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Catering in Truro | Truro Deserves Better — Here's the Proof cover image
Catering in Cornwall

Catering in Truro | Truro Deserves Better — Here's the Proof

Catering in Truro — Cornwall's Capital Deserves Proper Food Truro is Cornwall's county capital. It's where people come to celebrate — whether that's a wedding at The Alverton , a summer party overlooking the city from Truro School's grounds , a corporate event near Lemon Quay , or a birthday at one of the venues tucked along the cobbled lanes off Boscawen Street . And when the occasion matters, the food has to match. That's where we come in. Salt Wind Catering is based just up the road in...

T Tristan
7 min read
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Catering in Cornwall

Catering in Falmouth | Where the Harbour Meets a Cracking BBQ

Catering in Falmouth — Where the Coast Meets a Cracking Party Falmouth's a town that knows how to celebrate. Between the harbour, the university, Falmouth Week, the Food Festival on the waterfront, and a summer calendar that doesn't stop — there's always something going on. And whether it's a wedding overlooking the bay at The Greenbank Hotel , a 21st at a rented house up near Gyllyngvase , or a corporate do at the National Maritime Museum on Events Square, the food needs to be as good as...

T Tristan
7 min read
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Catering in Cornwall

Catering in Newquay | Fistral Parties Deserve Bigger Plates

Catering in Newquay — Surf Town, Serious Food Newquay is Cornwall's party capital. From beach weddings at Lusty Glaze to clifftop celebrations overlooking Fistral , corporate away days at The Headland Hotel , or a 50th birthday in a holiday cottage at Porth — this town knows how to throw an event. But when you need proper catering, not just a burger van on the seafront, that's where Salt Wind comes in. Salt Wind Catering is based in Redruth — about 25 minutes from Newquay down the A30 — and...

T Tristan
7 min read
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Catering in Cornwall

Catering in Penzance | End of the Line, Top of the Spread

Catering in Penzance — End of the Line, Top of the Menu Penzance sits right at the tip of west Cornwall, looking out over Mount's Bay towards St Michael's Mount and the Lizard. It's a town with real character — the promenade, the Jubilee Pool , Morrab Gardens , Chapel Street with its quirky pubs and Georgian townhouses, and the working harbour where the Scillonian sails from. People celebrate here properly, whether that's a summer wedding with the Mount as a backdrop, a Golowan Festival...

T Tristan
7 min read
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Catering in Cornwall

Catering in St Austell | Eden to Carlyon Bay, We've Got It

Catering in St Austell — Eden Project, Carlyon Bay, and Everything Between St Austell is mid-Cornwall's biggest town and one of its most diverse event destinations. You've got the world-famous Eden Project just outside town, the clifftop luxury of Carlyon Bay to the south, the UNESCO World Heritage harbour at Charlestown , and rolling farmland stretching north towards Bodmin Moor . It's a town with range — from intimate harbour weddings to conferences for hundreds. Salt Wind Catering covers...

T Tristan
7 min read
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Catering in Cornwall

Catering in Bodmin | Lanhydrock Weddings & Moorland Feasts

Catering in Bodmin — Cornwall's Crossroads, Properly Catered Bodmin is mid-Cornwall's hub — the old county town sitting where the A30 meets the A389, with Bodmin Moor rising to the east and the Camel Trail winding north to Padstow. It's home to the magnificent Lanhydrock House — one of Cornwall's most visited country estates — the atmospheric Bodmin Jail Hotel , and a community that celebrates everything from the Bodmin Riding heritage festival to rugby at Clifden Parc . Salt Wind...

T Tristan
7 min read

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