"Bernadette French was one of the highlights of our wedding, held at the Luton Hoo Mansion House. She was quick to take charge in the hectic minutes leading up to the wedding and was able to corral all of our vendors to the right positions at the right time and with a certain grace that only experience can provide. Bernadette’s speech was unique to us as a couple and left the audience feeling that she was more of a long time friend of our than anything else. She chose two poetry readings during the wedding that captured both the humor of the day as well as the profoundness of finding and capturing love in a marriage. It was an absolute pleasure to have her as part of our day and I would recommend her to anyone looking for an wedding officiant.
Thank you again for everything and I hope this helps!"
Windsor and Kara
...Continue"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for yesterday you were so wonderful with Harris.. everyone loved his cues during the ceremony but I know it was a challenge at times!
You were so patient with him throughout & just wonderful.. do you have any experience of autistic children? Because you seemed too! So very refreshing!
The service was simply fabulous and we both just feel so lucky to have had you there I will be recommending you at every opportunity!
Thank you so so much xx"
...ContinueHi ladies, myself and bill would like to express our total gratitude for the way you helped us say goodbye to our precious baby girl, you made our day so much easier and we will be forever grateful, it could have not gone any better,
Thank you once again
Xxxxx
...ContinueDear Bernadette,
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your support yesterday, you really made the day very memorable.
Regards
Phil & Pamela
...Continue"To Bernadette,
Thankyou for making our day so special! Couldn’t have asked for more. Without you we wouldn’t have had a ceremony at all! Please keep in touch! “
All our love always, Daniel and Victoria xxxx
“Just wanted to say how thrilled we were with the ceremony you did for us. It was absolutely what we wanted and made the day really special. Thank you so much. Apologies we weren’t around to say goodbye."
Lorna and Steve xx
“Keep wearing your smile! Thank you so much for a truly wonderful service”
Best wishes, Vivien and Alan
"Thankyou so much for the beautifully conducted ceremony. Both Tariq and I were so pleased we selected you to conduct the wedding ceremony for us. You were absolutely perfect and and the ceremony was so beautiful. We received so many complements from the guests about how much they liked the ceremony and also how there were many tears in the audience as well.
So well done and thanks again for doing such a great job for the most precious day of our lives. We would definitely recommend you to all our friends and family and hopefully have you come back when we renew our vows in five years time!"
Big hugs, Blanche and Tariq
"Having time to reflect, I wanted to let you know how grateful I am to you for the beautiful service you delivered. In my eyes, the day was perfect and Richard was so happy, I don’t think he’s come down to earth yet! Family and friends have all commented on your service, the choice of readings, and how lovely you were.
Thank you doesn't seem to cover it but… thankyou so very much for making our day perfect. “
Love, Jo and Richard
"Thank you! It was reassuring to see how organised and professional you are and we both felt in very safe hands with you as our celebrant. Your experience in the industry showed through and gave us the confidence to know that throughout, a beautiful bespoke ceremony was going to be delivered for us! Thanks again."
Talissa and Jonathan
“ Just wanted to say a very big thank you for the wonderful way you conducted Victoria and Eugene’s renewal of vows ceremony. You did such an amazing professional job, making it a very moving, emotional, intimate evening for us all. Especially taking into account, the very short time you had together with Victoria and Eugene beforehand, to finalise everything, and make sure their wishes and ideas were met. You did man excellent job including the young ’treasure bearer’, Isaac!
It was a perfect an evening as we all could have wished for- ‘just right’! Again, many thanks, it was lovely meeting you."
Regards, Jan
“Thanks again for a job well done; Melanie and James were utterly delighted with everything and would love to do it all over again! I hope to work with you again soon.”
Best wishes, Kelly
“We just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thankyou once again for conducting such a beautiful and poignant ceremony for us”
Deborah and Martin
"Dear Bernie, Thankyou so much for taking all the stress out of or wedding ceremony. What would I have done without you?
I hope we will see lots of you in the future."
Thanks again,
Pam and Eric xx
“Hi Bernadette, We’re now back from our mini moon! We just wanted to say a huge thank you for the ceremony last Saturday. Everyone commented on what a great service it was and how good you were :-) David and I are so pleased and thought it couldn’t have been more perfect. I hope our paths cross again in the future, and thanks once again. “
Sara and David X
"Dear Bernadette, We want to thank you so much for making our day extra special . You were wonderful from start to finish, and helped us to feel so calm. We will never gorget it. Thank you so much!"
Love, Nish and Dhruv xxx
“ Bernadette, we just wanted to thank you so much for everything you did for us on Friday - it was magical! "
Love, Tom and Victoria xxxx
Dear Bernadette
A big thank you from the Wheeler family for making the funeral for my dad go so smoothly and such a lovely event.
Dad would have been proud. Thank you.
Best Alexa
...ContinueBernadette
Just a quick thank you on behalf of the boys and myself for leading us on Wednesday.
It all went very well and I am told by those who watched the streaming that it was a wonderful way to say good bye to Sheila, if they could not be there. In particular a number of people thought that you had 'captured' Sheila very well.
Here's a quote from one of my oldest friends:
"The celebrant was a lovely lady, very fitting for Sheila, and she captured Sheila’s character so well. It was kind of her to specifically welcome those of us who would have attended in person."
Once again many thanks
Best wishes
Neil
...ContinueHello Bernadette, can I just express my enormous thanks for your hosting of my mum's funeral today. The whole family would like to give you their thanks for the readings and the perfect tone with which the service was delivered. We all agreed that it was the nicest funeral that any of us had attended.
Many, many thanks once again,
Best wishes, Mat
...Continue“Tom and I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful job you did with our service. It was lovely and everyone commented on how nice it was. You were very calm and that made us both feel very calm! Thank you for all your advice in the lead up to it as well."
Many thanks and best regards, Nicole, Tom and Grace
“I will be recommending you to anyone who needs a special service whether a happy one or sad, I know you’ll do a great job
(you don’t make it seem like a job). I hope to see you again sometime, as its great to have lovely people in one’s life."
Monica
Dear Bernadette,
I sincerely hope that this reaches you, as it is important to me.
On Friday 22nd March, my whole family were listening to the beautiful Service for Alexander Gordon, my brother Held at the Amersham Crematorium at 9.15am. Our family is scattered far and wide, in Portland Oregon, Israel and London – and I was particularly pleased that they were all able to tune it.
I was so impressed with the whole experience, and it was totally beautiful and uplifting. Your voice and manner were a delight and I can never thank you enough for giving dear Gordon (as I usually called him) such a beautiful and peaceful send off.. While even now, a few days later, I occasionally have a little weep, on Friday morning I felt calm, and happy, thanks to your most beautiful presentation. I will never forget this very special occasion, and it will live with me forever.
So please accept my most sincere thanks for bringing so many lasting memories of Alexander Gordon to us all on 22nd March, shared with so many friends, in their senior years, who were able to be ‘with us’ on this extraordinarily important and happy day.
God Bless you of bringing us all together for this beautiful occasion.
I send my Sincere and Warmest Thanks to you and your team.
Heather
...Continue“Just a few words to say a very big thank you for making our 50th Anniversary a very romantic and emotional day: Everyone commented on the beautiful service you performed, it’s a day we will never forget. THANK YOU again."
Val and Ken
“Thankyou for an excellent ceremony. Faultless, very tasteful and well arranged. Bernadette, you were perfect, efficient, and very moving throughout."
Chris
Bernie, just wanted to say a massive “THANK YOU” for yesterday!
Once again you were brilliant! Many comments about how you made the service personal.
We really appreciated you coming back to the hotel to read out the messages for us and we feel we really were able to give Phil the send off which he deserved.
Also the way in which you supported all of us along the way, we couldn’t have done it without you!
My mum has already asked would you travel to Portsmouth for when it’s her time!!! Have told her she isn’t going anywhere - we’ve had enough death for now!!
Thanks really don’t seem enough but we REALLY did appreciate everything!
Much love,
Donna, Ian, Luke & Dan xx
...Continue“Bernadette, You made this day even more special. The whole ceremony was pushed to the heart, and I have not seen one dry eye. It was your personality and interest in us, which made us feel so special and well connected. Everybody loved the ceremony and it was so us!"
Manfred and Logan
“I just wanted to thank you whole heartedly for the wonderful job you did performing the ceremony for Grandma’s funeral. The Eulogy was incredible and you spoke with warmth and character and I really felt you brought her adventures to life. Everyone commented on what a lovely service it was and how brilliant you were, which we all completely agreed with."
Steph @ The Willow Foundation
“Morning Bernadette… you are truly amazing!!! Thank you for everything…the ceremony was truly flawless!!!! Thank you!!! You are a true gem."
Best. ---- Hollywood ‘A’ List Actor
...Continue“I just wanted to say a huge thankyou for conducting Tayleur-Jay’s naming day. The ceremony was perfect and the gift is lovely. Many, Many, Thanks."
Emma, Gary, and Tayleur Jay x
“We just came back from our honeymoon and wanted to thank you for all your lovely support and for an absolutely beautiful wedding ceremony. We loved it. We are so grateful that you made it all possible. We still have no idea how you managed it, but it was the most beautiful wedding we have ever attended and we are so happy to be able to say that about our own ceremony!"
Louise and Christian XX
...Continue“Bernadette, I hope you have a well deserved summer break! I had lovely feedback from Paul and Alexandra and some of the renowned guests, about the wonderful ceremony and excellent efforts. It would be great to work together again in the future."
Elena x
"We just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thank you once again for conducting such a beautiful and poignant ceremony for us. Kind Regards."
Deborah and Martin
...Continue“I just wanted to say a huge thankyou to you for making our ceremony so special and amazing. Lots of love and thanks."
Michelle and Richard
“SUPERB Service THANK YOU!"
Andy
