Toastmaster John Ashmele FGPT

Not only was John an excellent Toastmaster at our wedding day, he was a great support throughout the strange times we currently live in. We had to postpone our wedding date twice before finally tying the knot in June 2021! With constant changes to Covid-19 restrictions and rules, John helped us to organise and offered great advice. From our perspective (and of our guests) the wedding was AMAZING and everything ran so smoothly! We highly recommend John; he’s an utter professional and gentleman. We wish you all the best, John, and a huge thank you for everything!

From my point of view, the wedding was a huge success! Everything happened on time, all the guests knew what was going on, and all the staff seemed to work seamlessly. Just the fact that Ali and I did not have to worry about anything during the day meant that you did your job superbly. Do you remember when we first met at The Alban Arena and you asked me if I knew what you did, and I responded with “you make weddings work”; you made ours work! It was a relaxed wedding, but you gave it a sense of occasion and helped everything run smoothly and to time so thank you for all your hard work on the day. There were no problems, no hiccups, and no delays! As you know, I’ve worked at my fair share of weddings for many years now and it’s very rare for that to happen! We received your letter and thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot that you liked the speeches, particularly as you must hear a lot of them in your line of work! We all worked very hard on them so it’s great to hear that they came across well. Once again, thank you for all your work for our wedding, and you contributed immensely to the fond memories we will always have of the day. Take care, John, and may you long be taking care of other couples on their special day as you did with ours. Toby & Ali, The Barn at Alswick, Herts.

We hadn’t thought of employing the services of a Toastmaster for our wedding prior to meeting John, but are very glad we did enlist his services for our big day. From our initial meeting at a wedding fayre to our subsequent planning meetings and emails, it quickly became clear that John would provide a calm and reassuring presence on the day to make sure that everything went to plan. Our wedding day went off without a hitch, and John was on hand from a couple of hours prior to the ceremony until well into the evening reception to help guide us and our guests, and iron out any little issues to ensure the day was as fabulous as we had hoped. To anyone who hasn’t realised the importance of the role of the Toastmaster in a wedding, I would urge them to think of having to try and organise your wedding day while having to play host to your guests and enjoy your day itself. John is professional and has a gentlemanly grace of a bygone era, and is calmness personified. We would of course highly recommend him to any wedding party. Rick & Charlotte, Chartridge Lodge, Bucks.

We found john to be very professional and friendly, he controlled the crowd very well, kept the wedding to schedule, worked well with hotel staff to ensure our special day was perfect. His own personal toast to us was very heart warming and was commented on by some of our guests as being very emotional. John also liaised with us on the day, guiding us on toasts, gifts and speeches. I would highly recommend this gentleman to anyone having a wedding as our day was perfect and we will be recommending him to our family’s up-coming weddings. John – thank you so much for your services on the day.

Thank you, John, for acting as Master of Ceremonies / Toastmaster at our wedding. You brought structure and organisation to our day leaving nothing for us or our guests to worry about. Thank you also for your suggestions around etiquette and traditions which we would have otherwise overlooked. Many of our guests have complimented ‘the Toastmaster’ since the big day and we would recommend you to friends and family for future events.

Thank you for acting as Toastmaster at our wedding; the day went smoothly and without stress, thanks in no small part to the service you provided. Thank you also for helping us to organise the day, with your advice around tradition, etiquette, and timings. Having a toastmaster was absolutely the right decision for us to make, and I would be happy to recommend you to friends, family, and anyone who is getting married.

Thank you so much, John, for facilitating our packed wedding day schedule. It was a huge relief knowing that our itinerary was being left in your capable hands. From our preliminary chats, you reassured us of your expertise through your calm nature, traditional etiquette, and the time you invested in us. It was refreshing to see such passion for preserving the traditional role of a Toastmaster. For our fusion Indian/English wedding reception – uniting different cultures – it made perfect sense for us to draw on your services and it was a vital role on the day. Thank you for taking great care of us on our special day John. Dale and I would highly recommend John if you are in need of a calm and confident gentleman with clear wisdom and experience. Anni & Dale, Heatherden Hall, Bucks.

John’s role as Toastmaster was fundamental to the smooth running of our wedding day. Immediately from the start John demonstrated a great attention to detail and liaised with all the relevant personnel to ensure each stage of the day went according to plan. John was knowledgeable, approachable and accommodating to our requests, and his obvious pride in his role assured us that we could leave the day in his capable hands.