Here’s What You’ll Get From Us

No hidden fees, no bait and switch, full transparency.

Rental of Wedding Facilities

• 100 acres of beautiful backdrop for your wedding

• 5 dedicated spaces for welcoming guests, ceremony, cocktails, reception, and after-party. Each space is beautiful AND interesting, and they unfold for your guests as the night progresses.

• Exclusive use (only one wedding per weekend)

• Parking lot for 90 cars, with overflow available

• 2 outdoor bathrooms for immediate guest use upon arrival

• 2 indoor bathrooms

• Plan B covered ceremony location

• Ceremony chairs for all guests

• Dining tables for all guests

• Chiavari dining chairs for all guests

• White linens (to the floor) for all dining tables and service tables

• Setup and breakdown of all items

• Cleaning of facility and parking areas before and after event

• Electricity, heat in upper and lower level (if needed), and air conditioning in lower level (if needed)

• Outdoor heaters on upper deck (if needed)

• Fully dimmable lights to transform the reception space into a party

Fully Decorated Spaces, With Your Special Touches

And we set it up for you, while you’re enjoying your weekend.

• Every space is fully decorated to intrigue and delight your guests

• Choose from 4000+ centerpiece and decor items to customize your wedding (see floral & decor below)

• Welcome setup of signs & lanterns

• Outdoor beverage table for immediate guest use upon arrival

• Outdoor cards and gifts table so guests can drop these upon arrival

• Your escort cards displayed perfectly in the cocktail space

• Distressed wooden sweetheart table with chairs

• Choice of linen napkin colors

• Dining room uplighting in colors of your choice

Added Comfort & Fun For Your Guests

• Driver & golf cart to help guests from parking lot to venue and from venue to bonfire after-party

• Jumbo lawn games including: corn hole, Jenga, Tic-tac-toe, and Connect 4. Use them throughout the weekend and at cocktail hour.

• Selfie Station including: backdrop, props, tripods, and lighting so your guests can take pics with their and your camera all night.

Catering

Your meal is cooked completely onsite, so you’ll never eat a cold, tough piece of meat here.

Our menu is large, and we get raving reviews from guests (especially on how generous our portions are.)

• Artisan cheese & fruit bar appetizers - included

• Traditional canoe salad bar with 2 dressings and artisan rolls - included

• Entree with 2 meats, 1 starch, 1 vegetable - included

• Additional items available as an upgrade, including dozens of appetizers, salad bar extras, desserts, and late night snacks

Wedding Cake

Our cakes are SCRUMPTIOUS (sOme say the best THEY’VE HAD).

They are moist, flavorful, and beautifully decorated.

• Choose from 9 popular flavors - included

• Designed and decorated for you: most cake decor styles - included

• Complex designs, ingredients, fillings & icings available as an upgrade

Basic Beverages and Mixers

All your basic beverages are included

Just add liquor to complete your bar.

• Ice water, iced tea, sweeteners, and ice available from guest arrival until end of bonfire - included

• Coffee and hot tea station, sweeteners, and creamer available from start of dinner to end of reception - included

• Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, ginger ale, orange juice, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, tonic & soda water, lemons, limes, and ice available at Salon & Silo bars & bonfire after-party - included

• Signature lemonades available in non-alcoholic and spiked versions as an upgrade

Dishware, Glassware, Serviceware

We’ve got it all, so forget you even had to think about it.

• White wine, red wine, beer, hob knob glassware during cocktail hour

• Clear heard plastic mini-plates for appetizers & white paper cocktail napkins

• White wine, red wine, beer, hob knob, and champagne glassware during dinner (including special set for couple)

• White salad and dinner plates, silverware, and water glasses

• All required serving dishes and utensils (including cake knife set)

• Floor length linens on dining tables with coordinating cloth napkins

• Clear plastic cups for dance floor and outside beverages

Service Staff

Chanteclaire has had the fortune of extremely low staff turnover

so your service team is made up of people who genuinely love weddings and are fully trained to deliver them.

• Servers and bartenders to accommodate your guest count.

• Dinner for all catering staff, bartenders, DJs, and day-of-coordinators is included (you only pay for outside vendor meals).

DJ & Emcee

Our djs are specialists in weddings. their goal is to wrap every person you love (from grandma to your college buddies) into the dance floor mix.

Ceremony

• 2 lavaliere mics

• 1 handheld mic

• Custom prelude and ceremony playlists

• Management of rehearsal and ceremony (with day-of coordinator)

Reception

• Handheld mic (for toasts)

• Custom cocktail, dinner, dancing playlists

• 22 speakers throughout the facility (indoors and out) so guests have a full audio experience everywhere

• Light show during dancing

• All announcements and coordination of transitions (with day-of coordinator) throughout the event.

Wedding Planning

We make wedding planning incredibly fun and easy.

You get to do all the fun stuff (food tastings), and we make it all come to life.

• 6 free tickets to tasting and planning events (additional tickets $35)

• Multiple planning meetings and unlimited email, text, and phone support.

• Access to the Chanteclaire Planning Hub that covers every step of your wedding, including: how-to guides that show you the easiest way through difficult decisions, like guest lists, RSVPs, and seating chart techniques.

• Worksheets that let you record every detail in an online, easy-to-access location

• Access to webinars that help you design your color palette, decorative palette, and other creative items.

• Lists that cover what to bring with you

• Letters to your bridal party and outside vendors telling them what to expect and how we will work as a team

• FAQs for as many questions as we can think of (and we’ve seen it all)

• Private Facebook group where you can run your questions and ideas by past and future couples

Day-of Coordination

You’ll know exactly where you need to be at all times during the day, and never once worry if things are going well.

We’ll keep your crew corralled and your event moving beautifully.

• Coordination of alcohol delivery (if using McHenry Beverage) so every bottle is in place and ready.

• Dining room fully setup with linens and decorations prior to your arrival.

• Greeting upon arrival at farm and help settling in.

• Walkthrough of the table diagram

• Setup of all decor provided by you (guest book, table assignment cards, etc.)

• Management of rehearsal (when to arrive, hot to lineup, where and when to walk, how to get the best photos, organization of introductions, etc.)

• Greeting guests upon arrival

• Invitation of guests to ceremony site

• Coordination of bridal party throughout ceremony

• Coordination of toasts, special dances, cake cutting, and other traditions (with DJ/Emcee).

• Invitation of each table individually to dinner

• Greeting the following morning for pick-up of personal decorations and left-over food

• Coordination of alcohol returns (if using McHenry Beverage)

• Coordination of security deposit return

Bonfire After-Party

There is no better end to your day.

Our bonfire keeps the party going, winds down the night under an open sky, and loads up the carbs for anyone needing to drive

• Lit pathway from reception to bonfire

• Tiki torches lit around bonfire

• Large bonfire built just before reception ends, and tended for two hours

• Transportation of bar to bonfire (setup to be self-serve)

• Tray of s’mores and telescoping roasting sticks

• All setup and cleanup of area before and after

Onsite Lodging

tHE FARMHOUSE IS GORGEOUS. THE CABIN IS COOL.

You and your besties will spend the entire weekend on property, soaking up the Chanteclaire magic.

Overnight accommodations for up to 20 people (5 BR/3 BA farmhouse, 3 BD/1 BA cabin.)

• Towels and sheets for 20

• Full kitchen with cookware and dishes in farmhouse

• Limited kitchen with cookware and dishes in cabin

• Friday morning check-in

• Beautician station for hair & makeup

• Flexible Sunday check-out

• Over-occupancy use of cabin restrooms for Bonfire After-Party

• Applicable state and local occupancy taxes

Florals & Decor from Farmhouse Fête

The team at farmhouse fete are experts at making chanteclaire look it’s very best.

• Guided creative help in making the choices for bouquets, boutonnières, corsages, centerpieces, arch and aisle flowers, and anything else you need.

• Florals created with the utmost in care, so they last long past your event.

• Choose from 1000s of vases, votives, table numbers, and other tablescape items, all crafted to work perfectly with Chanteclaire’s decor and your style. (Reservations for items are made on a first-come-first-serve basis, as final floral proposals are accepted).

• Signs, easels, and other decor is available to Fête clients getting married at Chanteclaire at no charge. Reservations of items are made on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Countless Photo Ops

EVERY INCH DESIGNED AS A BACKDROP FOR…YOU

ALL OF THIS IS DELIVERED…

With a single point-of-contact

your guide, guru, and gossip buddy (should you need to vent)

All on the same invoice

without any hidden fees or surprises

Planned in a couple meetings

seriously. besides any specific texts or emails you send us, we plan your wedding in about 8 hours

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL SMOTHER YOU WITH LOVE FROM BEGINNING TO END

with your consent of course :)