After University, I spent 5 years cooking and waitressing in London. My heart has always been in the Arts both in Design and in food, drink and entertainment. Moving back to Hampshire I continued my hospitality roles and then enjoyed a 10-year career in Broadcast Graphic Design. An unexpected redundancy lead to World travels and a chapter combining both my passion for entertaining and my television experience, emerged. I made bespoke ‘This is your life’ films for charismatic and high achieving personalities.

From this avenue and through my relation William Bartholomew (WBPO) I met Nicky Sherlock from Sherlock Parties and started mixing with two of the finest party planners in the industry. I learnt how to elaborate from organizing a small dinner party at home to converting a marquee in the middle of a muddy field into a Cartoon world of Roald Dahl adventures. Nicky gave me the courage to serve David Cameron and taught me the difference between a tempura and a teepee. My tea lights became candelabras and I was taught to never accept biscuits or wear sunglasses when meeting a client!

I married a sailor and am now based in the sailing village of Hamble on the South Coast.  I took some time out having my 3 children and in the meantime, I have been working for friends and family and a few of my long-standing clients. With my youngest now going to Nursery I am looking forward to working for myself and developing my company Baroc Events into a successful and first-class Party Planning and Events Business. I’m learning to be tech savvy, and still prefer a fountain pen written letter on Symthson paper falling through my letterbox to a hashtag and a facetime call and I’ll always prefer people to spreadsheets. Luckily though being in my mid 40’s I like to think I’m old enough for the wise and trendy enough for the young.

From Christenings and children’s tea parties to 90th Birthday Parties and Funeral wakes, I can organize Bar Mitzvahs, 18th’s, 21st’s, Weekends away, Weddings, Shooting, Sailing and motor boat cruises and sporting trips and will even put up a marquee in a warehouse for your Corporate party. I will make your occasion very special for you and I will hold your hand and take away all the stress so that you enjoy the lead up to the party itself and make sure it runs like clockwork so that everyone talks about it for years to come.

I believe I learnt from the best and my friend’s tell me hosting is in my genes. Seeing people together, eating, drinking, talking, laughing and dancing makes me feel so happy and fulfilled and I believe I will organize and deliver a party of whatever size, theme or calibre that fits your imagination and your budget. I can hire in a fairground wheel or pick wild flowers from the hedgerow. I’m there to help not to overtake (unless you want me to!) It’s your party and let me give you confidence to push that boat out a tiny bit further….