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  5. Wolfgang Wedding: 6 Hot Menu Trends for Your Wedding Reception

Wolfgang Wedding: 6 Hot Menu Trends for Your Wedding Reception

By Amy Shey Jacobs
Updated May 09, 2014 @ 3:00 pm
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Wolfgang Puck has catered fetes from the Academy Awards to some of Hollywood’s most elite celebrity nuptials. What makes his menus so alluring? We talked to Jami Pennings of Wolfgang Puck Catering about the hot new food trends for a five-star wedding menu.

1. Find Perfect Pairings When it comes to cocktail hour, it’s all about passing perfect matches. Pennings has gone with caviar and oysters served with and ice cold shot of vodka, mini lobster tacos set with a tiny margarita, and sliders served up with beer.

2. Play with Your Food Guests eat with their eyes, so surprise them with textures and unique presentations. Let your imagination run wild with artisanal Jell-O shots (sangria gel with suspended fresh fruit pieces), crème fraîche and smoked salmon push up pops, and tuna tartare served in a stylish “tuna” can.

3. Before Dinner: Provide a Barista Bar Prep your guests for long night ahead with a dose of caffeine timed to hit just in time for cocktail hour with espresso, cappuccinos, iced lattes served upon arrival.

4. Stack the Entrées Why make your guest choose when they can have both? Serve a deluxe duo entree, such as Wolfgang’s signature Shrimp + Filet on mashed potato stacked on sautéed spinach and a jumbo shrimp on top.

5. Provide Midnight Snacks Soak up the splendor of the evening with savory and sweet comfort foods served at the stroke of midnight. Pennings has served mini chicken pot pies, mac 'n' cheese bites, Wolfgang Puck pizzas, strawberry shortcake push-up pops, crème brûlée, and cookies and milk.

6. Make Your Own Cocktail Cart Move over signature cocktails—the new libation must is the make-your-own mixology station. One option is a deluxe Champagne cart with fresh purees, liqueurs (like St. Germain and Chambord), and fresh herb garnishes (like mint and basil).

Get more reception ideas from our gallery of menu items by Wolfgang Puck Catering!

—Amy Shey Jacobs

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One-Bite Bites

BBQ Dumpling
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Take pan-Asian cuisine to new places with unexpected infusions like this BBQ dumpling bite served on a soup spoon.

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Perfect Pairings

Lobster taco Hibiscus Maragrita
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Lobster tacos complement hibiscus-infused Patron mini margaritas.

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Perfect Pairings

Pastrami sandwiches with mugs of Anchor Brewing Company Liberty Ale
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Pastrami sandwiches with American Wagyu and Russian dressing accompany mini mugs of beer from Anchor Brewing company.

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Clever Cocktail Food

Canned red and white tuna, raspberry wasabi, cucumbers, soy, olive oil
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Red and white tuna with raspberries, cucumbers, wasabi, soy sauce, and olive oil get served "canned."

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Artisanal Jell–O Shots

Barrel Aged Sazerac Jello Shot
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Get playful with high-end gelatin shots like these made with barrel-aged Sazera.

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Artisanal Jell-O Shots

Barrel Aged Sazerac Jello Shot
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Consider gelatin shots with suspended fruit, like sangria with an orange wheel or mojito with lime and mint inside.

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Refresh Your Greens

Beet salad with pistachio butter, burrata and citrus balsamic
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Beet salad with pistachio butter, burrata, and citrus vinaigrette.

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Refresh Your Greens

Compressed watermelon sangria sphere micro sisho
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Wow your guests with compressed watermelon-sangria spheres served with micro shiso.

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Stacked Entrées

Smoking Duck, figs, butternut squash caramel, heirloom apples, crispy ginger
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Smoking duck, figs, butternut squash caramel, and heirloom apples are served with crispy ginger.

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Entrée Duos

Fish Dish
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Serve a mélange of fish in beautiful colors like this acqua pazza with mussels, fresh tomatoes, and a bright savory broth.

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Fragrant Spices

Tandoori Salmon
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Take a break from the tame with spiced Tandoori salmon.

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Portable Desserts

Lemon Curd Burnt Meringue Cones
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Pass desserts, like these lemon meringue cones with burnt sugar swirls, onto the dance floor to keep up the momentum!

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Dessert Redux

Brown Sugar Lemon Meringue Cones
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Turn a pie into a pop! Guests will love these cones of brown sugar and lemon meringue.

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Dessert Redux

Red Velvet Push Up Pops
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Serve the wedding cake in the form of a childhood favorite! Fill push pops with your favorite cakes, like red velvet and cream cheese frosting (pictured), strawberry shortcake, or key lime pie.

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Dessert Redux

Churros and milkshake
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You won’t see churros and milkshakes on every wedding menu. Serve them late at night!

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Dessert Redux

Heart cookies and milk shots
Credit: Wolfgang Puck Catering

These are milk and cookie shots with a twist. Spike your milk with flavors like strawberry, butterscotch, and nutella.

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Make Your Own Ice Cream Sammie

Wedding sweets table
Credit: April Rocha

Go rustic with homemade cookies and ice cream combinations, like vanilla bean ice cream sandwiched between oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!

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Slow Sweets

Wedding Sweets table
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Source your favorite cookies, cakes, pies, and treats from nearby bakeries, patisseries, or resident bakers.

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Barista Bar

Coffee Display
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Bring a world of brew to your "I dos" with a high-glam barista bar and include coffees from around the world, exotic teas, and hot chocolates with interesting infusions.

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Midnight Snacks

Macaroni and Cheese with aged cheddar
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These mini pots house a mix of macaroni and aged Cheddar cheese.

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Midnight Snacks

Mini Kobe cheeseburger with remoulade and aged cheddar
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Set up a slider station with mini Kobe beef cheeseburgers served with remoulade and aged Dheddar and cones of pomme frites. Try Buffalo chicken sliders and pulled pork on brioche too!

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Make Your Candy Cocktail Bar

Wolfgang Puck Wedding Food
Credit: Brian Kramer

Give your guests the mixology experience: Arm them with spirits and sweets for a make-your-own-cocktail bar!

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Make Your Candy Cocktail Bar

Wolfgang Puck Wedding Food
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Fruits work well in cocktails.

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Floral Cocktails

Spring Rose Drink
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This spring rose cocktail has an edible floral garnish.

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Refreshing Signature Mocktails

Sweet Honey Lemonade
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Give non-alcoholic drinks the mixology treatment with fresh, interesting infusions like sweet honey lemonade and fresh basil iced tea.

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4 of 25 Clever Cocktail Food
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11 of 25 Fragrant Spices
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22 of 25 Make Your Candy Cocktail Bar
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24 of 25 Floral Cocktails
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