Happy lunch time folks! Were you aware that last Wednesday, The 2014 Wedding Industry Awards ceremony took place in London? Hosted by Sky News presenter Sarah Hewson and held at The Bloomsbury Ballroom in London, the awards recognise the best in service, creativity, innovation, professionalism and passion – as voted for by real couples – that's real brides and grooms who have experienced these services for themselves.
From gowns, flowers, hair and make-up to venues, transport, entertainment and photography, every winner was cheered by the 450 strong audience and everyone on the shortlist for each of the 24 categories had much to celebrate.
We'd like to congratulate all the winners of The 2014 Wedding Industry Awards, though we are extra delighted that our blog partner Erin Hung of BerinMade picked up the award for best stationer – go Erin!!
Sky News presenter Sarah Hewson looking glamorous at The 2014 Wedding Industry Awards ceremony
1,250 companies entered the 2014 awards. 23,000 votes were cast by newlyweds which decided the Regional Shortlist. These select few then went through another round of critical judging by an expert panel who decided the Regional Winners, before a final process of judging to decide the National Winners.
Damian Bailey, founder of The Wedding Industry Awards, was thrilled with the evening and with the response to the awards themselves;
“This was our third awards and the standard of entrants was higher than ever. It’s becoming harder and harder to pick winners from such amazing shortlists where everyone demonstrates such skill. It was great to celebrate everyone’s achievements and then party all night!"
If you are a wedding industry supplier interested in entering the 2015 awards, you can find out further details here. The Awards are the only client-voted regional and national awards in the wedding industry in this country, and the judging panel is second to none in its breadth and depth of expertise and experience. This means that the results have real meaning and are useful to both the entrants and anyone organising a wedding who is looking for great wedding suppliers both regionally and nationwide. Nominations for the 2015 awards open up in May.
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Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.
Wish we could have been there sounded like such an awesome night…enjoyed following the updates on twitter. Congrats to all the winners! Next year, next year!