Lea’s Sweet Sixteen at The Four Seasons!
At chocolate fountain hire we are often called upon to provide catering for some interesting events. This week we attended one such event. We were asked to provide a chocolate fountain, popcorn machine, candy floss machine and a pick n mix stand! The lucky girl was having a two day birthday celebration at The Four Season Hotel in Canary Wharf in London. We were to provide the snacks for her guests whilst they were watching DVD’s in the room that had been set up to look like a cinema! The pick n mix stand was set up in the ‘cinema’ room and the party goers helped themselves to bags of 20 different types of sweeties, including cola bottles, flying saucers, mini eggs, drumsticks, Maoman and Giant Fried Eggs! We made up lots of bags of candy floss and left on the table. We made two types of popcorn, sweet and salty and put it into cones. The chocolate fountain was set up with strawberries, chocolate brownies, marshmallows and profiteroles. The friends of Lea had a great time tucking in and watching the film.
Wedding Chocolate Fountain Is a big hit in Portsmouth
Another busy weekend in the world of chocolate fountain hire saw us heading allover the countryside. One such booking took place in the historic naval City of Portsmouth. Diane and Lee’s wedding reception took place in the Inn Lodge Hotel which is situated on the outskirts of Portsmouth. We arrived and set up the chocolate fountain to be ready in time for the guest to have their main meal, the room was beautifully decorated in pink and white and we colour co ordinated the illuminated base accordingly . Alot of the wedding guests were keen to finish their meal and start using the chocolate fountain! After the birde had her first dip on the chocolate fountain the guests needed no encouragement to dip from the chocolate fountain. The bride had chosen a selection of dips inluding strawberries, grapes doughnuts and meringues. It was great to see so many guests making use of the chocolate fountain! Eventually it was time to pack up the chocolate fountain and leave the wedding guests in Portsmouth to enjoy the rest of their evening.
Sathiyan weds Thanila in Croydon with a Fruity treat
Chocolate Fountain Hire is a popular wedding treat all year round and what more could you ask for on Easter Sunday. We were booked to help celebrate the wedding of Sathiyan and Thanila in Croydon. The venue was dressed beautifully in purple and gold and the bride looked stunning in a purple gown encrusted with gold. All the tables were adorned with fresh flowers and purple organza. We provided a chocolate fountain and a medium fruit palm tree. A medium tree stands 3 ft tall and contains approximately 375 pieces of delicious fresh fruit! The fruit which is water melon, cantaloupe melon, satsumas, strawberries, kiwi fruit and pineapple, is cut into bite size pieces and stuck onto a ‘tree’ of cored out pineapples. The tree then has real palm leaves arranged in the top. The end result is stunning and tastes great! The guests very soon discovered how delicious it was, and it was stripped bare very quickly, just what we like to see!
Sweet 40th Birthday Party in Salisbury
Last weekind chocolate fountain hire made the short trip to the historic city of Salisbury. It was Mandys 40th Birthday party which took place in the Stockmans Lounge at Salisbury. We arrived and set up the Chocolate Fountain so that it was ready in time for the start of the party. A delicious buffet was also being set up for the guests to enjoy prior to tasting the Chocolate fountain! The birthday girl was on of the first to sample the Chocolate Fontain, and soon afterwards the fountain was surrounded by guests eager to enjoy all of the dipping items covered in chooclate. With the DJ playing some great tunes the guests had a great evening dancing away. In what seemed like no time at all it was time to pack up the chocolate fountain and head home and leave the guests to enjoy the remainder of the party.
Lauren and Shane get married in Tetbury!
It was a stunningly warm Thursday at the end of March when chocolate fountain hire went to the village of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, to Calcot Manor. When we arrived, the speeches were just finishing and the guests were spilling out onto the lawns in the late sunshine. We set up the chocolate fountain in the lounge area, and put the dips they had chosen in white china bowls and we piled up fresh sugared donuts and chocolate chip brownies on white china plates. It looked lovely! The bride and groom had chosen to have a cheese wedding ‘cake’ It was whole cheeses stacked on top of each other, Brie at the bottom etc, it looked really beautiful. Lauren and Shane had their photos taken eating chocolate and then went to do their first dance! We quickly got busy with the guests enjoying the warm Belguim Choclate and delicious fresh dips. A good end to a great day!
First Time Buyer Event at Park Central in Birmingham
At chocolate fountain hire we are asked to attend all sorts of interesting events from weddings, birthdays, parties and trade shows. Each event we do is different and this weekend was no different. We were asked to provide a chocolate fountain for a first time buyer event being held in Birmingham. We set up the chocolate fountain in the marketing suite next to a model of the whole complex, which was very impressive! There was an array of savoury snacks laid out along with champagne and orange juice! We soon had visitors to the marketing suite tucking in to strawberries, meringues, donuts, profiteroles, all covered in warm silky chocolate. It was a huge success, with one couple even coming back the next day!
Exhibitors have a tasty time at the Earls Court business travel show
Earls Court in London was the destination for the Chocolate Fountain Team on a Monday afternoon in February, and the Business Travel Show. We had been asked to provide a chocolate fountain for KDS, a company that provides software for your travel and expense needs. We set the fountain and table up on Monday afternoon when the stands were all being built. All major stand building must take place the day before the event and we are old hands at finding our way around half built exhibition halls! With the fresh chocolate in the fountain on a timer ready to be melted when we came in on Tuesday, we left ! When we arrived first thing Tuesday morning the hall looked completely different! Lots of beautiful colourful stands, with new carpet laid everywhere and suited ladies and gentlemen waiting to talk to you about their products. We were a massive hit! Everyone loved the fountain and we were kept very busy topping up the dips, whilst the guys were buy chatting to their prospective buyers! Everyone remarked that it was the best stand there!
Business Achievement Awards in Salisbury
The chocolate fountain hire team headed out to the Business Achievement Awards held at The Arts Centre in Salisbury. However, this time we we’re going as guests and not to provide a fountain! We all dressed up in our finery, ladies in pretty dresses, men in dinner jackets or mess dress. We didn’t win any prizes but we had a great time, met some great people, had some scummy food. A good evening.
Cogent Elliott- Fun Time Frankie Strikes Again!!
St Valentine’s Day is always a busy day in the Chocolate Fountain Hire world! And this year was no different some of the Chocolate Fountain Hire team travelled to two destinations in the same day! Fun Time Frankie is an unknown force working within the Cogent Elliot workplace providing the lucky employees with seasonal treats! For Valentine’s Day we snuck in to provide a small chocolate fountain for the company’s Banbury office- Junction Eleven Photographic Studio. The lucky 15 staff members were treated to a miniature luxury Belgian chocolate fountain with gingerbread men, strawberries, marshmallows and fudge! The Chocolate Fountain Hire Team then travelled over to the main office in Meriden near Coventry where employee’s pondered on the identity of Fun Time Frankie and his delicious surprise treats! Their working day was brightened up by the aroma of melted Belgium chocolate drifting down the office hallways! As the curious staff ventured out they were amazed to see a 5 tier Milk Chocolate Fountain majestically displayed with overflowing bowls filled with strawberries, grapes, marshmallows, fudge and the favourite our pyramid of mini donuts! The staff enjoyed this sweet treat over their lunch hours, and many sneaked out of the office for second and third visits! Many enjoyed kebab style skewers laden with fresh fruit and marshmallows drenched in warm milk chocolate and taken back to their desks for less messing eating! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their Valentines Treat but were still left wondering “who is Fun Time Frankie??”
Team bulding in Sunningdale
Here at chocolate fountain hire we are lucky to have regular customers, and one of our favourite venues is Sunningdale Park in Ascot. They have a dedicated business centre called The Evelyn Sharpe centre where companies send staff members for week long confrences, training sessions and team building. We are often asked to provide a chocolate fountain for the afternoon tea break, to give the delegates some much needed oomph! We set up in the break out area of the centre, where the tea, coffee and soft drinks are, and quickly put together the chocolate fountain, and arranged the dips. Straight away we had hungry delegates coming over to ooo and ahhh over the range of dips and the delicious chocolate. We fed about 150 people in about 45 minutes with strawberries, pineapple, chocolate brownies and profiteroles, whilst they drank coffee and chatted with their colleagues. It really is a lovely booking, the staff are all friendly and helpful and the delegates are always so happy to see us!
