Wrapit announces winners of Wedding Industry Awards at West End champagne reception

Over 300 people from the wedding industry gathered together this week at the first ever Wrapit Wedding Industry Awards, in association with Condé Nast Brides and Wedgwood.

The glamorous Awards ceremony and champagne reception took place at The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Portland Place, W1 on the evening of Tuesday 20th February 2007 with Kate Garraway of GMTV fame announcing the winners.

Pepita Diamand, Wrapit’s founder and retail director, says: “I am thrilled with the success of the first Wrapit Wedding Industry Awards. We have had a fabulous response - the quality of the entries was extremely high and customers voted in the thousands. It was great to be able to chat to so many people in our industry and get them all under one roof at the Awards ceremony.”

The WINNERS in each category are:

BRIDAL DRESS RETAILER
Miss Bush Bridalwear

BRIDAL DRESS DESIGNER
Jenny Packham

BRIDAL ACCESSORIES
Emmy

WEDDING VENUE
The Bingham

WEDDING PLANNER
The Bespoke Wedding Company

FLORIST
Sonning Flowers

PHOTOGRAPHER
Damian Bailey Photography

WEDDING CAKE
Peggy Porschen

WEDDING STATIONERY
Lollipop Designs

WEDDING CATERER
The Admirable Crichton

HAIR & BEAUTY
Deborah Dowgiel

Winners of the Wedding Planner category, Britt Armstrong Gash and Kelly Chandler of The Bespoke Wedding Company: “We would like to say a huge thank you to Wrapit for finally founding awards that recognise all the sweat, blood and tears that we, as an industry, put into each and every wedding.”

The Wrapit Wedding Industry Awards 2008 will be nationwide giving wedding suppliers throughout England the opportunity to enter.

Details of the 2008 Awards will be available from early summer and those wishing to receive information should email wrapitawards@wrapit.co.uk with their name, email address and address.

To find out more about the winners, visit: www.wrapitawards.co.uk.