Richard Birtchnell is The London Toastmaster
I was hired as event host and Toastmaster at the 2019 Construction Health & Safety Awards held at London’s Radisson Blu Portman, along with Hugh Dennis
Richard Birtchnell, aka The London Toastmaster, as acted as an event host, Toastmaster, Master of Ceremonies and MC for many years all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
I was fortunate enough to be hired as the event host and Master of Ceremonies for the 2019 Skytrax World Airports Awards held at Excel London.
Huge exhibition space in Docklands
Enthusiastic participation from the world’s media
Sunset on vapour trail
The London Toastmaster, Richard Birtchnell, as acted as an event moderator, Toastmaster, Master of Ceremonies and MC for many years all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
I acted as an event moderator for the Lycée Français Charity Fund Gala Dinner held at London’s InterContinental hotel. My fourth gig of the week
Richard Birtchnell, aka The London Toastmaster, as acted as an event moderator for many years all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
I’d like to give a shout-out to Givergy who operate the technology for silent auctions at charity events; always a pleasure to work with them.
I was at the Society of Old Friends Spring Dinner whose guest of honour is England and Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier. Fact: Whilst at Southampton he scored 209 goals from 540 appearances and out of 48 penalty attempts he scored 47! He’s now a Sky Sports pundit. Love my job.
The London Toastmaster and Master of Ceremonies, Richard Birtchnell, has years of experience working as an event host moderator and facilitator at events all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
Earlier in the year I was privileged to assist as an event moderator for The Sick Children’s Trust at their fundraising dinner held at London’s Café Royal.
With Dragons’ Den Touker Suleyman
Ornate original lobby décor
Nice mention in the official programme alongside charity auctioneer Lord Dalmeny.
The London Toastmaster and Master of Ceremonies, Richard Birtchnell, has years of experience working as an event host moderator and facilitator at events all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
Back in March of this year I enjoyed acting as Event Host Moderator & Facilitator at the Prestigious Star Awards Grand Ball held at London’s One Whitehall Place.
Awards are made to best venues and events throughout the world
Founders and hosts of the Prestigious Star Awards .. Habib Amir and Jessamie Dunton-Rose
‘Marlene’ aka Ulrike Storche entertained with foot juggling
Hosts presenting to best venue owners, operators and directors
With warm up band Fourplay and lead singer Chastity Belt
Elegant Viennese Waltzing to close the evening before the after-party
Richard Birtchell, The London Toastmaster, has years of experience working as an event host moderator and facilitator at events all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
I was in the City earlier in the year and acted as a City Toastmaster for the Billingsgate Ward Club Civic Luncheon held at Guildhall London. Not the black outfit instead the red tailcoat.
Richard Birtchell, The London Toastmaster, has years of experience working as a City Toastmaster at events all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
I was privileged to be acting as MC, Event Host Moderator & Facilitator at the Sino-British summit being held at the Dorchester hotel.
Just before starting proceedings as the event host.
300 delegates
Al Gore delivered a personal message
The London Toastmaster, Richard Birtchell, has years of experience working as a MC and Master of Ceremonies at corporate events all over London and Europe. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.
Earlier this year I acted as a wedding Toastmaster, MC and Master of Ceremonies at a Hindu wedding held at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms at Holborn in London. For my non-Asian friends, thought I would show the sequence of events which 300 guests would enjoy in a long day from 8am until 1am next day. Always such a privilege to participate.
It is a great honour to act as Toastmaster at beautiful ceremonies for the most elegant of clients at important, unrepeatable – and unrehearsed – events
The Grand Hall ready for 300 guests facing the mandap
It’s early morning; the groom arrives with his family and friends, (known as the ‘Jaan’) accompanied by dhol drummers to be greeted at the entrance by the bride’s family
With the dhol players
The groom has been brought to the mandap by the bride’s mother and the priest (pandit). The ceremony is about to begin.
The bride enters accompanied by her uncle, aunt and siblings. The 5,000-year old ceremony will now take an hour and a half at the mandap, conducted and chanted in Sanskrit by the pandit
After the ceremony, I will announce 31 groups of guests to be photographed at the mandap with the bride and groom. At about two minutes each, we are looking at one hour of calling, assembling, posing and disassembling.
Typical group could contain 25 guests
Ceremony and photography over, its time for lunch.
There’s a live painting being prepared in real time during the ceremony by artist Stephanie South
Bride shows me her artistic henna hands. This is traditional mehndi body art which would have been applied at her henna party a day or two before.
A game called ‘kodakodi’ where the bride and groom compete to find a ring in coloured liquid. Priest is the ’umpire’ while guests cheer for each side. Bride usually wins, by the way.
Bride and groom prepare to leave and she tearfully bids families goodbye (the Vidai) with her parents the most emotional. Symbolically she is leaving their house for the first time…. permanently.
Bride and groom make their way to the exit towards a limousine waiting to take them away… but they’ll be back later for the evening celebrations.
Guests come out to bid farewell
The priest places a coconut under the front wheel to be crushed by the tyre as the car moves off
The symbolic crushing of the coconut ensures a safe journey through married life
Guests attempt to ‘stop’ the car moving until ‘paid’ by the groom
The finished painting by Stephanie South on display at the evening reception
The cake will be cut as soon as the bride and groom enter the ballroom
The bride, being a pharmacist, has prepared favours in ‘prescription’ packaging – inside is a pill box with sweets in.
The bride, being a pharmacist, has prepared favours in ‘prescription’ packaging – inside is a pill box with sweets in.
Bride and groom feed each other pieces of cake after cutting it
5-year old performs a Bollywood dance to delight and entertain: 300 guests
Guests remain respectful during speeches and entertainment
First dance as a married couple. Then of course everybody joins in to the end… it’s been a long day.
Richard Birtchnell, The London Toastmaster, has years of experience working as an Asian wedding Toastmaster, MC and Master of Ceremonies at Asian Weddings all over London. Contact him on 020 7730 3725 to check his availability.