ECC’s Claire Bradford wins prestigious Celebrant award

The European Celebrants' Collective is proud to announce that its Content Manager, Claire Bradford has been crowned 'Celebrant of the Year,' at The Wedding Industry Awards national finals. Last week, wedding professionals from all over the UK gathered at the legendary Cafe de Paris ahead of the awards ceremony. The awards are highly-anticipated amongst the wedding industry and this year amongst Celebrants too, as for the first time ever Wedding Celebrants had their own 'Celebrant of the Year,' category. After a series of regional events, which saw wedding professionals of all categories take part in the heats, eight finalists in total were declared, of which the national winner was chosen by a panel of four judges independently. The judges themselves did not know who the winner was until the awards ceremony. Making it an exhilarating experience all round!

The finalists

North West – Louise Burns and Co – The Ceremony Company

Yorkshire & North East – King’s Celebrant Services

West Midlands – Justine from Just Celebrations

East Midlands – Jo – My Perfect Ceremony

East England – Michelle Taylor

South West – The Guild of Cornish Celebrants

South Central – Vanessa Naylor – Your Life Ceremonies South East – Claire Bradford – Creating Ceremony

  It was an amazing night to celebrate and congratulate all wedding industry professionals and their commitment and passion for what they do and even more so now that Celebrants have their own category. Well done Claire and to all the other awards' entrants and finalists, many of whom were also ECC Members. Here's to the 2019 awards!   If you're interested in becoming a member of the European Celebrants Collective, read more about our membership here. And if you are an ECC member and you have a news story to share, then make sure to let us know.