RECOMMENDED SUPPLIERS
Here are assorted wedding related people and places I’ve been impressed by. I suppose I should say that, like the BBC, I am not responsible for the content of external sites, or the quality of their work…but from my experience working with them at different weddings they’ve been excellent at what they do!
- SURREY WEDDING VENUES
- Great Fosters – luxury country house wedding venue
- Loseley Park – perfect Surrey wedding venue
- Pembroke Lodge – beautiful venue in Richmond Park
- Nonsuch Mansion – stunning mansion house in Cheam, Surrey
- Gate Street Barn – beautiful secluded barn in Surrey
- Barn at Bury Court – great wedding barn on Hampshire/Surrey border
- Greyfriars House – Beautiful mansion in the Surrey hills
- The Bingham – lovely hotel on the Thames in Richmond
- Ramster Hall – perfect wedding venue near Chiddingfold
- Wotton House – luxury hotel near Dorking
- HAMPSHIRE WEDDING VENUES
- Tylney Hall – Impressive Hampshire country house near Basingstoke
- Lainston House – Luxurious country house in stunning countryside near Winchester
- Millbridge Court – Light and airy wedding barn near Frensham
- SUSSEX WEDDING VENUES
- Grittenham Barn, Upwaltham Barns and Batholomew Barn – Stunning barns in West Sussex.
- HERTFORDSHIRE WEDDING VENUES
- Brocket Hall – Incredible country house near Hatfield
- Latimer Place – Classic stately home
- Micklefield Hall – Stunning pondside outdoor ceremony venue
- The Grove – Luxury country estate with really quirky potting shed dining room
- BEDFORDSHIRE WEDDING VENUES
- Turvey House – stunning country house marquee venue
- BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WEDDING VENUES
- Dorney Court – enchanting tudor manor house
- BERKSHIRE WEDDING VENUES
- Little Dower House – magical exclusive use house (2 mins from my home!)
VENUES
- Mini Bean Coffee – perfect coffee served from a super cute converted mini!
- Herbie Hire – hire Herbie for a really cool, alternative wedding car!
- Simon Alexander – amazing magician for grown ups
- Dylan’s ice cream van – yummy for the guests and great for some quirky wedding photographs!
- Say Fromage – supplement your wedding photographs with a funky photo booth
- Spongeworks – delicious wedding cakes, specialising in ‘naked cakes’!
- Sugar & Chic – stunning wedding cakes
- Purple Door Props – beautiful Annie Sloane multi coloured chairs for hire
- The Modern Toastmaster – lovely and non-stuffy guy who’ll play British Bulldog with the kids as well as helping everything run smoothly!
- LouPaper – very talented calligrapher and stationery designer (and best business name ever!)
OTHER WEDDING SUPPLIERS
- I’m so lucky to work with some amazing (and lovely!) florists, particularly these guys:
- Kate Avery Flowers
- Angel Like Flowers
- Gill Pike
- Mad Lilies
- Tangerine & Green – practically my neighbours!
FLORISTS
- Hanna Wildman – a professional hair and make up artist based in Guildford. Great at her job and super nice too.
- Carolanne Armstrong – talented and lovely hair and make up artist based in Sussex
- Tania Stephenson Oliver – great make up artist who specialises in amazing natural lashes
- NW Make up – Natasha is a fab hair stylist and make up artist
- Claire Bache – great make up artist
- Cat Legge – lovely lady for great wedding hair and make up
- Helen Alexander – talented hair and make up artist
HAIR AND MAKE-UP
- Films in Bloom – Elissa makes beautiful films and is lovely to work with
- Rupert Ward-Lewis – super talented videographer who manages to make everyone look like movie stars!
- Ash Videography – fabulous wedding film maker
- Spatz Films – ninja videographer, so unobtrusive he’s almost invisible!
- Gerry Lewis Productions – Gerry and his son are great videographers and really nice guys
VIDEOGRAPHERS
- Kalm Kitchen – yummy (and lovely) Surrey caterers
- Caper & Berry – great caterers in West Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey and London
- Jacaranda catering – very professional caterers working around Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire
CATERERS
- Cheesecake – guaranteed to give you an amazing party, and nice guys too
- Down for the count – fab band
- Informer – awesome wedding band
- The Chaps – brilliant band
- Festival Sons – great live festival style band
- Rollercoaster – super party band
- Tara Minton – talented and lovely harpist
- Bowfiddle – Very talented string quartet (or string trio) who help produce a great atmosphere at your wedding
- Lydia Pearson – incredible soprano singer
- Chess DJ – Chris is a lovely and very professional DJ who’ll give you a fantastic party
- Mitch Matthews DJ – great hair and great tunes!
- West End Wedding Singing Waiters – so talented and what a fabulous way to get the party started!
BANDS & MUSICIANS
