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Spoil your guests in moderation with these nourishing and health-centric banquet solutions. JOEY MURRAY recommends the best caterers and venues that cook up a storm without the extra calories – and most importantly, with your wellbeing and dietary requirements in mind.

Bespoke Catering from the Heart: Preparazzi

The key to Preparazzi’s gourmet catering is their attention to detail and the effort forked out in conceptualising a different menu for every event, bringing a unique spin to every occasion. If healthy and modern cuisine is your game, Preparazzi is more than eager to play, being an official Healthier Dining Partner with the Health Promotion Board.

Kick off the wedding banquet in Singapore with an Orange Salad packed with cherry tomatoes, romaine lettuce, dried orange peel, almond flakes and a tangy citrus dressing – before advancing to healthy and succulent courses that include Grilled Snapper Fish Fillet with Celery Bean Sauce, Vegetarian Fried Brown Rice, and Grilled Prawn Skewers with Chili Onion Jam. Besides Asian cuisine, the chefs at Preparazzi capably whip up health-conscious European fare as well, with mouthwatering favourites such as Baked Salmon Fillet with Mango Salsa and White Wine Chicken Stew with Carrot, Celery and Potato. Having served prestigious clients like Louis Vuitton and Ogilvy, expect this Preparazzi catering affair to go seamlessly.

Catering by Preparazzi begins at $25 per person, with a minimum order of 25 persons.

Fresh, Cold-Pressed Juices: Mission Juice

Sugar-laden beverages are the norm at wedding banquets for the non-alcohol drinkers. Why not give them a great-tasting juice cleanse instead? You’ll be cutting down on the sugar content of your banquet’s beverages, as well as countering the ‘icky’ feeling one would normally get after eating too much oily food, thanks to Mission Juice’s refreshing fruit, root and vegetable concoctions.

Orange juice fans should find Tropica (orange, carrot, lemon, ginger) most palatable – while health nuts are sure to enjoy the Kale Me Now (kale, pear) or Cucumberlicious (apple, carrot, cucumber) options. Instead of artificial-tasting fruit punch that is packed with sugar syrup and canned fruit, an Energy Booster (carrot, pineapple, green apple, ginger) will do well as an alternative. Dedicated to making juices that are good for you and taste great, get your creative juices flowing with Mission Juices and spoil your guests with choice!

Mix & Match with Mission Juices by putting together juice combos of eight 420ml bottles at $56.

Fuss-free Vegetarian: LingZhi Vegetarian

Banquets often go all out with luxurious cuts of duck and beef, and the ever-popular fatty three-layered pork. But who would’ve thought you could splash out on exquisite vegetarian food too, with the culinary focus being on combining superior quality with optimum nutrition in every dish?

LingZhi Vegetarian by TungLok Group is conveniently located along Orchard Road, with its sister outlet located at Velocity@Novena Square. Look forward to modern vegetarian twist on well-loved Chinese banquet classics in the form of dishes: think Braised Vegetarian Shark’s Fin Broth with Bamboo Fungus and Sautéed Vegetarian Chicken with Macadamia Nuts and Fresh Mango served in Potato Basket. Skillfully putting together entrées such as Fresh truffle with Beancurd Skin Rolls with Salad and Crispy Deep-fried Mashed Yam, and Seaweed Rolls with Deep-fried Fresh Button Mushrooms, LingZhi ensures their dishes are innovatively jam-packed with anti-oxidants and nutrients, without skimping on the taste factor. Guests will marvel at LingZhi’s efforts to keep to their tastes and dietary preferences as much as possible, without the meat.

Hold an unimitable vegetarian banquet with your guests at LingZhi for $468 per table of 10.

Healthy Feasting at its Best: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

In 2012, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel proudly announced its collaboration with Unilever Food Solutions to launch the first Chinese banquet menu experience of its kind in Singapore. Enter the ‘Seductive Nutrition’ Service, which features healthier banquet dishes for wedding guests, while retaining the cuisine’s appetising and ‘seductive’ appeal. Together with Unilever Food Solutions’ Nutritionist, Yeap Pau-Wei, Chef Marcus Lai, Executive Chef David Toh and his team, have developed a menu that incorporates extra greens in each course; uses less salt and oil; and places emphasis on healthier cooking methods such as steaming and stewing. Guests are also able to fully understand how ingredients in each course are treated and prepared in the kitchen, thanks to a new menu that also supplies information on the sources of the ingredients and their cooking process.

The common cornstarch-based broth in Braised Seafood and Enoki Mushrooms is replaced with a brewed spinach broth, while the Deep Sea Scallops Lightly stir-fried with Green Asparagus and Honey Pea with Crunchy Macadamia Nuts comprises a medley of quality produce, and stir-fried instead of deep-fried scallops. Even the dessert is almost free of guilt, with the recipe for Golden Pumpkin Dessert with Lotus Seeds and Gingko Nuts starring reduced-fat evaporated milk. The “Go Healthier” Wedding Menu starts from $1,350 nett per table of 10.

Nourishing Traditions: The St. Regis Singapore

For longevity and health, the Cantonese firmly believe in consuming clear, slow-cooked soups (or lou fo tong) brewed with herbs such as Chinese Angelica – not forgetting ingredients like fish maw and snow fungus.

The St. Regis Singapore’s Captivating Love Cantonese Dinner Menu stays true to the traditions of lou fo tong, offering Double-boiled Fish Maw Soup with Top Shell and Cordyceps alongside wholesome, herb-laden courses like the Oven-baked Cod Fish marinated with Chinese Angelica. The former boasts complexion-improving properties, and also cleanses the kidneys. The latter is meant to improve cardiovascular health, lungs, kidneys and liver functions while also promoting blood circulation. Of course, the chefs at St. Regis won’t hold back delicacies such as Stir-fried Mee Sua with Assorted Seafood in XO Sauce, but say the word and you will be granted healthier cooking options, such as including less salt and limiting the amount of oil used while cooking.

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