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Video Highlights of 2010 Outer Banks Wedding Association EXPO

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Check out the most popular booth at the 2010 Outer Banks Wedding EXPO – Red Sky Cafe!

With a record-breaking ticket sale, 2010 was the biggest OBX Wedding EXPO to date, and what a blast it was!

Over 550 brides-to-be (and their entourages, of course) came to meet with the top 130 vendors on the beach – from wedding caterers to photographers to frozen drink machines’ providers.

Our booth stayed crazy busy throughout the entire show – Brides-to-be came to us to get their questions answered by Chef Wes, his wife Cindy, and catering manager Eric Kallestead. While they chatted, Grooms-to-be (mostly) enjoyed our famous Shrimp & Grits and Cindy’s popular dessert shooters.

Just so you have an idea of how heavy was the traffic on our booth:

  • Over 500 dessert cups consumed (that’s almost 1 cup for EVERY person on the show!)
  • 3 Hotel Pans full of Shrimp & Grits (That’s a little over 20 Quarts!)
  • Well over 400 of our 2010 wedding catering package

It was a great show indeed!

If you were there and came to our booth, it was a pleasure meeting you; if you didnt, well, we are waiting for you at our restaurant in Duck!

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Videos Of Outer Banks Wedding Expo 2010 Rentals Tour

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The Outer Banks Wedding Association 2010 EXPO was the biggest expo so far – and Red Sky was the only Caterer present in multiple houses to help brides and grooms-to-be have a small taste of the beach and enjoy their tour even more.

We had detailed directions and address on our post about the obx wedding expo tour – and we were surprised to see several of our blog readers coming to check out the houses and taste a little of our food.

One of the biggest attractions was the Grand Ritz Palm luxury rental in Duck, where Chef Jamie was preparing fresh Sushi while his wife carved beautiful fresh fruit sculptures. The Red Sky Cafe catered weddings at the Grand Ritz for 200+ guests.

Below you’ll see videos of all the Wedding rentals that the Red Sky was present during the Outer Banks Wedding EXPO:

Oceanfront Rental In Corolla – Ocean Sands section A – Gertrude’s Getaway

RSS readers: click to watch “OBX Wedding Tour House 1 – Corolla Oceanfront”

Luxury Soundfront Rental In Duck – The Grand Ritz Palm

RSS Readers: click to watch “OBX Wedding EXPO Tour House 2 – Duck Soundfront”

Oceanview Wedding Rental In Southern Shores – “The Blushing Bride”

RSS Readers: click to watch “2010 OBX Wedding Tour – Southern Shores Rental”

Oceanfront Rental In Kill Devil Hills – “The Woodmere”

RSS Readers: click to watch “OBX Wedding EXPO House In Kill Devil Hills”

If you were at one of these houses, thank you! We hope you enjoyed our food!

If you weren’t – tsc tsc…. We’ll be waiting for you next time!

See y’all later!

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Can You Save Money & Have A Tasteful Wedding Reception In The Outer Banks?

Monday, December 14th, 2009
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We’ve all been scared by the media about the recessive economy and now we see a major trend in trying to save money on everything, everywhere, at all time. Apparently, even the outer banks wedding industry is experiencing its ups and downs.

Dont get us wrong – we’re very thankful for a generous 09 wedding catering season, and 2010 is looking even better – but most of our clients are looking to make the most of their money, and that’s why we’ve come up with this list of tips to save money and still get the most of your Outer Banks wedding:

Choose the Right Reception Venue

The main factor that is going to determine the overall cost of the wedding reception is the venue that you choose.

While you can find gorgeous wedding venues like the Whalehead Club at a reasonable price, there are alternatives that can still give you the scenery without the big price tags.

Rent a beautiful oceanfront vacation property and have either the reception or the entire party there. You may even have both there if you can get some help to move things around from one party to the other.

Save big bucks on your wedding cake!

Save big bucks on your wedding cake!

Save Money On The Wedding Cake

Here’s a big tip that can reduce your wedding cake cost almost in half – forget the fondant. Go for butter cream or whipped icing – they’re much cheaper, look just as nice, and even taste better (personal opinion).

Hire A Wedding Planner

Most people do not even think twice about using a wedding planner because it sounds very expensive to do so. In reality, a wedding planner will help you find the most affordable prices out there.

When brides ask us for recommendations, we only refer them to local planners that have built a great reputation and a powerful network. Since they are familiar with most of the wedding people on the Outer Banks, they usually get deals that you would never be able to find.

A wedding planner may seem like just an extra wedding expense, but they more than pay for themselves in the amount of stress that they take off of you and your family.

Like these tips?

Our catering team has a ton of experience in the Outer Banks and are ready to help you plan the wedding of your dream with a reality budget. Sign up to download our award-winning Outer Banks wedding menus and give us a call!

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Possible Catering Trends For 2010 In The Outer Banks?

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
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Beautiful Shrimp from the Outer Banks seashore

We just finished a round of tastings for 2010 caterings this weekend and as I was thinking over the menus, and based on the conversations we had during the meetings, I noticed a few trends that are sure to be HUGE in 2010.

Of course, specially here in the Outer Banks, local seafood menus are best-sellers (see Chef Wes preparing a delicious fresh rockfish with local crabmeat), but the seafood frenzy is also incorporating other major trends that you should know about for your next catering or even for your upcoming outer banks wedding.

1. Reduced Carbon Footprint Menus – For foodservice operators, reducing their carbon footprints—the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by a particular activity, event or company—is a more-holistic approach to going green than individual actions such as using biodegradable disposables or compact-fluorescent light bulbs.

Our footprint here at the Red Sky is already lower than most restaurants – we do not have ANY freezers, and our in-house wood-fired oven saves a bunch of electricity. But we also see  brides and grooms asking for local produce, from self-sustained farms.

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our wood fire oven saves energy and adds a delicious smoky flavor to dishes

As Chef Wes pointed out during our quick Thanksgiving feast video, the Red Sky has a strong relationship with local producers, and we get close to 80% of our produce from less than a 100 miles away. That gives our customers the freshes possible ingredients, and reduces the amount of gas consumed in the transport.

2. Home Style Favorites Revisited – Homey favorites spotlighting affordable cuts are the order of the day for comfort- and value-minded diners—and chefs. Entrées such as braised-brisket, pot roast, and even meat loaf continue to get attention as more clients look for food to bring back memories and sensations from their childhood as they’re getting ready to move to a new phase in their lives.

We’ve been doing a gourmet Mac & Cheese for a while, and it’s surprisingly one of the most requested items – but our version of southern favorites such as collard greens and glazed virginia ham are sure to be a big hit on 2010 menus.

What do you think of these two trends?

Would you change your menu to incorporate them? Do you think we’re right about them?

Leave us your comments!

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Wedding Tasting At Red Sky – Outer Banks’ Top Catering Services!

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Yesterday the Red Sky Cafe hosted a wedding tasting for Jen & John, the “reality Bride & Groom”.

They’re recording every step of their wedding planning for an online documentary, and they chose the Red Sky to cater for their wedding.

To accommodate everybody’s request, Chef Wes prepared a huge tasting platter – as you can see on the video, the bride and groom did not expect such an abundant tasting.

According to Chef Wes Stepp, tastings usually have an average of 7-8 dishes, and he doesnt skim on the servings. His wife Cindy says that many times the couple is so busy during the wedding that if they dont enjoy the food during the tasting they may not eat it at all!

We wish Jen & John the best, and look forward to their wedding next year.

If you’d like to have the Red Sky catering for your Outer Banks wedding, sign up on HERE. Our Catering Manager Eric Kallestead will get in touch with you promptly.

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