CATERING + DRINKS

Cater London ★★★★★

Cater London provide gourmet food and drinks for 70% of our weddings and events so they are a trusted catering partner of Shoreditch London. Create your own menu or choose from a range of 2-course meals, 3-course meals, sharing platters, bowl foods or street food menus. 

Ask about Cater's one stop service covering everything you need for your wedding day. A gourmet food and drinks package, service staff, bar staff, hire and set-up of your wedding furniture and on-the-day wedding management.

Read our Q&A with Cater London

Contact the team Ellen, Emily & Greg
Email: weddings@caterlondon.co.uk
Phone: 0772 533 7661

Grape & Fig offer a great selection of affordable gourmet grazing platters. Choose from a selection of cheese & charcuterie platters or healthy and seasonal fruit or vegetable platters. They also have a great range of stuffed bagels, sourdough baguettes and for something sweet, cookies and mini crodoughs.

Email: orders@grapeandfig.com
Phone: 0170 836 1690

CURA LONDON

Cura London are members of the Sustainable Restaurant Association which means all their food is sourced from sustainable and ethical suppliers like Harvest London. Cura offer full service catering with a great selection seasonal menus, canapés, sharing platters and mains.

Email: hello@curalondon.co.uk
Phone: 0773 413 0659

LATE NIGHT FOOD

PIZZAS

There are many great local pizzarias in Shoreditch. Perfect for late night food or a main meal on a budget. Here are some of our favourites.

Brick Lane Beigel Bake has been baking arguably London’s favourite beigels since 1974. Choose from the Brick Lane classic salted beef, salmon cream cheese, mixed platters or buy a bag of 50 plain beigel’s and fillings (pot of hummus, tuna, creme cheese) so guests can make their own.

The online shop also sells sausage rolls, apple danish, doughnuts and other desserts.

BYO DRINKS SUPPLIERS

DESSERTS

Rinkoff
Bakery

★★★★★

Ever eaten a Rinkoff crodough? Soooo good!!!

Debs Rinkoff hosted her wedding at Shoreditch Studios. Rinkoff desserts were already a Shoreditch wedding favourite.

info@rinkoffbakery.co.uk
0207 791 4909

FROMAGERIES

Highbury / Marylebone / Bloomsbury

events@lafromagerie.co.uk
0207 242 1044

MIDDLE LANE MARKET

★★★★★


226 Middle Lane, N8 7LA

howdy@middlelanemarket.com
0208 348 7598

CIVIL CEREMONY REGISTRARS

CIVIL CEREMONY

Planning to get legally married in our venues? Book your civil ceremony registrar through Hackney Council by submitting a registrar booking form.

HUMANIST CELEBRANTS

If you are planning on hosting a humanist ceremony you can either get a friend to host your wedding ceremony or hire a celebrant. Here is a list of all certified London celebrants.

WEDDING PLANNER + WEDDING DAY MANAGEMENT

HALCYON HALCYON

★★★★★

Jayne & Andi Quinn Clawson
hello@halcyonhalcyon.com
0783 554 5820

IMPORTANT - If you are chatting to a wedding planner, please let us know who you are considering before you book them. Not all wedding planners are experienced at working in dry hire venues, even if they say they are.

Once you book a wedding planner, please introduce us to them so we can discuss your wedding suppliers, venue set up plans, logistics and venue rules.

WEDDING PLANNING TIPS

WEDDING DJS

DJ AfromuZa
★★★★★

DJ agency
Club, Pop & Commercial Dance
bookings@storm-djs.com
0208 088 8979

DJ agency
Club, Pop & Commercial Dance
info@weddingsmashers.com
0203 488 3284

WEDDING BANDS + MUSICIANS

DAS Brass

Soul, swing, jazz & pop.
12 different bands available.
mike@downforthecount.co.uk
0785 548 8462

THE FUNCTION BAND

Pop, karaoke (£££££ expensive)
info@thefunction.band

Pop punk, college rock
0800 564 2240

See more London wedding DJs, bands and musicians via Alive Network, FixTheMusic, Entertainment Nation, Tailored Entertainment or The Wedding Music Company.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

IMPORTANT DECISION!!

Before hiring your wedding photographer, we highly recommend taking a look at our ★★★★★ photographers and recommended photographers below.

A photographer with 3-5 years experience will charge around £1800 to £2000.
A photographer with 6-10+ years experience will cost between £2000 to £3500.

Be wary of ‘award winning’ photographers or any photographer who claims to have shot in our venues before but cant prove it. Many industry awards are based on paid submissions, not quality. On several occasions couple have booked a ‘popular-on-Instagram’ photographer and received poor quality photos.

TOP TIP - Ask to see several full photo albums from weddings they have shot to get a clearer picture of their style, strengths and weaknesses.

Need some help? Book a Zoom chat to discuss your photographer shortlist including any wedding photographers not on our recommended list.

REBECCA REES
PHOTOGRAPHY

WEDDING FILMS

This Modern Revelry ★★★★★
Laura & Alan
Email: info@thismodernrevelry.com

PHOTO BOOTHS

FLORISTS

BirkSin
★★★★★

CONFETTI + SMOKE GRENADES

We prefer natural or biodegradable confetti in our venues.

PET CHAPERONE

THE BARKING BEAR

Pet chaperone

jodie@thebarkingbear.co.uk
0793 051 5066

FURNITURE + DECOR + CHUPPAH + LIGHTING

We don’t have furniture on site in our venues so all ceremony and reception furniture needs to be hired in.

Most full service caterers will bring (or hire) and set up your furniture. If your caterer doesn’t provide furniture, book it via our recommended furniture supplier Ya Hire and ask your caterer to set it up for you.

On the day delivery and collection needs to be arranged with your furniture supplier too as we don’t have room to store it on site before or after your wedding.

We can help with your furniture booking too, just ask our team. If you don’t hire from Ya Hire, please let us know which furniture supplier you are working with so we can make sure your furniture supplier has everything covered for you.

Cater London’s one stop service includes furniture, food, drinks, bar, staff and a day manager.

weddings@caterlondon.co.uk
0772 533 7661

CHUPPAH + DECOR

info@thehappychuppahpeople.com
07850 959 145

Drapes + Decor

LIGHTING

Lighting Shoreditch Studios or Kachette is very important to create the perfect atmosphere for your wedding ceremony, reception and party.

This is why we have teamed up with two lighting partners KSS and Fusion to create lighting packages.

Lighting can be booked directly through Shoreditch London. Email John to book a lighting chat.

KSS
★★★★★

Lighting + Audio Visual

KSS lighting packages are booked via John.

Download a brochure here

CUSTOM SIGNS + NEONS + WALL STICKERS

Custom Neons, Banners + Signs

STATIONARY, GIFTS & TABLE TOPPERS

Invitations, Save The Date

Amy Fraser-Jones
info@allmyyears.co.uk

Handmade invites, decor & gifts

Gift registry for funding your honeymoon, managing gift list or collecting cash gifts

Vinyl table decor & place settings
hello@sevensandtwelves.co.uk

Cheap printing for invitations + menus + place cards

0800 496 0357 

SECONDHAND WEDDING MARKETPLACE

Why buy new when there are loads of great deals on second hand wedding goods and wedding attire. Here are some convenient marketplace links to get you started.

EBAY

Facebook Marketplace

Rock My Wedding Secondhand Marketplace ★★★★★

Plan to sell your wedding dress, wedding suit or unwanted decor after your wedding? Let us know and we can link to it here.

TRANSPORT + BUS HIRE

BOOK A CLASSIC

Car hire or Chauffeured

PARKING

There is no on-site parking during weddings or events. Cars can be parked in the venue courtyards during setup and loading but the courtyards need to be clear before guests arrive.

The closest carpark to both venues is the 24 hour Euro Car Parks located at 162-167 Shoreditch High Street. This is also the site of the pop up food court Urban Food Fest which is open for a couple of months a year so please check Urban Food Fest dates to see if the car park will be open.

There are several other car parks within a 4 minute walk of both venues and great public transport services in Shoreditch including 24 hour buses and taxi ranks.

ACCOMMODATION

There are over 50 hotels in Shoreditch. Many are walking distance from our venues. Here is a selection of our favourites. The Hoxton, Hart, Nobu or 100 Shoreditch are popular with couples. Hotels are rated by UK hotel star rating.

100 Shoreditch ★★★★

(Formerly Ace Hotel)
100 Shoreditch High St, E1 6JQ
From £289
0207 613 9800

CitizenM Shoreditch ★★★★

6 Holywell Ln, EC2A 3ET0
From £114
0203 519 4840

The Curtain ★★★★★

45 Curtain Rd, EC2A 3PT
From £199
0203 146 4545

10-20 Kingsland Road, E2 8DA
From £46
0207 613 2784

61 Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HU
From £270
020 3995 3655

The Hoxton ★★★★

81 Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HU
From £154
0207 550 1000

Montcalm East ★★★★★

151-157 City Rd, EC1V 1JH
From £149
0203 837 3000

Soho House ★★★★

25-27 Whitby Street, E1 6JU0
From £300
0203 819 8180

10-50 Willow St, EC2A 4BH
From £205
020 7683 1200

WEDDING ATTIRE

ANDREA HAWKES

Dresses

UK Stockists

Dresses

154 Brompton Road,
London SW3 1HX

0207 590 9120

Heels

18 Park Walk, Chelsea,
SW10 0AQ London

0749 478 3127

Dresses

No.10 Woburn Walk,
Bloomsbury,
London, WC1H-0JL

0203 441 8894

Suits

Store Finder

WEDDING INSURANCE

We require all weddings to have public liability insurance, with a minimum of £2 million cover.

It is up to you if you wish to take out full wedding insurance to cover cancellation, loss or damage. The average cost for wedding Public Liability Insurance is around £200-£250. The price may vary based on opening hours, number of guests attending or which insurer you take out a policy with. Please read the terms of each insurer before agreeing to a policy.

Documentation for your public liability insurance must be given to the venue at least a week before your wedding date. Some insurers take a few weeks to get a policy quoted and confirmed so we recommend applying for it a couple of months before your wedding date. You can use a site like Compare Wedding Insurance or ask your home insurance company for a one off event or wedding public liability policy. Please ask John you have any questions.


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