You described the night you want in a single line — "warm, unhurried, and a little romantic" — and everything here is built to deliver exactly that. Foxhollow's glasshouse does half the work for us: as the light fails the candles take over, and a hundred and twenty people lean a little closer over the table.
Our role is to make the food feel like part of the evening rather than an interruption to it. Passed canapés begin the moment guests arrive, a seated three-course dinner carries the heart of the night, and a late dessert table keeps the room together long after the last toast — every course timed to the evening you and James have planned.
Built around what the Hudson Valley does best in mid-October — late-harvest squash, orchard fruit, game and root vegetables. Every course offers a vegetarian path, and the kitchen quietly accommodates the four gluten-free and two pescatarian guests on your list. Finalised at our August tasting.
The best service is the kind you never notice. Our team works to a strict one-server-per-table-and-a-half ratio, so water glasses stay full, plates clear between courses without a word, and you and James never carry a single logistic on your own night. A dedicated captain runs the floor against the timeline on page six and answers only to your planner.
A five-hour hosted bar across two stations, built around your two signature cocktails and a wine list chosen to live alongside the menu. We provide the team, glassware, ice, mixers, and garnish; you provide the spirits and wine at cost through our licensed supplier, which keeps the bar generous without the markup.
Foxhollow gives us the bones; these are the pieces that make the room yours. We coordinate every rental directly with the venue and our preferred house, so a single invoice covers the lot and one team handles delivery, setup, and strike.
◆ Tables & Linen
Twelve 60" rounds and one 16' head table, dressed in heavy ivory floor-length linen with bordeaux napkins, folded at each cover.
◆ China, Glass & Flatware
Warm-ivory china with a fine gold rim, gold-handled flatware, and crystal stemware — three glasses per cover.
◆ Candlelight
Tapers and votives down every table and along the glasshouse beams — the centerpiece of the whole evening's light.
◆ Bar & Lounge
Two dressed bar fronts, a back-bar display, and a small lounge vignette by the dessert table for the late hours.
Timed against your ceremony and run by the captain so it never feels managed. Adjusted with your planner at the final walkthrough.
Kitchen & floor load-in
Team arrives, kitchen set, tables dressed, candles placed, bar stations built.
Cocktail hour begins
Guests arrive from the ceremony · signature cocktails and four passed canapés.
Guests seated · first course
Room called to dinner · velouté poured as everyone settles, wine service opens.
The main course
All 120 plated to one timing · pre-selected mains fired and served together.
Toasts & the dessert table
Sparkling poured for the toast · the late dessert table is set and the cake plated.
The floor opens
Coffee & tea service · bar runs full through the dancing.
A warm send-off
Midnight cocoa & madeleines passed · last call · discreet strike begins.
Quoted complete — no surprises on the final invoice. The per-guest figure carries the food: canapés, three courses, and the dessert table, plated and served. Service, bar, and rentals are itemised below it. Spirits and wine are billed separately at cost through our licensed supplier.
We are a small kitchen by design — the chef who cooks your August tasting is the chef on the line on the 17th, and we take a single wedding per weekend so yours has the whole team. Twelve years of evenings like this one stand behind every plate.
"The food was what everyone talked about for weeks — and we never once saw the work behind it."Marguerite & Tom · married at Foxhollow, 2025
Reserving the date
A 40% deposit and a signed proposal hold the 17 October date exclusively. We take only one wedding that weekend.
Counts & balance
Final guest count is confirmed 21 days prior; the balance is due 14 days before the event. Minor count changes are easily accommodated.
The tasting
A private menu tasting for up to four guests is included, scheduled in August to finalise courses and any dietary swaps.
If plans change
Deposits are transferable to a new date within twelve months, subject to availability. Full terms accompany the agreement.
Let's set the table for the seventeenth.
Signing below approves the menu, service, bar, and rentals on the preceding pages and the complete investment of $48,156, and reserves the 17 October 2026 date at Foxhollow exclusively for your celebration. We'll send the agreement and your August tasting invitation the same day.