A Collaborative Triumph Of A Wedding
An Ibiza Wedding of Bohemian Elegance
Cardamom Events collaborated with Kim Tournier Event to provide the equipment and decor for this wonderfully rustic yet decadent wedding at the beautiful Casa La Vista.
Images by Chantalle Laurent Photography
A Stylish Ibiza Birthday With Equilibre Events
A wonderful collaboration of professional teams!
This summer has seen the event hire division of Cardamom Events flourish beyond our expectations.
For those of you who don’t know, Cardamom Event Hire Ibiza has a huge selection of the finest in crockery, cutlery, glassware, event furniture, decor, catering equipment and any other event accessory you can think of, at our unique one-stop-shop.
Earlier this summer, the lovely Claudia Van Ketwich Verschuur from Dutch agency Equilibre Events, asked us to decorate a family style birthday of one of her clients in their Santa Gertrudis villa with catering from The Chef Ibiza, entertainment from Paco Fernandez and floral perfection from Flowers Ibiza (Ramo de Flores).
For us here at Cardamom, we love to collaborate and bring our years of experience to the table. Having spent so many years dealing with event demands of every type, we really have thought of everything, and for anything more, we have the contacts and accessibility to make just about anything possible.
You can check out our Event Hire website right HERE or contact us directly to chat with us about how we can help you realise your dream event.
Cardamom Wedding Food Tasting
Behind The Scenes at an Atzaro Food Tasting
So much goes on behind the scenes of Ibiza wedding planning. One of the most important aspects of a wedding is the food, of course.
One of the Cardamom family’s nieces is getting married soon and we are planning the upcoming wedding ceremonies over several days with the main wedding at Atzaro.
The first step was the important tasting. Cardamom and Atzaro have always had a special partnership over many years but this time Chef Lucia hit the ball out of the park.
The tastiest Mediterranean/Indian delights from Canapés to dessert the family were blown away and so were we! Especially since Lucia has never been to India but researched the recipes extensively and put her personal touches to it all with the help of fresh farm vegetables from Atzaro itself.
Such amazing food and service from Rafa also.
Always a pleasure to work with Atzaro 😍 (Images below)
| Vegetarian Canapés |
| Tandoori tofu skewer |
| Aloo tiki with spiced tomato sauce |
| Chili paneer |
| Chili Mogo with coriander and garlic sauce |
| Veggie samosas |
| Mini veggie burger & Mangi Chutney |
| Falafells |
| Boletus mushroom Croquettes with paprika all i oli |
| Patatas bravas & eggless spicy sauce |
| Veg Quesidilla |
| VEGETARIAN DINNER |
| Course 1: |
| HUMUS PLATE WITH SPRING VEGETABLES |
| Vietnamese Rice paper summer salad rolls with noodles and Nuoc cham dressing |
| Roasted pumpkin carpaccio with hummus, stracciatella, pomegranate, radish and cashew nuts |
| Course 2: |
| Grilled haloumi with babaganoush, honey, za’atar and mint |
| Green risotto, grilled asparagus, straciatella and pink pepper |
| Vegetarian green curry with vegetables and cashew nuts and coconut rice |
| Dessert Course: EGG FREE |
| Pina Colada with no alcohol |
| Late night Bites – Cake & Coffee & Tea Station |
| BAR SERVICES – Mocktails |
| Elderflower fizz in jugs with pretty garnishes |
| Strawberry Mojito without alcohol |
Sarah & Omar Wedding Video
Sarah & Omar
Atzaro 14.5.22
A stylish family event held at Atzaro
Live Music – Claire Wakeman
DJ – Tom Grimes
Beauty – Jo JamFace
Photography – Tamas Kooning
Video – Tanit Wedding Films
Flowers – Ramo De Flores
Sound & Lighting – Ibiza Pro DJ
Cake – Katie’s Kitchen
What Does the Exciting 2023 Ibiza Season Hold In Store For Cardamom Events?
We spoke to Craig, Director and Co-founder of Cardamom Events, about how last year was for Ibiza luxury events and weddings, and what the future holds for the event industry on the island.
The Ibiza wedding and event industry continues to grow year upon year. The island offers so many unique and spectacular venues and experiences, so it makes sense that clients from far and wide want to celebrate special occasions in this Balearic paradise.
But what does that look like behind the scenes? How does an independent event company keep up with the changes and developments that they are constantly faced with?
We spoke to the man in the know, the guy who is at the forefront of every single Cardamom interaction
CEO Craig Colligan
How was the season of 2022 for you and the company?
2022 was a very intense year of multiple events, as well as most of the postponed events from previous Covid years, so incredibly busy and we went from “zero to full on” in no time at all! Ibiza was back in “full swing” and Cardamom was back in the driving seat of private birthday events, corporate events and of course big weddings!
Our sister company, Cardamom Event Hire Ibiza, also experienced a record year, enabling us to service large corporate events from dressing entire hotels to providing bohemian lounges to industry fairs for the health and retreat industry. All creative and successful events which were enjoyable for the team also.
All in all a great year and return to happier times!
Please share your highlights
With regards to private events, we organised multi day celebrations for Irish and Indian clients in some of Ibiza’s best event venues, hotels and restaurants such as 6 Senses, Lio, Destino, Chiringuito Blue, Cotton Beach & Roto, as well as excursions to Formentera with a fantastic range of speed boats and sailing ships.
Then, the many wedding clients came from far and wide creating colourful weddings from Saudi Arabia, Ireland, South Africa, UK, Russia, Switzerland & Dubai with such wide ranging cultures keeping us on our wedding planning toes.
How do you feel that Cardamom has developed and adapted to the many changes over the years?
Over the 20 years that Cardamom has been running, we have adapted to the ever changing playing field of Ibiza. From the early days, our foundation was always heavily immersed in food and beverages and event catering which was where my initial passion lay as a chef.
Then, as Ibiza opened up to the world, these clients needed so much more help with their event management, so Cardamom Events was born and as the level and detail of events grew, so did Cardamom, in order to reach the increasing requirements of the international clients.
Now events are multiple days, multiple venues and expectations are higher than ever and we love the challenge of bigger and better celebrations.
What are your focuses for 2023?
Besides the exciting weddings we have, we will continue to promote our equipment hire company and provide more gorgeous event furniture to our private and corporate clients.
What are you looking forward to the most for the future?
On a professional level, I look forward to streamlining our businesses to work more efficiently for both us and the clients, leaving us with more time for health, family and happiness. The Golden Goals!
Tatyana & Omar 17.9.22
A Magical Wedding at Casa La Vista
Event planner – Kerry Ann Winton
Photography- selia_photography
Video – amsloveinvideo
Hair and makeup – Ljbmakeup
Flowers – flowers_ibiza
Villa – casalavistaibiza
Decor hire – velvetcircusibiza
Decor hire – theibizachaircompany
DJ – clintlee
Catering – zestibiza
Bar – Thebaribiza
Celebrant – melchior.Arnold
Lighting and production – ibizaprodj
Florence & Donnacha Wedding Video
Florence & Donnacha
20-22 May 2022
A glamorous 3 day event held in 3 equally glamorous venues.
The W Hotel Presidential E-WOW Suite
Family House Ca Na Mestre
Atzaro Beach
Luxury, style, intimacy, beauty and lots of love…
Event Organisers – Cardamom Events Ibiza & Cardamom Equipment hire Ibiza
CATERING – The Chef Ibiza
TENT & FLOORING – Tentagent & Ibiza Plug & Play
FLOWERS – Ramo de Flores/Flowers Ibiza
BEAUTY – Jo Mackay JamFace
CHURCH – Sam Hocking
DJ – Chino Paino
CAKE – Sharon Cupcake Collection
CUBAN TRIO – Nestor Morales & Kandela Mi Son
PHOTOS – Jeremy Christopher
VIDEO – Tanit Wedding Films
SOUND & LIGHT – Ibiza Pro DJ
Florence & Donnacha – A 3 Day Extravaganza
Florence & Donnacha – A Three Day Extravaganza
20.5.22 – W Hotel Presidential E-WOW Suite
21.5.22 – Family House Ca Na Mestre
22.5.22 – Atzaro Beach
Event Organisers – Cardamom Events Ibiza & Cardamom Equipment hire Ibiza
CATERING – The Chef Ibiza
CATERING – The Chef Ibiza
TENT & FLOORING – Tentagent & Ibiza Plug & Play
FLOWERS – Ramo de Flores/Flowers Ibiza
BEAUTY – Jo Mackay
CHURCH – Sam Hocking
DJ – Chino Paino
CAKE – Sharon Cup cake Collection
CUBAN TRIO – Nestor Morales & Kandela Mi Son
PHOTO – Jeremy Christopher
VIDEO – Tanit Wedding Films
SOUND & LIGHT – Ibiza pro DJ
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KD’s 50th Birthday
KD’s 50th – Delhi comes to Ibiza
When a group of Delhi socialites asked us to organise a full taste of Ibiza to celebrate KD’s 50th birthday, we jumped at the chance! In just three days, we managed to give them a luxury Ibiza experience like no other…
On Day One, a gastro and cabaret evening at Lio
On Day Two, lunch at Chiringuito BLUE followed by dinner at DESTINO with DJ Soloman & Tox Club with a VIP area.
Then on the final day, a spectacular boat trip with 4 motor boats to CHEZ GERDI in Formentera then a dinner at Six Senses, with a grand finale party in the Six Senses Secret Bar!
We certainly gave them the Cardamom Events Ibiza special treatment!
Providers:
Event Planning & Management – Cardamom Events Ibiza
Photography – Jeremy Christopher Photography
Design & print work – The Event Stylist Ibiza (Katie Thompson)
Late Night Indian food provisions – Navine Kumari-Colligan 🙂
DJ Kin Khwab (Jeremy Oltman) from India as surprise DJ on Secret Bar party
Speed Boats – Elvira at Octopussy Boats
Transport Logistics – Chari Martin Villaud & Island Bus
Jacky Croad – Combining Balearic Music with Pilates
JACKY CROAD – IBIZA CHILLED & IBIZA PILATES
Jacky Croad launched her record label Ibiza Chilled in the middle of the 2020 pandemic, from Santa Gertrudis, heart of the island. Taking to the recording studio, Jacky crafted a stunning debut, producing an authentic Balearic long player soundtrack. Volume 2 followed in 2021 and 1.5 million platform streams later, her music is regarded as the very essence of the infamous beautiful Ibiza experience, sunset vibes on a soul journey.
Jacky and her family are established and contribute to the real Ibizan community, having followed their dreams by moving to the island back in 2010. It was then she launched her first business, Ibiza Pilates with her private studio and Pilates expertise. She is now a renowned little black book contact for regular A-list clientele living and visiting Ibiza all year round.
We had a chat with Jacky about her businesses and her connection with Cardamom Events
What is your relationship with Cardamom Events?
I have known Craig and Navine for 8 years and they are my Ibiza family. I have seen many of their amazing events and am so proud of where they have come and their quality in every detail.
What has 2022 been like for you so far?
2022 has been interesting. Watching the world trying to recover from the madness of COVID. It’s been great for me because COVID made people realise they need to be healthier, so my Pilates work is very busy. My music has taken off also as again, during COVID people had more time to listen to music, and appreciate it more.
What changes to the island did you see after COVID?
Ibiza was heaven during COVID. The island healed itself as there were no tourists. It was stunning here. It was the best 2 years this island will ever see. Now the island is too busy. Everyone is here so I hope it calms down in the next few years.
What does the future hold for you and your businesses?
My music is going from strength to strength and I feel very blessed. I am slowly growing the brand of Ibiza Chilled. I will keep doing my Pilates. My clientele is changing to more celebrities and higher-end clients as the island is getting more pricey. I’m hoping it still keeps its original bohemian feel which is so unique.
Jacky hosts her own widely listened global, digital radio show on Ibiza Radio 1, Sundays 6pm GMT and her set lists give an insight into her musical inspiration and knowledge.
Tune in and drop out for an hour!
