Humanist
Eleanor Whitcombe
Nature-led ceremonies in meadows, orchards and walled gardens. Widely considered the finest handfasting writer in the country.
We represent the world's finest independent wedding celebrants — writers, officiants and ceremony designers who craft the one part of your day you will actually remember, word for word, for the rest of your life.
Handfasting · Cotswolds
Flowers wilt. Cake is eaten. The band goes home. What remains is the twenty minutes in which two people said, out loud, in front of everyone they love, exactly why.
A celebrant is the author of that moment — a professional ceremony writer who learns your story, interviews your family, drafts and refines your vows, and delivers a ceremony that could only ever have belonged to the two of you. No template. No boilerplate scripture. No five-minute courthouse version of the most important sentence you'll ever say.
Every celebrant on our roster is independently vetted: trained in ceremony craft, insured, reviewed across dozens of weddings, and — above all — a genuinely good writer. It is a short list. That is the point.
Our vetting standardWeddings are shrinking in size and growing in meaning — and the ceremony is where the budget is going. See the full data →
One conversation — about the two of you, your date, your place, and the ceremony you can't stop imagining.
Within 48 hours we shortlist up to three celebrants whose voice, style and availability fit you. You choose.
Your celebrant interviews you both, drafts the script, and refines it with you until every line lands.
On the day, your celebrant directs the ceremony, keeps it calm, and handles the legal paperwork that makes it real.
Humanist
Nature-led ceremonies in meadows, orchards and walled gardens. Widely considered the finest handfasting writer in the country.
Interfaith
Specialist in weaving two traditions into one ceremony — Jewish, Hindu, Christian, secular, and everything in between.
Editorial
A former magazine editor turned celebrant. Modern, precise, quietly funny. Bilingual ceremonies in English and French.
Traditional
Castle and estate ceremonies with gravitas. Twenty-five years of weddings, and still writes every script from scratch.
Cultural fusion
Multi-day destination ceremonies that honour two cultures without diluting either. English and Hindi, woven seamlessly.
Destination
Romantic, sunlit ceremonies in villas and vineyards. The celebrant Italian planners request by name. English, Italian, Spanish.
Guests still quote Eleanor's script back to us. Two years on, people say it was the most personal wedding they have ever attended.
Sophie & James — Cotswolds
We come from two very different traditions and feared someone would have to compromise. Gabriel made it feel like neither of us compromised at all.
Ananya & Daniel — London
Isabella flew in, interviewed our parents, learned four words of my grandmother's dialect, and had the whole villa in tears by minute nine.
Marta & Luca — Val d'Orcia
Tell us your date, your place and your story. We'll reply within one working day with up to three celebrant suggestions — and honest, sourced advice on what you should expect to invest.