5★
Food Hygiene Rating
50+
Five-Star Reviews
8-20
Typical group size
30+
Years cooking experience
Hen weekends, stag dos, no fuss
You have rented a cottage in Padstow, a barn near St Agnes, an Airbnb on the Lizard. Twelve people are arriving Friday night. Someone (probably you) is organising it. The last thing you want is to spend Saturday afternoon at Tesco buying party platters.
That is what we do. Salt Wind Catering is a small Cornish cook team — five-star food hygiene, NCASS accredited, properly insured. We drop food to the cottage, set it out on platters, and leave you to the prosecco. Friday grazing boards, Saturday hot meal, Sunday brunch — book the whole weekend on one quote or just the meal that matters.
Most hen and stag groups we cater for are between 8 and 20 guests, which is exactly where delivered catering makes the most sense. On-site cooking (BBQ, hog roast, paella) only kicks in at 50+ guests, so for typical hen weekends the answer is almost always platters and hot boxes dropped to your door.
Three formats that work
Friday arrival feast
Grazing boards, charcuterie, dips, breads, sharing platters. Drops at 5pm, ready when the group walks through the door with the prosecco. Cold, set out, no heating needed.
From £6.75pp
Saturday main meal
Hot box buffet — curry, lasagne, slow-cooked beef, veggie tagine — delivered in insulated boxes, served on platters. Or a garden BBQ if you are 50+.
From £8.50pp
Sunday brunch boards
Bacon rolls, pastries, fruit, smoked salmon bagels, granola pots. Dropped late morning to soak up Saturday night. The kindest meal of the weekend, no cooking required.
From £8.50pp
What actually works for hen and stag weekends
Front-load Friday night
Friday is when the group lands, drops bags, opens the first bottle. A spread already laid out on the dining table is the strongest welcome you can do. Cheese, charcuterie, sourdough, marinated olives, hummus, dips, a slow-roast beef sharing platter. Picks at it for two hours, soaks up the first round.
Saturday is the main meal
Pick one proper sit-down food moment for Saturday. For 8–20 guests that means a hot box meal — Cornish curry night, Thai green curry, lasagne and salad, slow-cooked beef with all the trimmings. We deliver hot, on insulated trays, served straight onto platters. See the full buffet range.
Sunday is brunch, then home
After Saturday night, nobody wants to cook. A brunch board drop at 10am — bacon rolls, pastries, granola, smoked salmon bagels — is genuinely the best £10 per head you will spend. Eat, pack up, drive home.
Garden BBQ if you are 30+
Bigger stag or hen groups in a barn or paddock setup can do a live charcoal BBQ. We turn up with the kit, cook in front of the group, plate up. Note: on-site cooking starts at a 50-guest minimum, so this is for the larger weekends only.
“The catering for our wake was well received by our guests, all of them gave good feedback on the selection of sandwiches, cake and scones. Thumbs up all round. Passed on your details to several people who enquired as to who do the food.”
“Can't thank you enough for the spread you put on today will highly recommend and will pass on your details to everyone I know for any future events”
“We had bbq catering for a surprise 40th birthday. The team arrived on time & had a prompt & professional set up. There was a great range of food & it was all delicious. Everyone was raving about the food. Will definitely be recommending them to everyone & will use them in the future.”
“Catered for our wedding and would highly recommend. Amazing service and really good pricing considering the amount and quality of the food. We catered for 40 guests and there was still way more than enough.”
“I recently booked Salt Wind Catering for one of our corporate events and I can honestly say they exceeded expectations in every area. From the initial enquiry through to the event itself, the communication was excellent.”
Vegan, vegetarian & gluten-free options available on request — info@saltwind.catering
Severe allergies: Our kitchen handles nuts and gluten daily — for severe nut, peanut, hazelnut allergies or coeliac disease we cannot guarantee a trace-free environment. Please tell us at enquiry stage so we can advise.
Further reading
- BBQ catering across Cornwall — on-site grills for groups of 50+.
- Event and party buffet catering — full cold and hot buffet menu.
- Party catering Cornwall — all occasions, all formats.