Estate to Plate Wedding Menus | The Harty Estate, Kent

Estate To Plate Dining

Food as good as the day itself

Food is at the heart of every great wedding. The feast, the toasts, the cake – at The Harty Estate, we take as much pride in what’s on the plate as in everything else about your day.

With a working kitchen garden, family farmland and a farming heritage that runs through everything we do, our wedding menus are rooted in the estate itself. Our chefs work with what’s grown, farmed and foraged here, supplemented by the best of Kent’s producers, so every dish feels connected to the place you’re celebrating in.

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Where Our Food Comes From

Plot to Plate

Our Kitchen Garden is the starting point for much of what ends up on your plate. Fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables, herbs and botanicals for cocktails and mocktails - grown here, picked here, served here. You don't get more local than your own back garden.

Field to Fork

Grass-grazed beef from our family farm takes pride of plate on our wedding menus, alongside wild game from the estate and quality meat and fish from local producers. We forage from the estate hedgerows too - flavour is at its best when it's fresh and close to home.

Grain to Glass

We grow three types of grain on our surrounding family farmland, harvested and taken to the local Copper Rivet Distillery to be crafted into their award-winning artisan gins, vodka and whisky. A full circle story - from our fields, to our bars, to your glass.

Wedding Food To Remember

YOUR WEDDING BREAKFAST

Three courses, three choices per course – your wedding breakfast is a proper celebratory feast, and one of the things our couples talk about most. Choose from a creative menu by our award-winning chefs, with enough variety to delight every guest at the table.

Before the big day, you’ll be invited to a tasting evening – a chance to try a selection of dishes, choose your wines and make your menu choices based on those you love most. It’s a really special evening, and one of the moments when the wedding starts to feel wonderfully real.

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Vibrant wedding salmon dish served on a rustic wooden table

Three bottles of Kent wine on a barn wedding breakfast table

Impressive stacked wedding dessert with berries, cream and chocolate mousse

Canapés

As your guests gather after your wedding ceremony we'll serve your three canapé choices — a lovely inclusion in your wedding package. Delicious, elegant and the perfect start to an afternoon of exceptional food, setting the tone for everything that follows.

Evening Food

As the evening draws on and the dancing begins, your food takes on a different, more relaxed character. Choose from grazing tables, Kentish hog roast, stone-baked pizzas, fajitas and more - beautifully presented sharing food that keeps the celebration going and makes every evening guest feel genuinely welcomed.

It's the kind of food that brings people together. Graze, chat, dance, return for more.

Extra Indulgence

The feasting can go as far as you'd like to take it. A sorbet course that turns your wedding breakfast into a banquet, a s'mores experience gathered around the fire, late night bites that keep your dancers going long after the cake has been cut - every addition takes the celebration a little further and puts your own personal touches into the day.

No wedding feast is complete without the cake. Ours is a signature chocolate brownie with cheesecake icing - it looks as good as it tastes, and it tastes extraordinary.

Fusion Plates Menu

Our Fusion Plates menu was created for couples who want to bring their own culture, heritage or taste for global flavours to the table. Created with the same quality and care as everything else we serve, it sits alongside our main menu.

Whether you'd like a full wedding breakfast, a grazing feast or something in between, these dishes can be shaped around your celebration.

Cultural Weddings

Raise a Glass

Weddings are made for toasting, and the drinks at The Harty Estate are fitting of the occasion. From the first glass of the afternoon to the last of the evening, everything is served with the same care and generosity as the food…

From the First Toast to the Last

From vintage drinks carts and fireside tipple tables to wheelbarrows of icy beers, our drinks aren't just special, they create a look that's rustic, warm and entirely in keeping with the estate. You'll find the bars generously stocked with Kentish wines, beers, ciders and spirits - locally made and worth raising a glass to - as well as branded guest favourites.

For those who'd rather not drink, the non-alcoholic options are just as considered — luxurious mocktails, alcohol-free cocktails, beers and more, so everyone has something worth celebrating with.

Your Perfect Pour

For couples who want to make the drinks as personal as the food, our drinks stations add a touch that guests always love.

A gin bar, a whisky station, a cocktail bar, Pimms in the summer, mulled wine in the winter - some couples choose drinks that tell their story, and we love it when they do. You can even carry that through to your table favours with our mini rustic alcohol bottle options.

A Place You’ll Return To

After your wedding, The Harty Estate will always hold a special place in your story. Throughout the year we open our doors for special dining and stay occasions – and as a forever wedding couple, you’ll always be first to know, with priority booking and a VIP rate for overnight stays.

A chance to come back to the place, the food and the memories you made here.

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Eat, Drink & Celebrate

Food for thought

The food - wow! Every dish was fresh, flavorful, and beautifully presented. You could truly taste the quality and care, with locally sourced ingredients too.

Caitlin Breakey

We are very happy that we chose The Harty Estate. Their values aligned with our own - particularly the food ethos, organic farming and that many food ingredients were sourced directly from their Kitchen Garden.

Paromita & Mehul

The food was exceptional. I'm still now (nearly 3 months on) having people comment on the quality of their meals!

Rachel & Matt

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