Nearlywed NEWS

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To Dine For

The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland has awarded The Tudor Pass at Great Fosters a coveted star. This is a tremendous achievement as The Tudor Pass only opened in September 2022, it’s highly unusual for the Michelin Guide to award a star so soon after opening, but it reflects head chef Alex Payne and his team’s talent, dedication and passion.

Born in Egham and raised less than a mile from the hotel, Alex joined Great Fosters last September to launch The Tudor Pass, an intimate, gastronomic restaurant with only seven tables and open Wednesday to Saturday for both lunch and dinner.

Alex and his team explain and serve many of the dishes directly to diners to bring some of the excitement and theatre of the pass into the restaurant giving a truly unique experience for guests.

Alex adds, “I’m thrilled for the whole team that Michelin has recognised our small restaurant and look forward to welcoming clients both old and new to The Tudor Pass in the coming months. It’s such an honour to be recognised in this way and this award will definitely spur us on to achieve even greater things.”

Visit https://alexanderhotels.co.uk/great-fosters

New Launch

Coppa Club has launched The Townhouse Guildford, Surrey’s third location for the Coppa Club Group. The Guildford Townhouse has the same club-ethos as the other venues with all-day dining, co-working, drinking and socialising all under one roof. Located on Guildford’s bustling high street, in the iconic and locally loved Burton’s building, its set across three floors with a home away from home layout. Each floor of the townhouse has its own distinct palette and feel, created by award-winning interior designers, Run For The Hills. The interiors are stylish, laid-back and welcoming; a light, fresh and vibrant scheme on the ground floor, the brasserie has soft warm tones, and there are deeper, dynamic shades on the top floor. The interiors are designed to morph seamlessly throughout the day from light mornings to laid-back afternoons and from dusky evenings to atmospheric nights.

Wedding Venue Opening

Pyrford Lakes, operated by Get Golfing, has just completed a major refurbishment of its clubhouse, and is set to become one of the most exciting new event venues in Surrey.

With a complete clubhouse rebuild, Pyrford now offers a fantastic new Lakeview Suite and stunning outdoor patio area, capable of hosting 200 or more guests throughout. In addition, the new west-facing terrace offers picturesque views across the lakes, that give Pyrford its name, and the golf course. Located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, there’s no shortage of breathtaking views to accompany the new interior.

Pyrford is fully licensed for all types of events including weddings both indoor and outdoor. This includes its new purpose-built pergola, which provides the opportunity to get married outside in front of the stunning lakes.

With ample on-site parking, customisable event spaces as well as indoor and outdoor offerings, there really is nowhere more exciting than Pyrford Lakes right now.

Visit www.pyrfordgolf.co.uk/venue/weddings

The ground floor is a café, bar and workspace, with a ‘snug’ lounge area perfect for working from, catching up with friends, or simply relaxing. The middle floor features a brasserie and private dining space, with the brasserie open seven-days a week with all-day dining options, serving everything from brunch and lunch through to late-night dining. Upstairs on the top floor, guests will find a destination cocktail bar with its own carefully-designed cocktail list, curated by Coppa Clubs in-house mixologists. The menu will reflect the seasons, featuring an exciting range of cocktails from unique takes on the classics through to the bar’s own mixes.

Check out www.coppaclub.co.uk/the-guildford-townhouse

DON’T MISS THIS OFFER

Based in Sutton, photographers and videographers irockvisuals has an offer our readers aren’t going to want to miss!

For any couples looking for wedding photography or videography for October, November or December 2023 dates, you can receive 30 per cent off irockvisuals’ all-day package prices.

Visit www.irockvisuals.com now!

PRE-WEDDING TLC

If the wedding planning has taken its toll, as exciting as it is, it can be a little overwhelming, where you lose sight of who you are and why you’re getting married! Surrey celebrant Helen Noble and bridal coach Vicci Massey have created the ‘Healthy Wedding Success’ course to see you through the planning, the wedding and beyond – here’s to a happy marriage!

Helen adds, “You love them, but life and wedding planning is taking over, and you really want to go back to basics, feel the love again rather than the list, and be romantic for a moment rather than efficient! Well, I’m delighted to tell you that there's a solution. A place where you and your partner can come together outside of the hustle and bustle and the opinions of friends and family. A place where you reconnect about what marriage means to you both and to get all loved up again.”

BEE-AUTIFUL

Bee Friends is a small family-run honey bee farm in the Surrey Hills. If you’re considering a more organic and eco-friendly wedding, the company now offer small beeswax candles and honey pots for favors, or tall tapered beeswax candles for your ceremony or reception. All are handmade in small batches, the candles are non-toxic and don’t emit soot and its honey is raw, natural and delicious!

Pop over to www.beefriends.org.uk for more information.

Taking place in the County Club at the top of Guildford’s high street on a Saturday, it provides a safe space of excitement, romance, connection and marriage talk.

Find out more: https://helen-noble.co.uk

LET ME TAKE YOU FROM THE WORRY OF THE CEREMONY, TO THE WONDER!

You think you are sorted, but then you realise you are walking into a room for the first time having had no rehearsal, you haven’t met the registrar, and you don’t know where to stand or what you have to say! Your anxiety is having a field day and you feel sick at the thought. STOP! There is another way. CELEBRANT LED CEREMONY. Feel empowered and inspired that you will own your ceremony, and it will be, like you, one-of-a-kind. You can have total control over what I shall be saying AND you can write what you want to say! I will GIVE you a rehearsal so you know what to do, when and where! I will guide you, steer you away from the failure of a bland forgettable ceremony, and I shall create a ceremony that stays with you and your guests forever - making your ceremony go from a worry to wonderful!

Call me or head to my website for a wedding that will last a life time. I’m so excited to meet you, let’s get creating and styling your ceremony - a wedding should be personalised; Lets go above and beyond and make it bespoke!

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