Wedding planner: the mad genius behind perfect weddings

The Autumn Wedding: A Lesson in Wedding Planning

For a few weeks, our column “The Recipe That Doesn’t Exist” is changing its skin —
and becoming something slightly different.

We’ll call it “The Wedding That Doesn’t Exist.”

In this new series, we’ll tell you how Kitchen Wishes approaches the event par excellence:
the wedding.

Because — just like with recipes — our idea of wedding planning is built on a real philosophy of life.

No Rules, Just Stories

Those who know us already know we love to break patterns,
to work without predefined rules and give creativity full freedom.

But when it comes to weddings, the creativity to be freed isn’t ours —
it’s that of the true protagonists of the day: the couple.

Our goal is to understand their vision and bring it to life,
whether it’s formal or casual, ancient or modern, bold or classic.

I could say, in typical marketing language,
that “Kitchen Wishes doesn’t offer a predefined planning model but personalizes each event
based on the client’s specific needs.”

I could say that — but I don’t like it at all.

I’d rather say that our purpose is to listen, connect, and tune in —
to create an emotional current between the organizers and the couple,
so that we can understand their dream fully,
and they can see it come to life, as closely as possible, before their eyes.

Mad Inventors of Perfect Weddings

Because at Kitchen Wishes, we’re not just chefs, waiters, set designers, and musicians —
we’re also, well… wedding planners.

(An awful word, really. We prefer “mad inventors of perfect weddings.”
Or maybe “delirious elves at the service of creative newlyweds.”)

To explain what we mean, the best way is to tell you a real story —
in two parts — of one of our latest events: The Autumn Wedding.

The Autumn Wedding

The couple — lovers of art, literature, and architecture —
wanted to create a specific atmosphere:
a cultured, refined autumnal mood,
with references to their favorite artists and authors,
both classic and contemporary.

Each guest table was dedicated to a different author,
while the couple’s table had autumn itself as its theme —
a concept reflected in the menu and the floral and scenic details of the space.

The flowers, all seasonal, were the same at every table
but arranged differently each time — small variations of the same symphony.

As a place card, the couple chose a simple chestnut —
the most iconic autumn fruit.

Each menu was printed in a different font,
matching the writer or artist the table was dedicated to.

The Tables

• Lorenzo the Magnificent
  A large terracotta vase with tall flowers and golden chargers,
  evoking the grandeur of the Medici court.
• Audrey Hepburn
  Flowers arranged in an oversized Martini glass,
  with elegant silver chargers —
  a nod to timeless grace.
• Pablo Picasso
  A cubist, geometric vase recalling Les Demoiselles d’Avignon,
  whose silhouette appeared faintly printed on the plate.
  Blue-tinted paintbrushes peeked out among the flowers.
• Jack Kerouac
  The spirit of the road translated into tin chargers
  and a wooden box centerpiece filled with handwritten pages,
  humble objects, and flowers scattered in beautiful disarray.
• Haruki Murakami
  An obsession with order and detail rendered in minimalist form:
  single flowers in glass cylinders,
  vinyl record chargers —
  quiet, precise, hypnotic.
• Frank Lloyd Wright
  Chalkboard chargers and small glass basins
  containing miniature landscapes of moss, stones, and flowers.
• Virginia Woolf
  English floral chargers, small round bouquets in inkwells,
  and books scattered across the table —
  poetic and introspective.

The Autumn Mood

The overall aesthetic embraced the season fully:
deep burgundy tones for the tablecloths and staff uniforms,
dry leaves instead of petals lining the garden aisle,
and an aperitif rich in seasonal fruits —
chestnuts, apples, persimmons —
served on freshly cut wooden boards.

That’s all for today.
Maybe we’ve given you a few ideas for your own wedding…

As for the rest — the aperitif, the wines, the menu —
you’ll have to wait for the next chapter.