Atlanta/Alpharetta Wedding recap

Re: Atlanta/Alpharetta Wedding recap

• tiffani10876

  

  July 2013

  Hi I am going to look at Chukkar Farm next week. Also considering Grand Champion BBQ. Can you give a detailed review them? Also did you have a planning blog? Thanks

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• krispi921 member

  

  July 2013

  Lindsey is doing the flowers for my wedding in 2 weeks. She's been great so far, and I can't wait to see what she comes up with for the wedding.
  

  

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• reellove13

  

  July 2013

  @Tiffani10876 - Grand Champion is absoluletly fabulous!   They were easy to communicate with, adjusted the menu to our preference, very affordable, etc, etc.  We met with Robert, one of the owners, a couple of weeks before the event just to make sure he was familiar with the area.  They were one of the vendors that just had it under control.  I was confident they would be there, set-up, serve, etc, when they were supposed to wihtout a lot of hassle.  It's what they do and they do it well!  100% recommend!   (And, we got tons of compliments on the food!  Best beef brisket ever, and my husband is from texas.  Best mac n cheese ever!!) 

  Chukkar Farms - We received so many compliments on the venue!  We chose to have the ceremony under their main pavillion.  (Originally, we were going to do it in the polo field, but due to weather concerns - not only rain, but heat/sun - we decided a couple of weeks before the event to rent a tent for the tables during reception and have the ceremony under the pavilion).   It was everything I imagined..  We used most of their decorations.  It was a very southern, laid back event.  Our friends and families loved it.    As far as working with the Farm - for the most part, it's easy.  We did have to re-explain our preferences with them a couple of times, just reminders when they asked, even though I documented and diagramed how we wanted the layout.  I felt like I had a few the same conversations multiple times.  Howver, they are very good and helpful.   We agreed that they would provide staffing (about 2 people) for 2 hours during the event to help clear plates (even though we used disposable), but afterwards they told us it was 3 people for 5 hours.  The price was very inexpensive, so I didn't argue, as I do know they worked and it was probably best that they did.  We paid for the base rental, set-up/clean-up, extra decorating of the pavillion, using their decorations/centerpiece items, etc.  It was worth it in the end so that we could have as many people as we really wanted since there is so much space.  Kids had a great time! So, all in all, very accomodating.  Heath Cashin- who did our cake - is the sister of the main contact, so that made that process super convenient as well...and the cake really was fabulous!  

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• reellove13

  

  July 2013

  If this works...here's a pic of what our ceremony looked like from a guest's seat, and a picture of the tent/table area we set up at the farm...

  

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• tiffani10876

  

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Thanks so much for your review!! I went to visit the farm and it's absolutely beautiful!

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