Appetizer Ideas
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Oyster Bar
Featuring the best of North Eastern shellfish: Raspberry Points, Chebooktooks, Belle du Jours, Dixon Points
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Lobster Rolls
Drawn butter with tarragon and shallots, mini brioche, Maine lobster meat
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Corn Chowder Shooters
Coconut milk, summer corn, Aleppo pepper
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Steak Tartare
Prime filet, Chinese chili crisp, crisp hasselback
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Pork belly burnt ends
Dry cured for a week in aromatics, smoked with cherry wood then finished on charcoal, with a sticky spiced rum and ginger glaze.
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Smoked salmon blinis
Buckwheat pancakes, creme fraiche, micro herbs and caviar
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Zanzibari Samosas
Crispy pastries stuffed with spiced chickpeas, sweet potato and lamb, with a cilantro chutney dipping sauce
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Tuna Tartare
Sushi grade tuna, house tosa soy, avocado, sambal oelek
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Mushrooms on Toast
Fire roasted wild mushrooms, Delice de Bourgogne triple cream brie, pickled roots on Norwegian crispbread (vegan, gf)
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Lamb Kofta Lollipops
Ras-el-hanout, toasted pistachios and mint, with a harissa yoghurt dip
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Shrimp & Grits
Cajun spiced jumbo shrimp cooked on charcoal, with a buttery sharp cheddar grits
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Watermelon Gazpacho
Raw organic vegetables, watermelon, micro dill and feta. Great summer app
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Scallops & Rosemary
Skewered on rosemary and seared on antique cast iron
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Oysters Flambadou
Local oysters seasoned with flaming tallow from our mediaeval flambadou, served with an apple mignonette
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Grilled clams
Local littlenecks with house pancetta and sherry
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Rescue Package for the Bride
As photos take up much of the cocktail hour, we send food to the bride and groom. Mini Reubens, house sausage and pepperjack, caprese skewers with basil coulis.
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Bacon wrapped Shrimp
Seared on charcoal, we wrap our homemade bacon around wild gulf shrimp and coat with sweet chipotle
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Fried Green Tomatoes
Panko coated and served with a smoked aioli
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Stuffed Chicory
Boursin stuffed Belgian endive (v)
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Rescue Package for the Bridal Party
Crabcakes and prosciutto wrapped asparagus delivered to the starving bridal party during the photos
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Vegan Beetroot Tacos
Smoked beets, chickpeas, chevre, toum, roast pumpkin seeds
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Vegan Spring Rolls
Macerated trumpet mushrooms, julienned organic vegetables, teriyaki dipping sauce
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Chicken and Waffles Reimagined
Black sesame cone, savory marscapone filling, candied jalapeno, Southern fried chicken
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Bacon Wrapped Scallops
House cured bacon, wild sage, diver caught scallops seared on charcoal, sweet chipotle glaze
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Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice
with avocado and cured quail’s egg
Bounty Table Ideas
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Edible Display
Stationary grazing can be turned into a thing of beauty, providing a wow factor for guests
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Ice Breaker
A selection of hand picked cheeses and charcuterie matched with ripe fruit and chutneys presented beautifully is a thing to behold
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Lavish Hospitality
Treat your guests with an opulent array of delicious and healthy appetizing options
Service Styles
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Buffet Service
Odeen’s serviced buffets have food that is as fresh off the grill as it’s possible to be, on thoughtfully staged tables in collaboration with the florist and designer, served by our friendly, uniformed and knowledgeable staff, providing a fun, interactive and quick process.
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Smiling Service
A serviced buffet allows for a guided tour of what’s available. Help is always on hand, and the meats are carved to order by the pit masters that lovingly brought them to this point. The food is continually replenished and kept fresh and beautiful.
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Efficiently Delicious
Guests will be wowed by the care lavished on the food, and the speed of service.
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Family Style
Shared platters served tableside creates a warm and familial vibe, allowing for a fun and interactive connection through the meal.
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Shared Platters
Family style service allows for beautiful presentation, as seen here by this grilled local striped bass with mango salsa.
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Table Service
Family style service allows for continuous replensihment without anyone having to leave the table. Here we see bowls of Israeli couscous with chermoula roasted eggplant and pomegranate on their way to dinner.
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Plated Service
Individual plating by the chefs ensures the most polished and composed result. Here we have a watercress salad with candied smoked nuts, strawberries, chevre and an individual honeyed corn muffin.
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Plated Courses
Plated service allows for seamless delivery of multiple courses. Shown is a cognac laced butternut squash soup with poached lobster and roasted walnut oil.
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Action Stations!
Get creative with station service, each one dedicated to personalizing and finishing individual plates of food as guests watch them, being composed. Here we have a churrasco station with pichana being sliced fresh off the grill.
Desserts, Cakes, Coffee, After Party Snacks
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Custom Desserts
Our approach builds menus from scratch, allowing us to create whatever your imagination beholds. Here we have Chef Phil sending out caramel and honeycomb sundaes, with a chocolate stout sauce and caramelized bananas.
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Custom Cakes
Leave the work to us - when it comes to planning the elements of the day, we even take the cake!
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Grazing Platters
An assortment of plattered dessert bites can be a great solution once the music gets started
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Coffee service
locally roasted fair trade coffee service, French press made, imaginative teaboxes… we finish strong.
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Sweet Touches
Thoughtful and creative offerings will make the day stand out, like these chocolate dipped strawberries.
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Midnight Snacks
Plan your party pit stop with some decadent late night snacks, like these one-of-a-kind reubens, made with house pastrami, cooked on open fires.
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Smores
We can help push the revelry into the night with firepits, bonfires, late night bars and decadent midnight snacks
Decoration Inspiration
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An epic floral chuppah hangs over the dance floor
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Poignant gold ring exchange platter
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Custom wild posies for the bridesmaids
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An original solution for a table chart
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Rustic barn can provide a chic venue when done properly
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Little decorative touches, like mini vases in the restrooms, elevates the aesthetic of the day
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Adorn the buffet with greenery and mason jar arrangements
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Thoughtful summer garden staging adorned with flowers
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Coffee tin vase is tres chic
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Between the views and the decorations, it is a beautiful affair
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Lounge furniture makes for a laid back, stylish vibe
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Guests will gravitate towards a comfortable Chesterfield
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A most elegant table setting
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Votive, flowers, table card
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High decorative drama at this table
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Stunning table decor
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A long farm table squeezed into a small room for the rehearsal, beautifully adorned
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The hosts customized their day with donkey imagery, providing thematic focus and an irreverent sense of humor
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Mammoth votives providing an ecclesiastical charm
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Outdoor centrepiece
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Individual monogrammed shawls on the back of the chairs for the fall evening
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A welcome table with guests’ cards, full of character
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Epic, towering floral centerpiece
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Simple and elegant laurel
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A personal tribute table featuring family artifacts
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Feel like royalty sitting at a such a thoughtfully arranged table
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A dazzling spectacle of light and beauty
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Floral staging
Venue Settings
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An outdoor wedding provides opportunity for late night spectacles, like this midnight bar with 'smores set ontop of the hill, with lanterns lighting the path
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Outdoor lighting thronging the trees
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Long outdoor trestle table seating makes for a idyllic FarmStyle event
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A midsummer bower pigroast
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Beautiful barn architecture
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A riverside ceremony
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A dramatic barn venue at Taconic Ridge
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A 3 pole sailcloth marquis in the woods
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Sunset pavilion cocktail hour at Kirby Hill
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A garden bar in full bloom
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Magnificent rhododendrons provide a pink backdrop for the ceremony site at DCA Darien
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Private party on the Sound
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Gorgeous ceremony flowers
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Amazing that such a large building can be such a cozy venue on a damp fall evening at Kirby Hill Farm
Cooking Styles
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Colorful salad of heirloom tomatoes, grilled asparagus, feta and artichokes
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Pig wings (shank), babyback ribs being smoked on the Lang
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Basting the lamb with salmuera using a rosemary sprig
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Pichana steak and marinated chicken thighs being blasted int he furnace. Incomparable flavor!
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heirloom fingerlings ready for the saltbake
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Cast iron salt bakes in the pit. Underneath the rubble lie potatoes steaming in a crust made from salt, not losing any moisture or flavor in the process.
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Lobster lollipops - everything tastes better on a fire!
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Hanging chickens and pineapple cooking slowly over a pit. Pineapple regularly basted with syrup and liqueur
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Rescoldo means to cook in the embers, imbuing the character of the fire into the flesh
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Picking a pig after cooking for 24 hours is always a fun community activity
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Fuego!
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Paella is the king of rice dishes, well suited for large groups
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A caccio y pepe station nicely decorated with the component parts
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Fire management and positioning is key to good timing for an asado event
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A 30lb striped bass requires 100lb of salt to bake it
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Oysters flambadou - flaming tallow dripping on to the raw oysters using an ancient flambadou to impart a smokey, beefy flavor
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A mountainous fish salt bake - an epic piece of gastronomic theatre
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Chef Phil blistering shishito peppers for guests on the path to the cocktail hour
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Marsh and John celebrating their second pig in 2 days at Sprite Island
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We prioritize flavor and color
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Rainbow chard wilted on the fire
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Cast iron for the crabcakes
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Smokers and grills for the chefs
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Kitchen grill set up outside the venue
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Homestretch with the lamb
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Midnight
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2 men and a dog - how we started business
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Trout caught from the lake we’re grilling next to, stuffed with lovage and lemon
