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A Unique Live-Fire Catering Experience for Your Wedding
Located in the heart of Devon, Smoking Embers brings a one-of-a-kind catering experience to weddings through the art of live-fire cooking. Their passionate team blends ancient cooking methods with modern culinary techniques to create unforgettable meals right before your eyes. Imagine a chef’s-table style performance where your bespoke menu is prepared fresh on a pop-up kitchen using unique equipment—turning your wedding meal into a captivating sensory journey for you and your guests.
Custom Menus Tailored to Your Wedding Vision
Smoking Embers specializes in crafting personalized menus that reflect your tastes, budget, and wedding style. Whether you’re dreaming of an elegant fine-dining affair, a relaxed rustic BBQ, or something in between, their expert chefs will bring your ideas to life. Their menus showcase the finest locally sourced ingredients, featuring succulent meats, perfectly grilled seafood, and vibrant fire-kissed vegetables. They also expertly incorporate global flavors—from Deep South BBQ classics to sophisticated international dishes—ensuring a unique culinary experience for your celebration.
Flexible Catering Options for Weddings Big and Small
Every wedding is unique, and Smoking Embers offers flexible service styles to match your celebration, whether it’s an intimate gathering or a grand event with up to 200 guests. Their seamless, stress-free service options include:
- Canapés and appetizer platters to welcome your guests
- Sharing-style and buffet meals for a relaxed vibe
- Formal seated wedding breakfasts for a classic touch
- Evening food options to keep the party going
- Pre-wedding consultations and tastings to perfect your menu
Committed to Quality, Sustainability, and Exceptional Service
Smoking Embers is dedicated to quality, innovation, and sustainability in every aspect of their catering—from carefully chosen ingredients to the fuels used for cooking. Couples consistently praise their incredible food, stunning presentation, and flawless service that help make wedding days truly special. Based in Devon, this expert team ensures your wedding feast is not just a meal, but a memorable celebration shared around the warmth and magic of live-fire cooking.
Message from the team
Experience
What is your most memorable wedding?
On a beef farm where we cooked the couples own produce, then the meal to be interrupted by the neighbours cows breaking in.
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Sensory
Artisanal
Innovative
Sustainable
Bespoke
What about your business are you most proud of?
Our bespoke approach which tailors menus and service exactly to the needs of the couple
What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Enjoy it!
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
An awesome couple entrance which got the whole room dancing
Describe your typical process with a couple.
Once an enquiry has been made, we send you are signature menu to review, then organise a time to call to discuss your unique requirements and any ideas that you may like incorporated into the menu, and to answer any questions that you may have.
From here, we send over a list of proposed menu options. Once your selections have been made, we provide a quote for your review.
After a booking has been made, we start to finalise all of the details - ironing out all of the details of the day including timings, dietary requirements, and much more.
On the day, we set up our mobile kitchen and freshly cook your meal over live fires before serving them in your preferred style.
How would you wow the Judges on Masterchef?
A fruits de mer platter of flame-kissed seafoods
What is the most innovative dish you have created for a wedding?
Our jerk halloumi & pineapple skewers - they began as a joke regarding old fashioned nibbles but are now one of our best sellers
What is the food of love?
Fusion - incorporating the flavours from around the world
What is your secret ingredient?
Live fires