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Food (and drink!) lovers rejoice as we have a gorgeous wedding up our sleeves for you today – James and Katherine’s foodie feast wedding at Brighton Pavilion and Ginger Pig gastro pub in nearby, Hove, East Sussex.
The Bedfordshire-based couple tied the knot in sunny Sussex, last September and wanted their big day to centre around “good food and drink”! Sounds like a winning formula to us.
Here’s gorgeous bride Katherine to dish all the details on her laid back, foodie fabulous wedding…
Y’know when sometimes you see a wedding and it just makes you smile. As in really, really, beam? Amanda and Sim’s fun and fabulous wedding at Brighton Registry Office and after-party (with pom-pom fight; yep, you did read that right!) at the Old Ship Hotel, on the seafront, is infectious!
The Hove-based couple, who are originally from ‘up north’, met whilst swing dancing and based their big day on which venue had the biggest dance floor – we just love their style.
Over to Amanda to talk half an hour hen dos, pom-pom making and that all-important first dance…
Sim proposed on New Year’s Day on the beach in Hove. It was a really windy and rainy day we were both wearing huge parka coats with hoods up, I could hardly hear what he was saying due to the noise of the sea, it was pretty dramatic!
Photography: Louise Griffin
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside and this ship-shape Sussex wedding takes in not one, but TWO of our fave Sussex south coast destinations – Brighton and Worthing!
Natalie and Ocean (fab name!) who live on a cool houseboat in Shoreham, had a Brighton Registry Office wedding and continued their celebrations down the coast at quirky West Sussex wedding venue Coast Café in Worthing!
Here’s gorgeous bride Natalie to steer us around her nautical Brighton and Worthing wedding…
Could you and would you trust your other half to plan your big day solo? Well, beautiful Brighton bride Rosa handed over the wedding planning reins to her hubby-to-be Harry for our fave BBC Three show; Don’t Tell The Bride!
For those of you that didn’t see the show, the bride who originally wanted an elegant stately home wedding with vintage touches instead was treated to a colour-explosion Brighton Pavilion wedding with Bollywood dancing, a curry buffet, oh and parading through the busy streets of Brighton on a mechanical elephant. And yes; it looks as amazing as it sounds! It wasn’t just a random theme though, Harry wanted to recreate the magic of their Goa engagement and love of India…
Here’s Rosa and hero hubby Harry to talk wedding planning in three weeks, being on TV and bringing Bollywood to Brighton!
Harry, did you think wedding planning was going to be easy?!
I knew it was going to be hard and stressful.
What was the hardest part of filming?
Rosa: Having to repeat stuff over and over again. I’m not an actor! I can’t make it sound good! People have seen it and said “you don’t normally talk like that” It’s because I had to repeat reactions and repeat scenes over and over again.
Rosa, did you have any idea that you’d be having a Bollywood wedding?
Not a clue! We had already planned to have a vintage festival wedding with afternoon tea and everything for that was booked for next year. So, this was totally not on the cards!
Harry, what were your most WOW factor big day buys?
The Elephant! It was the biggest impact of the whole day. Saris for everyone, my groomsmens’ clothes, the holi powder for the beach powder fight, material for the bar, loads of things!
Your ceremony at Brighton Pavilion was amazing! Why did you decide to have a Hindu ceremony?
Harry: I felt that the sentiments read by the Hindu celebrant echoed our commitment and feelings for each other (with the help from a lovely translator). I believe words from any source can carry personal meanings, regardless of how you identify yourself.
The best part of the experience was….
Rosa: Getting married!
Harry: The ceremony was awesome but the procession on the elephant through Brighton was amazing.
The hardest thing about planning had to be…
Harry: The timescale was pretty stressfull. You’re in such a rush and you just have to know what you’re doing. You have a set budget and a day to do a million things.
My advice for brides and grooms to be are…
Rosa: Don’t put too much pressure on the wedding and stress yourself out about it, and remember that the actual act of getting married is more important.
Photo: Neil Shaw
Hiya! Welcome to WOW Our Wedding Sussex – a brand new wedding blog, incorporating cool, quirky and WOW factor weddings from across Sussex.
We’re really excited to be sharing real weddings from all over East and West Sussex including: Brighton, Worthing, Chichester and Lewes to provide local inspiration and WOW-worthy wedding suppliers for your Sussex big day!
Above is a sneaky peek of a stunner of a Sussex wedding coming soon (captured by Neil Shaw), but until then, don’t forget to check out our national and overseas weddings for further dream day inspiration and our wedding supplier directory, packed with need-to-know about suppliers from Sussex and beyond!
If you’re a Sussex wedding photographer or provide Sussex wedding services, we want to hear from you! We’re currently on the look-out for swoon-worthy local weddings to feature, so please get in touch to find out more! If you would like to add your local wedding services to our directory have a look-see here…
