That Cannoli Guy is Anthony and Sarah. They wanted a strolling cannoli service for their own wedding, could not find one anywhere in Florida, and started the company instead. Anthony wears the tray, fills each one on the spot, and works the room. We have worked events alongside them.
Filled on site, handed to your guests. Photos courtesy of That Cannoli Guy.
It can replace the cake, not just sit next to it
Here is the part that matters if you are watching the budget.
A tiered wedding cake is one of the most reliably wasted line items at a wedding. You pay for the tiers, you cut two slices for a photo, the caterer plates the rest, and a meaningful share of it goes home in a box or in the bin.
If dessert is being handed to every guest by a person walking the room, you may not need a big cake at all. A small cutting cake for the photos, plus a roaming dessert everybody actually eats, is often cheaper than a full tiered cake and it gets finished. Price both before you assume the cake is compulsory.
We are not saying skip the cake if you want the cake. We are saying most couples never price the alternative, because nobody ever suggests there is one.
Why we would rather it roams
Selfish reason, honestly stated. When dessert goes out on a table, fifty people stand up and walk to a wall, and a fair number of them keep going — bathroom, bar, outside. You lose the room for twenty minutes right when it was warm.
A tray that comes to your guests does not do that. They stay where they are, which by that point in the night should be near the dance floor.
What you are actually buying
The detail
- The format
- Cannolis piped and filled to order on site, carried to guests on a wearable tray — not set out on a table
- Why to order
- A shell that sits in cream goes soft. This is the whole reason it tastes different from a buffet cannoli
- Who turns up
- Anthony works the room. His reviews talk about his energy more than the food, which tells you what you are hiring
- Events
- Weddings, corporate events and private parties, across Florida
- Price
- Not published. Tell them your guest count and venue and ask
- Contact
- thatcannoliguy@yahoo.com, or the enquiry form on their site
When to skip it
Guest experiences are the easiest thing on a wedding budget to over-buy, so here is the honest version.
Skip it if you have already booked a dessert bar or a late-night snack. Two desserts means one gets eaten and one gets photographed. Pick the one that comes to people.
Skip it if your reception is a seated dinner with a plated dessert course — the roaming format needs a room that is up and moving to be worth the money.
Book it if you have a bar, a dance floor, and a crowd on its feet. And ask about it in the same conversation as the cake, not after you have already ordered one.
That Cannoli Guy • serving weddings and events across Florida • thatcannoliguy.square.site • thatcannoliguy@yahoo.com
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