Wedding Celebrants and Toastmasters
Create a wedding day personal to you with one of our experienced celebrants and toastmasters, ready to help organise your day without a hitch.
Toastmasters act as the master of ceremonies at weddings. The role of the toastmaster is to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the reception and, wearing his wearing his traditional ceremonial clothes a professional toastmaster adds to the pomp and splendour of the occasion. They discreetly go about their duties coordinating, directing and announcing the ceremonial proceedings, whilst providing confidence and a calming influence on the bridal party. A professional toastmaster will organise and run your day exactly how you wish it to be so that the you and your families can really relax and enjoy the day with full confidence in its success. Your toastmaster will also help the bride’s father, the best man and the groom when it is time for them to make their wedding speeches, introducing them, telling them when to stand up, and even giving them the correct wording for the toasts they should be proposing.
A Celebrant is different to a Vicar, Priest, Registrar or Humanist officient, offering a very personal service with no two ceremonies the same.
A Celebrant can offer a service that is unique and personal to you, after you have been legally married. Your ceremony can be held in a variety of locations and venues, and can include the use of or reference to any religion (including poems, hymns and music).
Wedding speeches are a key aspect to your wedding reception. They are highly personal and much treasured for the rest of the marriage. However if you are making a speech it can be very intimidating and seem more like a burden than an honour. There is immense pressure to make people laugh as well as bringing a tear to the eye from the start of the speech all the way through to proposing the toasts. Toastmasters can reduce these nerves immensely by assisting beforehand with speech writing tips and advice, showing you how to stand with confidence and deliver a relaxed speech, and how to build up to the traditional wedding toasts at the end of the speech.
The correct order for speeches is first the bride’s father (or an old family friend), then the groom and finally the best man.
Each speech traditionally ends with a toast, when guests are expected to stand, raise their glasses, repeat the wording of the toast, drink and sit back down. The wording of the toasts should be brief to allow guests to repeat it, and there is an etiquette as to who proposes each toast. The bride’s father and the best man should both end their speeches by toasting the married couple either as “the happy couple”, “Mr and Mrs Smith” or “John and Sarah”. The groom toasts “The bridesmaids” or occasionally “The bridesmaids: Ella and Jane”.
The loyal toast is used at more formal weddings and is directed at the monarchy quite simply as “The Queen” or “The King”. It is the signal to guests that their jackets can be removed and, before the smoking ban, that they can smoke.
My name is Philip Gardner and I am a fully trained and qualified Professional Toastmaster and Master of Ceremonies. I have been a Professional Toastmaster for some 16 years, and have been married over 500 times. My motto is 'Low Key but Effective' More info
Toastmaster in Essex. Appointing a Qualified Toastmaster will ensure that everything possible will be done to make you wedding day memorable for all the right reasons. More info
Judy Mansfield - international Award Winning Wedding Celebrant based in Warwickshire. Judy will meet with you, then design and deliver your Wedding Ceremony as you want it. Personalised wedding vows to give your special day the Wow factor. More info
Member of the Executive Guild of Toastmasters & Town Criers. An Independent Celebrant member of Fellowship of Independent Celebrants. More info
Professional wedding and family celebrant. Weddings, wedding Vow renewals, naming ceremonies. Do it your way. Unique ceremonies designed with you, for you. More info
Peter is a professional toastmaster & wedding master of ceremonies based in Kent. Preferred supplier at some of Kents finest wedding venues Salomons Estate, One Warwick Park Hotel, Hever Castle, Lympne Castle & Penshurst Place to name a few. More info
Professional toastmaster & master of ceremonies covering Wiltshire, Bristol & Somerset, Gloucestershire & Dorset. I take the stress out of your wedding by taking control of all aspects of your event to ensure the smooth running of your special day. More info
Traditional or alternative, from handpicked readings to personal vows, from unity ceremonies to jumping the broomstick, your unique ceremony will be written and conducted with warmth, emotion and just the right amount of humour. Your day, your way. More info
Professional Toastmaster & Master of Ceremonies based in Hove covering Sussex, Surrey, Kent, London and parts of South East England. I am recommended by the The Brookfield Hotel in Havant, Pilgrims Rest,Blackstock Country Estate in Hellingly & more. More info
My name is Helen Williams. If you've found me because you're having a wedding in Wales (or, anywhere in the World for that matter!) and want your ceremony to really "belong" to you, then we'll get on! More info
White Rose Ceremonies® deliver wedding ceremonies wherever you want them. The ceremonies can be simply traditional, delightfully quirky or calm and spiritual and they can be at any location, with no restrictions. More info
Hello, my name is Ruth and thank you for opening up my listing. There is so much to plan for your big day but the main event is the ceremony itself and a celebrant ceremony gives you so much more choice. More info
Toastmaster & Celebrant services for Surrey, Middlesex and London making your wedding day enjoyable, memorable & stress-free. Recommended by many happy couples. Ask for an instant quotation; you'll be pleasantly surprised! Fun handwriting analysis. More info
I am a Professional Toastmaster, Master of Ceremonies & Wedding Celebrant covering Cheshire, The Wirral, Merseyside, North Wales in fact anywhere in the UK. I am also happy to and have worked abroad. . You want your day to be perfect, well so do I. More info
I am an Independent Celebrant in Folkestone, Kent. Creating, writing and performing bespoke weddings, vow renewal & Handfasting ceremonies. Also helping with finding you celebrants in your area who are available on your date. More info
The wedding party can simply relax and enjoy the special day secure in the knowledge that the event is being run smoothly and efficiently. Wedding toastmaster in covering Hampshire,Surrey & Sussex. More info
Being a member of the Guild of International Professional Toastmasters, I’m trained in highest standards of professionalism as well as being charismatic and personal. At Global Toastmaster I am happy to go wherever your personal adventure takes us. More info
David Denman is an established Professional Toastmaster and Master of Ceremonies, and a member of the London Guild of Toastmasters. He has considerable experience in officiating at weddings of varying cultures, and is the Toastmaster of preference for a number of hotels. Dressed in a traditional red tailcoat and promoting a friendly atmosphere, he contributes positively to making your special day a memorable one for the Bride, Bridegroom and everybody else involved. More info
Available for Weddings across Oxfordshire and the South, helping to take the pressure off you and make your wedding celebrations go to plan. More info
Professional Toastmaster based in West Chiltington, Sussex West. Let me look after your special day. I will liaise with all the parties involved to ensure the reception, wedding breakfast and speeches runs to plan AND time. More info
The wedding man is a multilingual celebrant based in Barcelona who loves marrying people - to each other, that is. He offers a highly personalised ceremonies that are as meaningful as they are fun, for all types of couples from all over the world. More info
Independent Celebrant covering East Anglia and beyond - weddings, civil partnerships, renewal of vows. I am caring, friendly and professional, with a wealth of experience, having worked previously as a Registrar and Ceremonies Team Manager. More info
Professional toastmaster and master of ceremonies, Jamie will ensure the smooth running of your wedding from welcoming the guests to the first dance and everything in between. Based in Hertfordshire & available throughout London & worldwide. More info
I'm a ceremonies celebrant specialising in Weddings, Renewal of Vows and Naming Ceremonies. After my clients have performed their marriage legalities at the Registry Office, I plan & conduct their wedding ceremonies, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere. More info
