Applecroft Catering

09/13/2024

Claire & Riley live in beautiful Virginia where Riley runs his families vineyard. They made the trip home to Maine to marry on Ironbound Island off the Bar Harbor Coast. Claire’s family has a unique and special tie to the island. Her great, great grandfather a naturalist and artist purchased this special place many years ago and their family has summered here for generations. Running wild, picking blueberries, surrounded by an unbelievable muse, Maine, Claire was free. Claire’s father also lived in India and they wanted to incorporate their families travels and love for that land too. Chef Maria’s playful approach to a decadent vegan curry spoke to the whole family that night. May the spirited wild wind of Ironbound Island stay in your hearts for a lifetime❤️

09/02/2024

Samantha & Michael were both raised here in Maine and they share a love for adventure + lighthouses.
They married on Saturday at surrounded by their closest family members and extra special friends. They toasted with limited edition bottles they saved from trips to the orchard in N.Y. together.

We wish you both a lifetime of love & sweet explorations🍎🍏🌊

08/30/2024

🤩The Applecroft Rockstars🤩 Here’s a few pics of some of our amazing chefs who make the real magic happen at our events. It’s not easy cooking over big smoky fires in the heat of summer but we stand by our belief that food simply tastes better cooked over wood. 🔥🔥🔥

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08/23/2024

Hey, it’s us!! 👋🏻

We just wanted to stop in and thank our staff for all their time, efforts and dedication this summer! What you don’t see on your beautiful wedding day is the preparation, research & design, set up of our grills and prep areas but what you do feel is our love for this work. We don’t ask you for fancy kitchens, we don’t let you pick from stuffy dated menus, nor do we serve the same exact meal twice…why? Because that would be easy and if you know us you’ll quickly realize this adventure is about testing and pushing ourselves. We cook in front of you. With you. And for you.

designed a questionnaire where she gets to know you, your families connection to Maine and then we invite you over to our farm to make it personal. On the Sunday before your wedding she’s looking through the farm’s availability lists, talking with local fishermen and purveyors to design the most hyper seasonal, super personal menu she can for your family.

Me, I’m the guy behind it all. The man on the phone, the one in constant contact with you, your family and the wedding planners. I’m also deeply connected to your wedding. To the best food and its journey to your plate. To Maria, and this life we have built together. Both Maria and I are Chefs, both of us push each other to grow and to create the best dishes and story we can for you. When Maria starts talking endlessly about your amuse, I draw them. She works on your dish, and Friday before your wedding we plate together. We do all this for you! Because we actually love weddings! We love that we have taken our love for cooking, and built a company that pushes wedding catering to new and exciting places. We love our staff, the joy they take from working together, working as a team and building the best day we can for your family and friends. They are skilled Chefs. Loving people and together Applecroft has had an amazing summer.

So yea, hello there friends, welcome to Maine. We hope our passion and commitment to your day shines. Actually, we know it will, because we just love what we do!!

08/23/2024

Sophia & Alex’s wedding took place in their beloved families camp in Rangeley. A home that houses many summer memories for the Duncan family. A special place where they picked blueberries as kids, took refuge from day to day life into the mountains + lakes and a place where they confessed their love and got engaged. Sophia was invited to love this place too and we wanted to put a touch of those memories into their cocktail hour menu and throughout their meal.
Both firm believers in eating fresh from the farm and local beef from a regenerative farm nearby we chose to paint them a picture of their summer love.

Congratulations and here’s to building upon those memories together for years to come 🫶🏻

08/19/2024

After Alexis & Nina visited our farm they asked us to capture the taste of summer for their garden wedding. At the height of tomato season floored me by turning a tomato salad upside down, literally. Our own vegetables and a showstopper for this glamorous and loving couple. Your love story had our staff crying and thanks again for feeding us ice cream ❤️ sending second home in Maine vibes to this couple 🌊🪴💐

08/11/2024

We love Maine summers and so do Alex & Colin.
They enjoy Maine as their home away from home, falling deeply in love with its beauty, ocean towns + its laid back simplicity. They asked their friends and family to come see why…so of course we had to showcase Maine in a bite. We hope all your friends & family from California feel our shared loves for nature and this bountiful place we all call home 🦞🫐🌱

07/28/2024

Congratulations Laney & Bryan!

Our amuse dish was added this season so Chef Maria could design something hyper seasonal + specific to our brides & groom stories and taste.

Bryan grew up in Copenhagen, with strong ties to Maine & Laney is from Georgia. We celebrated their love with a sweet and salty bite fresh from the Maine Coast.

Big thanks to this family for inviting us into their gorgeous home & as always we couldn’t do what we do without our amazing staff!

07/19/2024

Maria & I have been working incredibly hard this summer. With the addition of our beautiful amuse plates our wedding season is off to an amazing start. However, we have so much more up our sleeves…we are adding cabins to our 100 acre farm. Soon you will be able to come stay with us, paddle our secluded pond and eat the best food the MidCoast has to offer!

We are thrilled & excited to share our love for adventure with you. 🌲🏕️🌲

07/18/2024

⚡️ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together ⚡️

07/13/2024

❤️🔥 Wood fired love 🔥❤️

06/24/2024

Glidden Point Oyster Co is a very special place for Ally & Jeremy. Chef Maria made them a beautiful amuse bouche to capture this magic. The sweetness of summer, their love of seafood & oysters all on display in this simply elegant plate.

06/23/2024

This family and wedding was personal for Chef Maria.
She wanted to represent their love for Maine & each other, their travels and the joy this family exudes. Congratulations Chadd & Roxy 🧡

06/16/2024

Total decadence and luxury for Sophie & Anthony! For their amuse course Chef Maria went all in with an over the top wagyu tartare with mustard pickles and the most beautiful cured egg yoke veil on top.

06/10/2024

⚡️Chef Maria’s Witches Brew⚡️

06/02/2024

For 2024 we are making wedding catering personal. We dive deep into our clients tastes and stories to craft the perfect small plate for them.

Katarina & James are two food loving goat farmers who wanted a meal for their family that spoke to their deep love of gardening as kids. Her father’s gardens and her parent’s love of Maine shaped her palette.

This season we are setting out to change the way people look at wedding catering by telling stories about our couples love through our food.

05/13/2024

Sneak peak at our new branding by the amazing We are over the moon! ❤️

04/29/2024

04/23/2024

Amuse test: foie gras, black garlic aioli, brioche, celery root hay and black currant coulis.

04/20/2024

Amuse test: seared local scallop, brown butter bone marrow aioli, crispy black sweet rice & purple sweet potato.

04/19/2024

Amuse Test: lobster tail, foie gras, maple cardamon cream & spring nettle oil.

04/18/2024

Amuse Test: seared ribeye, spring nettle cream, smoked tomato gel, lacto fermented black currants, mushroom cured egg yolk.

03/23/2024

Writing menus on a snowy day and fantasizing about building fires to cook over. 🔥

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03/22/2024

We’ll see you there!!

03/14/2024

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𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩...

The ultimate in folk horror, THE WICKER MAN: The Final Cut screens Saturday, March 23rd @ The Waldo Theatre! Pay what you can to see the show! Event info here: waldotheatreinc.thundertix.com/events/224100 Please read on! **

** Help us ring in Spring by supporting the Waldoboro Food Pantry🍴💕 Bring 2 non-perishable food items with you for a free poster! **

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Devout Christian policeman Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) finds himself summoned to a remote Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a child. On arrival, Howie finds himself increasingly isolated and humiliated by the actions of the island’s community, who belong to a bizarre pagan cult led by the charming Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee). As preparations for a sinister ritual celebration reach fever pitch, Howie begins to suspect what role the islanders intend him to play...

A MUST-SEE! For over 50 years, critics & fans have hailed Robin Hardy’s THE WICKER MAN as one of cinema’s greatest horror films, and we cannot wait to watch it with YOU! Bring your friends! See ya then! xo

With love & light to our wonderful sponsors @ Applecroft Catering of Applecroft Farm!

02/28/2024

Maria and I went on the most magical journey Downeast to meet the most amazing man and learn all about love, gardening, woodwork and seaweed. Larch Hanson lives in Steuben with his partner Nina in a house that he built by hand. He spends his summers working a string of rocks and islands out in the ocean harvesting seaweed. They dry and package it on their farm and welcome guests from all over the world to visit, eat delicious food and camp in their beautiful campground. We laughed and cried, learned so much and left with a big box of seaweed. 💚💚💚

02/11/2024

02/09/2024

Years of planning paid off big time with this one! Every detail of Odele & Ethan’s wedding was flawless. Thanks so much to the amazing couple and to all the great vendors who put together this beautiful fall wedding. Looking back at these photos has us so excited to be working with for our own wedding!

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01/30/2024

Psst! You want in on one of the Midcoast’s best kept secrets? Yes? Ok, ok… we’ll tell you. BUT! Be forewarned… your Saturday nights just might get a lot more hilarious, delightful and/or interesting.

It’s the craftily curated cult classic film series known as The Waldo After Dark!

The Waldo After Dark kicked off on Saturday night - September 10th, 2022 - with “The Man from Hong Kong”. Every month since then, WAD curators Sam & Buffy have been programming an amazingly uniquely film program that is - to put it lightly - BEYOND.

Coming up on Saturday, February 17th at 8pm. The Waldo After Dark returns from its wee winters nap with more cult classic favorites! To start off 2024, we bring you the just turned 40... PURPLE RAIN. 🌂☔️💜

Follow along here and at or at The Waldo After Dark for showtime info and fun giveaways!

Many thanks to our dedicated WAD sponsors 🪩

01/28/2024

We ❤️ oysters. For years now, we exclusively serve oysters! The cleanest, sweetest, perfect sized 🦪 from the Damiscotta River! back at it with her R&D fire! Swipe for details.