised to block book your accommodation requirements in advance to take advantage of our discounted room rates: Weekend – Friday to Saturday Single room with breakfast £60.00 per night Double room with breakfast £77.50 per night All prices are inclusive of VAT at the prevailing rate. Additional costs Additional evening guests - buffet cost Bronze £13.00 per person* Silver £15.00 per person* Gold £16.50 per person* *Buffet must cater for a minimum of 75% of the evening guests

Civil wedding ceremonies need to take place between 8am and 6pm.

Entertainment and room decoration. Please see recommended suppliers list.

Packages

Wedding packages - minimum of 60 guests

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Dedicated wedding planner Menu tasting Glass of Prosecco on arrival Glass of Champagne on arrival Canapés Civil ceremony room hire

Reception room hire Chair cover and sash Three course wedding breakfast menu selector Glass of Prossecco - for toast Glass of Champagne - for toast Glass of house wine per person Half a bottle of house wine per person Half a bottle of Rioja/Chardonnay per person

Five items from the buffet menu Seven items from the buffet menu Nine items from the buffet menu (or barbecue/hog roast) Cake knife and stand Chocolate fountain with buffet Complimentary bridal room Discounted bedroom rates for guests Evening function room hire Dance floor Disco with DJ (Premium package)

Package price per head

£45.00

£58.50

£75.00

£13.00 £25.00 £21.00

£15.00 £25.00 £21.00

£16.50 £25.00 £21.00

Additional evening guest - buffet per person

Barbecue (minimum of 60 guests) Hog roast (minimum of 80 guests)

£5.50

£5.50

£5.50

Bacon and sausage baps

∞ Minimum of 60 guests (fewer than 60 guests, room hire rates apply of £500 including VAT) • Children 4 and under eat free • Children 5–14 years old receive a 50% discount All prices per person and inclusive of VAT

Bronze menu

Starters Cream of watercress soup with toasted almonds Chicken and pepper salad with mint yoghurt and crisp leaves Smoked salmon and scallion tartlet with endive salad

Main courses Roast chicken breast, hotpot potato cake with a sage and onion jus Roasted smoked haddock rarebit, creamed potato and sweet Chantenay carrots Gratin of aubergine filled with spicy vegetables finished with a cheese crust

Desserts Blueberry crème brûlée with a sugar crust Pear frangipane tart with whipped cream Profiteroles filled with fresh cream served with a chocolate sauce

Coffee

Please pre-select one option from each course

Silver menu

Starters Cream of mushroom and sorrel soup Duck and orange pâté with red onion chutney accompanied with a toasted stone baked loaf Smoked salmon parfait with cucumber noodles and lemon crème fraîche

Main courses Slow-braised beef with a creamed potato and bourguignon garnish Grilled tuna loin on a niçoise salad with a garlic and soft herb mayonnaise Tomato strudel on stir-fried vegetables with a soy sauce

Desserts Baileys cheesecake with a dark chocolate sauce Citrus tart with a lime crème fraîche Chocolate sachertorte with berry compote

Coffee and chocolates

Please pre-select one option from each course

Gold menu

Starters French onion soup served with a cheese crouton Ham hock terrine with potato salad and mustard dressing Thai spiced crab cakes with a marinated cucumber salad

Main courses Individual beef wellington, roasted potatoes, steamed market vegetables and red wine jus Baked salmon supreme with sautéed asparagus and a caper butter sauce Chargrilled vegetable and pesto parcel, tomato coulis and roasted potatoes

Desserts Chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream Seasonal fruit pavlova with Chantilly cream Apple and almond Bakewell slice with a raspberry sauce

Coffee and chocolates

Please pre-select one option from each course

Children’s menu

Starters Garlic bread Assorted crudités and dips Seasonal melon

Main courses Breaded chicken goujons with beans and chips Fish fingers with peas and chips Penne pasta with vegetables in a tomato sauce Sausages and mash with gravy

Desserts Jelly and ice cream Fresh fruit salad Chocolate sundae

Please pre-select one option from each course

Canapés

Smoked salmon blinis Crostini with chicken liver pậté Melon and parma ham Walnut crusted goats cheese en croute Mini croque monsieur Honey and sesame glazed cocktail sausages Mini fishcake with pea puree

Three items £5.50 per person Five items £7.50 per person Seven items £10.50 per person

Evening buffet

Assorted filled sandwich selection meat, fish and vegetarian Vegetable spring rolls Hoi sin duck spring rolls Honey and sesame chicken wings Vegetable samosas Cumberland cocktail sausages and wholegrain mustard Chicken satay and peanut sauce French bread pizza Chicken goujons with a tarragon mayonnaise Jacket skins and chive sour cream Spicy wedges and sour cream

Barbecue and hog roast menu

Barbecue Selection of bread rolls Jacket potatoes Mediterranean herb chicken kebabs 4oz beef burgers Salmon with Thai spices Pork and leek sausages Marinated haloumi and pepper kebabs *** Potato salad

Mixed leaf salad Corn on the cob *** Fruit platter

Chocolate gâteau Summer fruit trifle £25.00 per person ( Minimum of 60 guests)

Hog roast Traditional hog roast served with baps and apple sauce *** Please select four savoury items and one dessert item from the options below: Coleslaw Potato salad, bacon, chives Mixed leaf salad Couscous, lemon, olives, roasted vegetables Pasta salad, roasted vegetables, pesto, tomato, basil Caesar salad, parmesan, croutons Roasted Mediterranean vegetable salad

Jacket skins, chive sour cream Spicy wedges, sour cream dip *** Fruit platter

Chocolate gâteau Summer fruit trifle £21.00 per person ( Minimum of 80 guests)

Recommended supplier list

Disco Apex Sounds T: +44 (0)1908 370503 E: info@apexsounds.co.uk

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Master of ceremonies Gerard Dalton T: +44 (0)7947 460353 E: toastmastergeddalton@hotmail.com

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Venue decoration Fantasy Balloons and Venue Dressers T: +44 (0)1908 305039 E: info@fantasyballoons.co.uk

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Florist Grey Court T: +44 (0)1234 851230 E: kelly@greycourtflorists.co.uk

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Photo booth Timeless Entertainment T: +44 (0)1908 982827 E: enquiries@timelessentertainment.co.uk

The perfect setting

What your wedding may cost Non-refundable deposit £400.00

Accommodation When booking your wedding, you are advised to block book your accommodation requirements in advance to take advantage of our discounted room rates: Weekend – Friday to Saturday Single room with breakfast £67.50 per night Double room with breakfast £87.50 per night All prices are inclusive of VAT at the prevailing rate Additional costs Entertainment and room decoration. Please see recommended suppliers list.

Wedding packages Bronze

£46.50 per person* £61.00 per person*

Silver

Gold £81.00 per person* * A room hire fee of £500 is applicable to bookings under 60 guests.

Additional evening guests - buffet cost Bronze £14.00 per person* Silver £17.00 per person* Gold £19.50 per person* *Buffet must cater for a minimum of 75% of the evening guests

Packages

Wedding packages - minimum of 60 guests

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Dedicated wedding planner Menu tasting Glass of Prosecco on arrival Glass of Champagne on arrival Canapés

Reception room hire Chair cover and sash Three course wedding breakfast menu selector

Glass of Prossecco - for toast Glass of Champagne - for toast Glass of house wine per person Half a bottle of house wine per person Half a bottle of Sauvignon blanc (Bin 5) or Malbec (Bin 16) Five items from the buffet menu Seven items from the buffet menu Nine items from the buffet menu (or barbecue/hog roast) Complimentary bridal room Discounted bedroom rates for guests Evening function room hire Dance floor Disco with DJ (premium package)

Package price per head

£46.50

£63.00

£81.00

£14.00 £23.75 £18.95

£17.00 £23.75 £18.95

£19.50 £23.75 £18.95

Additional evening guest - buffet per person

Barbecue (minimum of 60 guests) Hog roast (minimum of 80 guests)

£5.50

£5.50

£5.50

Bacon and sausage baps

• Minimum number of 60 guests (fewer than 60 guests, room hire rates apply of £500 including VAT) • Children 4 and under eat free • Children 5–14 years old receive a 50% discount All prices per person and inclusive of VAT

Bronze menu

Starters Roasted cherry tomato soup with goat's cheese beignet

Ham hock and garden pea terrine, toasted sourdough and a homemade piccalilli

Sautéed mushrooms in a white wine and cream sauce, resting upon freshly baked focaccia, finished with a balsamic glaze Main courses Pan-seared chicken supreme crème fraîche potatoes with spring onions, chargrilled broccoli, baby carrots and Madeira sauce

Herb roasted belly of pork with a creamy Bourbon sauce, caramelised onion purée, lemon buttered kale and braised fondant potato

Grilled fillet of sea trout mascarpone, lemon and green pea risotto, chargrilled asparagus and pea shoots finished with smoked paprika oil

Desserts Freshly baked white chocolate cookies honeycomb ice cream, raspberries and micro basil

Caramel and apple pie with vanilla ice cream

Biscotti and pistachio trifle

Coffee

Please pre-select one option from each course

Silver menu

Starters Roasted sweet potato and coconut soup, with crispy bacon and crème fraîche

Atlantic prawn and crayfish ceviche with a lime cured salad of fennel, pawpaw and shellfish fragranced with finely sliced chilli and coriander

Roasted cherry tomato tarte tatin crumbled feta, micro basil with an aged balsamic syrup

Main courses Rump of lamb pink roasted with rosemary creamed potatoes, thyme braised carrots, wilted spinach with a crispy leek hay stack

Guinea fowl supreme stuffed with a coarse prune and pancetta mousseline parmentier potatoes, creamed savoy cabbage with shitake mushrooms, finished with a rich port reduction

Pan fried fillet of seabass with a marjoram butter sauce lemon and chive crushed potatoes served with baby vegetables à la grecque

Desserts Caramelised Sicilian lemon tart lavender scented Chantilly cream and crushed meringue

Bitter chocolate pot orange and polenta biscuit with fresh raspberries

Vanilla panna cotta

Coffee and chocolates

Please pre-select one option from each course

Gold menu

Starters Corn-fed chicken, apricot and tarragon terrine toasted rye bread served with a fine herb salad

Langoustine bisque crab and chervil fritter

Loire valley goat’s cheese baked with rosemary and garlic, paprika and lemon puff pastry shards, tomato chutney with lamb’s leaf and pickled shallot salad Main courses Pink roasted beef fillet finished with pancetta and hazelnut truffle crushed potato galette, roasted sweetcorn purée, fine green beans and salt-baked vine tomatoes

Lamb loin fillet with a brioche herb crust redcurrent rosemary jus, dauphinoise potatoes, green bean bundle and roasted Chantenay carrots

Lemon sole paupiette filled with a smoked salmon mousseline served on vegetable spaghetti with saffron poached potatoes and a lemon butter sauce

Desserts Hot chocolate fondant berry compote and vanilla pod ice cream

Raspberry and kiwi pavlova

Summer fruit and pink champagne jelly with clotted cream

Coffee and chocolates Please pre-select one option from each course

Children’s menu

Starters Garlic bread Assorted crudités and dips Seasonal melon

Main courses Breaded chicken goujons with beans and chips Fish fingers with peas and chips Penne pasta with vegetables in a tomato sauce Sausages and mash with gravy

Desserts Jelly and ice cream Fresh fruit salad Chocolate sundae

Please pre-select one option from each course

Canapés Goat’s cheese boilies, rolled in chives and nigella seeds Mini walnut scones, topped with fig and gorgonzola

Smoked salmon and cream cheese blini, with dill and keta caviar Prawn and avocado bruschetta with chilli, lime and micro coriander

Lamb kofte balls with minted yoghurt Micro smoked chicken Caesar, filo tart

Three items £5.50 per person Five items £7.50 per person Seven items £10.50 per person

Evening buffet A selection of open and closed sandwiches Meat selection

Southern fried chicken wings Pork and chorizo sausage rolls Mini Yorkshire puddings filled with beef, horseradish and watercress Bite-sized scotch eggs

Seafood selection Tiger tail prawn skewers with a Thai spiced dressing Salmon, dill and crème fraîche tortilla wraps Deep fried sole goujons with celeriac remoulade Bite-sized admiral’s pie Vegetarian selection Forest mushroom crostini Crispy oriental style spring rolls, sweet chilli dip

Fig and goat’s cheese parcels Mediterranean vegetable quiche

Dessert selection Sweet sushi selection French macarons Mini vanilla cream-filled eclairs White and dark chocolate covered strawberries in a chocolate cup

Barbecue and hog roast menu

Barbecue menu

Flame grilled Angus burger in a sesame seed bun with sliced emmental, crisp baby gem leaves and beef tomato *** Pork and leek sausages served in a finger roll with caramelised onions *** Maple and honey glazed Quorn dogs served in a finger roll with caramelised onions *** Tossed garden salad Seasonal English salad Potato and spring onion salad, new potatoes and spring onion bound in a creamy mayonnaise Coleslaw with grated mature cheddar *** Ring doughnut selection

Minimum of 60 guests

Hog roast

Traditional hog roast on the spit with crackling served with apple sauce, mustards, pickles and relishes, fried onions and baps Coleslaw, potato and spring onion salad, garden salad *** Selection of classic desserts cheesecakes, chocolate profiteroles and berry trifle

Minimum of 80 guests