You don’t need a wedding planner because Park Château orchestrates everything. The maître d’, Joe Sanseverino, was absolutely the best we’ve ever seen and more than we could ever have hoped for. The general manager, Tom Casella, and Devin Hope, the wedding coordinator, were outstanding and flawlessly facilitated the entire planning process. Gemma and Gabby, my bridal attendants, were my shadow the entire day. The whole staff is just incredible. Dan liked the fact that even if we casually mentioned something in passing, they remembered it and incorporated it. Their attention to detail is incredible.
We had our ceremony in the gorgeous chapel by the gardens. As I came down the aisle, the cherry blossoms were all you could see in the huge gorgeous windows. It was surreal. The highlight of the day was having Brooklyn Duo perform the ceremony and cocktail hour music. It was magical!
Some of our cocktail hour favorites were fresh mozzarella stuffed mushrooms, coconut shrimp with apricot sauce, and maple-glazed scallops wrapped in bacon. We also had six chafing stations, from filet tips with au poivre sauce to French mussels and roasted duckling in a Mandarin orange sauce. We had seven chef stations, including a Jersey boardwalk, a steakhouse station, and a pasta station. All the hors d’oeuvres were delicious. A highlight was the raw seafood bar with scallops, shrimp cocktail, oysters, and other favorites.
