Reception Food & Drinks

Welcome your guests with a selection of Canapés and Reception Drinks following your Wedding Ceremony. Your Reception is the start of your celebrations and should set your day off with a bang. You can provide a selection of Canapés along with glasses of sparkling for all your guests, or why not try something a little different and have a mixture of drinks. Some of these ideas can always be continued throughout your day if you’d prefer. We are here to build the Wedding Reception you’ve always imagined!


Canapés

Our Canapés are a general showstopper and are a fantastic accompaniment to your Reception Drinks. You can select from all the sections, but a minimum of 3 different choices is required. We are always here to help with any tailored choices you would prefer to make.

Meat

Honey & Mustard Roasted Sausages | £3
Korean Pork Belly & Pickled Kimchi | £3
Slow Roasted Beef Cheek & Smoked Mash | £3
Karaage Chicken with Sriracha Mayo | £3
Spiced Lamb Kofta & Tzatziki | £3.50
Grilled Steak & Chip with Bearnaise Sauce | £4
Chinese Crispy Duck Spring Roll with Plum Sauce | £4

Fish

Cod Goujon & Tartare Sauce | £3
Smoked Salmon & Boursin Cheese | £3.50
Roast Seabass, Pickled Shallot & Carrot | £3.50
Seared Scallop, Pea Purée & Pancetta | £4

Vegetarian

Masala Roasted Cauliflower, Spiced Aioli | £3
Welsh Rarebit | £3
Sweet Potato, Carrot & Feta Croquette, Tomato Pisto | £3
Pea, Mint & Feta Bruschetta | £3
Warm Mushroom Tartlet, Creamed Leek & Mozzarella | £3

Vegan

Roasted Tomato & Pepper Bruschetta | £3
Baba Ghanoush & Toasted Flatbread | £3
Wild Mushroom Risotto Ball & Truffle Oil | £3


Reception Drink Ideas

Sparkling

A Sparkling Reception is the truly classical option for your first drinks. Prices are for 2 glasses per person.

  • Orabella Spumante (Italy)

    £9

  • Cantina Trevigiana Prosecco White / Rosé (Italy)

    £10

  • Cava Lacrima Baccus Single Estate (Spain)

    £10

  • Boschendal Brut White / Rosé (South African)

    £13

  • Champagne Chimere Brut NV (France)

    £17

  • Laurent Perrier Brut White / Rosé (France)

    £26

  • Sparkling Elderflower

    £6

Pimp Your Prosecco

If your guests are drinking glasses of sparkling, why not add a little fun and ‘Pimp Your Prosecco’ by adding a range of fruit, juices & flavoured popaballs. This option is purely the fruit, juices & cordials and is charged on a per bottle of prebought Sparkling.

£12 per bottle of Sparkling
(min 10 bottles)

Drinks Trough

Our Drinks Troughs look amazing and provide a fantastic selection of drinks for all tastes.

12 Peroni
12 Corona
8 Doom Bar
12 Bulmer’s
1 x 8L Cocktail Kilner

£395 (84 drinks)

Beer Buckets

Bottle Buckets are a great addition where your  guests can help themselves throughout your Drinks Reception.

  • 24 Peroni

    £110

  • 24 Corona

    £110

  • 15 Rekorderlig

    £84

  • 12 Bulmer’s

    £61

  • 8 Doom Bar

    £41

  • 12 San Miguel 0%

    £49

Gin Bar

If you have Gin loving guests, this will propel them into Gin heaven. Select 3 Gins, which are presented in Balloon Glasses.

£6.70 per glass (min 20 glasses)

Bombay Sapphire Dry Gin & Fever Tree’s Mediterranean Tonic served with Lime Wedges

Gordon’s Pink Gin & Fever Tree’s Elderflower Tonic served with Mint Leaves and Sprig

Whitley Neill Rhubarb & Ginger Gin & Fever Tree’s Ginger Ale served with Lime Wedges

Hendrick’s Gin & Fever Tree’s Natural Indian Tonic served with Cucumber Ribbons

Whitley Neill Blood Orange Gin & Fever Tree’s Natural Light Tonic served with Orange Wheels

Cask Ale

If you have guests who are Real Ale fans, we can always provide a Cask of Real Ale for the entire day. Prices on application.

Woodfords Wherry – 3.8%
Sharps Doombar – 4%
St Austell Tribute – 4.2%
Hook Norton – 3.5%

Cocktail Kilners

The Cocktail Kilners truly add a wow factor and allow your guests to help themselves. The Cocktail Kilners are 8 litres and serve 40 glasses per Kilner.

£185 per Kilner (£4.62 per glass)

STRAWBERRY CAIPIROSKA
Smirnoff Vodka – Cranberry Juice – Strawberry Syrup – Soda – Brown Sugar served with Lime & Strawberries

GIN JULEP
Gordon’s Dry Gin – Lemon Juice – Lime Juice – Soda Water – Brown Sugar served with Mint Leaves & Lime

MOJITO
Bacardi – Lime Juice – Soda Water – Brown Sugar served with Mint Leaves & Lime

WOO WOO
Smirnoff Vodka – Archers – Cranberry Juice – Lime Juice served with Orange Wheels

PIMM’S PUNCH
Pimm’s – Lemonade served with Mint – Orange Wheels

Mocktail Kilners

The Mocktail Kilners complement the Cocktail Kilners perfectly. The Mocktail Kilners are 5 litres which serves 25 glasses per Kilner.

£80 per Kilner (£3.20 per glass)

VICTORIAN LEMONADE
Cloudy Lemonade – Soda – Sugar Syrup served with Lemon Wheels

ENGLISH BLOSSOM
Apple Juice – Elderflower Cordial – Vanilla Syrup – Lemonade served with Cucumber Ribbons

NOJITO
Apple Juice – Lime Juice – Soda Water – Brown Sugar served with Mint Leaves

FRUIT PUNCH
Orange Juice – Cranberry Juice – Lemon Juice – Lime Juice served with Orange Wheels

PASSION FRUIT COOLER
Passion Fruit Puree Carton – Water – Lime Juice – Vanilla Syrup – Sugar Syrup served with Fresh Mint

Testimonials

  • I would just like to extend my warmest wishes to all staff at the great barn who made my daughters wedding celebrations a spectacular day. A massive thank you to Jess and her team who provided a wonderful service, and to Jess personally, you really are a class act. The two girls behind the bar, you were terrific and the chefs who turned out a very high quality meal, thank you so much.
    Having worked in hospitality myself for 30 years at every level and ending up as general manager i know firsthand the effort that goes into each event.
    The great barn is a beautiful venue in itself but of course would be nothing without the first class team of utterly professional staff you have on site. This is by far the best wedding i have attended in years, i will certainly be recommending your venue.
    Kindest Regards
    Tony Pearson
    Father of the bride. (Oct 2024)

  • We had our wedding at The Great Barn in May 23. It was the most beautiful venue and the team were fantastic.
    Leading up to the wedding day Laura was very helpful in answering any questions and we felt reassured and in good hands throughout the planning process.
    On the day Sarah and the team were brilliant in ensuring that every detail was taken care of and the day went as smoothly as possible.
    We were lucky to have great weather and our guests really enjoyed the grounds and lawn games. We also stayed in the garden cottage which we would highly recommend to end the day.
    Thank you so much to the whole team!
    Jacqueline and Freddy x

  • We had our wedding at The Great Barn in May 2023.
    Support running up to the big day with all our planning was great. During the day itself, the team were reassuring (very important for the Bride) attentive and discreet throughout the day. It all helped with the most magical day for us both and our guests. We also had the Cottage for the wedding night. Lovely place to wake up as Mr & Mrs!

  • I just wanted to write a quick email to say a huge thank you to you and the team for our amazing wedding on Saturday. It went without a hitch and everything was exactly as I envisioned. I cannot thank you enough. The team working on the day were conscientious, efficient and extremely professional and it ran incredibly smoothly. The venue is obviously also very beautiful and your team kindly decorated it exactly as I planned. Huge thanks to yourself as well for always being extremely helpful and working hard in the background to ensure the day ran smoothly.
    Charlotte & Eoin, July 2023