Wedding Cake

Rebel1977

Do some hotels insist that you provide some certificate that your wedding cake is hse approved, has anyone come across this ?

Prenderb

They might (and I could see some reason why....) but I got married recently with self provided cake and there was no questions asked about it.

Toots

I've never heard of it before, but like Prenderb I could understand why some places might. I assume it's in case anyone gets food poisoning from the cake and the hotel gets blamed. Any hotels we looked at were very strict on the rule that the only food you could bring in to the hotel was the wedding cake.

The hotel would adhere to HACCP procedures to ensure that food is prepared in a clean safe environment, but if a cake is brought in from outside they've no idea what conditions it was made in. Imagine a load of guests at a wedding party got food poisoning, I'm sure nobody would suspect the cake and would assume that it came from the meal instead. Stories like that get around fast and could seriously damage the hotel's reputation.

That said, my mother in law has made the cakes for all my sister in laws' weddings, and there's never been an issue that there wasn't a cert or that the cakes weren't prepared in a kitchen where there were HACCP controls in place.

Is your hotel insisting on this?

MsCupcake

I have been asked this a number of times and see nothing wrong with it. The hotels have to cover themselves in the event of something going wrong. I am registered with my EHO and have my HSE certificate but there are loads of other that dont. I always bring my cert with me or my number just in case the hotels/shops ask for it. If they get one outbreak that is them ruined. Also there is risks with fresh cream which is why i mostly use buttercream as Fresh cream needs to be refrigerated and if you dont have refrigerated transport dont use it.
Also recently alot of people cant bring there own salads to party venues for the same reason with mayo.

Rebel1977

My mistake, it must be haccp approved, would most private cake makers have this certification, if not, how do you obtain it ? The hotel are insisting upon it.

MsCupcake

Rebel1977 wrote: »

My mistake, it must be haccp approved, would most private cake makers have this certification, if not, how do you obtain it ? The hotel are insisting upon it.

They all should have it but alot dont. You contact your local EHO "Environmental Health Officer" and they will either go thru it with you on phone or call out to your house to see where you are making the cakes. Every officer is different as it differs from county to county. They may ask you make changes to your kitchen or not and then if they see its sufficient they will issue with your HSE registration.

Acoshla

Hotels should all ask that you are HSE registered and have product liability insurance, but many don't. As far as I know anybody who supplies cakes for public consumption is supposed to be HSE approved but many places don't ask and Lord knows many people aren't registered. They have to cover themselves, if the cakemaker isn't insured/approved they leave themselves open if anything were to happen involving food poisoning/foreign objects etc. You call your local EHO as mentioned above.

Thomas1981

I think most hotels let you get your own cake no questions asked.