With so many options, it can be hard to choose between each supplier and unique wedding and event entertainment. When it comes to planning an event guests will often have high expectations. Whether that be a corporate event for customers or your big wedding day. You want to host something that people won’t forget. Wanting to entertain and make guests and your loved ones feel excited and happy is a natural desire for any planner. From keeping guests entertained during a cocktail hour, to ending the night with delicious, rolled ice cream. There are plenty of moments throughout any event were adding that little extra something can make all the difference. Here at The Cornerstone Kitchen, we have collated some of our favourite food theatre and entertainment ideas.
Acrobatic Pizza Makers
Pizza as an evening reception option or late evening party snack to tide your guests over into the night is perfect. However, why not wow your guests with acrobatic pizza makers also known as pizza freestyle. The pizza chefs are able to throw, spin, twirl and juggle the pizza dough into the air with style and poise! Letting it fly and spin around them while the dough stretches with centrifugal force. Leaving guests with a memorable show as well as a tasty evening snack.
Oyster Bar
Having an oyster bar or station at your event truly adds an inventive and unique form of entertainment and catering. Hiring a team of professional oyster shuckers for a wedding reception and other special corporate events could boost engagement and provide true food theatre. Depending on your supplier, staff will circulate amongst your guests, shuck open and dress the oysters right there on the spot. No kitchen required or preparation space. Bringing a unique flavour to your party that will not be forgotten.
Aerial Bartending
Watch in awe as your champagne is poured from the air! Aerial champagne waitresses are the latest trend in aerial bartending. Highly trained acrobats are suspended from the air in an aerial hoop, or crystal chandelier, using silks or on a trapeze. Adding that wow factor to your welcome drink, wedding reception or throughout your corporate event catering. The champagne waitresses will continue to fill your guest’s glasses from a height whilst hanging upside down. Suppliers vary with act times and costumes, but the overall performance is sure to thrill and captivate guests.
Rolled Ice cream
Seen everywhere on social media at the moment with celebrities hiring professionals. You can now hire and serve rolled ice cream at your wedding or corporate party. Wow, your guests are on the spot, allowing them to watch and enjoy food theatre right in front of their eyes. Liquid ice cream is poured onto frozen pans and bespoke ingredients are added to the creamy mixture. The mix is then chopped up, creamed, spread out and rolled into beautiful curls.
These can also be vegan and dairy-free depending on your guest’s requirements. Choose a variety of flavours to roll and get hands-on yourself. Perhaps raspberry ripple for a summer event or more of a seasonal hint of mince pies. Depending on suppliers these can also be alcohol flavoured such as rum and raisin and be branded for corporate events.
Cocktail Hour & Mixology
Nothing is more glamourous than serving cocktails especially when they smoke! Hire a cocktail station with a ‘Pimp Your Prosecco’ bar, rum bar, or gin bar or alternatively hire a mixologist.
Mobile bar service can excite your guests with unique flavours, smoking drinks, frozen cocktails, and impressive bar tricks. Professional mixologists are able to combine, stunning visual effects which include flames, dry ice, edible glitter, and molecular mixology. All of which will leave your guests speechless and wanting more from these remarkable performances.
Having a cocktail hour can transform your wedding reception or event from a formal occasion to a full-scale soiree. Create a corporate-themed cocktail or a signature cocktail that captures the essence of two lives becoming one.
Coffee Artists & Hot Chocolate Bar
Instead of having a coffee after your wedding breakfast or formal corporate meal why not hire a barista or hot chocolate bar. Turning your everyday hot drinks into art. Often baristas can create a design, logo, or image on top of a cup of coffee. Promote your brand, advertise, or simply impress your guests with a unique idea. Furthermore, guests could pimp their drinks with cream, chocolate flakes and marshmallows or add Baileys, whiskey, or Disaronno for an alcoholic version.
Doughnut Walls & Sweet Treat Stalls
Sweet treats for guests are always a nice welcome gift, thank you, pick me up during the night or wedding favour. From popcorn machines, candyfloss tricyclics, s’more stations, churro stations, chocolate fountains, crepe stalls and waffle stands.
Furthermore, doughnut towers, doughnut walls and doughnut bobbing are increasing in popularity. This unique wedding food entertainment idea is both delicious and fun. Hang the doughnuts in an area of your wedding or event, perhaps on a tree. Then watch your guests try to retrieve the sweet treat.
Singing Waiters
The perfect go-to event performers to surprise your wedding or corporate guests. Usually classically trained singers and West End performers they can perform an impressive range of music to excite any audience. Often greeting guests on arrival posing as real staff; dressed in the same uniform and working alongside the real waiters or catering team. Then suddenly breaking into song to entertain the entire room.
Food Catering
We know that any event, however large or small, is unique and personal. Having catered for hundreds of different weddings, corporate events, and private functions, we know how tasty food brings people together. Our friendly and dedicated event management team is passionate about food and loves creating unique and exciting culinary experiences to delight you and your guests. Contact us today to start planning your special event.
