The French Connection - Wedding & Marriage Celebrant Newcastle

Mel captured our story and the 'mood' we were hoping to set beautifully. She was delightful to liaise with, always so professional and warm. Her ability to say parts of the ceremony in French was just wonderful for my French-speaking family.

Mel was our celebrant for our intimate French/English ceremony of just 10 family members yet Mel felt like part of the family. She made us feel so comfortable and the love and attention she puts into the process from beginning to end is beyond! I’m so grateful she was apart of our day could not recommend her enough

Mel did an amazing job with our ceremony and really helped us achieve the right tone for the day. We had many comments from friends and family of how good the ceremony was and how excellent Mel was as celebrant.

Most importantly for us the work Mel did in guiding us through the process of marriage made her indispensable to us.

We spoke to 6 celebrants trying to find one that suited us and she was the only one that stepped us through the process. An absolute gem.

We can’t say enough wonderful things about Mel! From day 1 she was absolutely amazing with communicating with us and letting us know all the important information leading up to the day. We had no idea how anything worked and she was so patient, making sure it all ran smoothly and exactly how we were hoping. She is the loveliest person and we’re super grateful to have had her at the wedding. Thanks Mel!

Mel did an amazing job in delivering an fantastic ceremony. She was very understanding of our needs, and flexible in her approach - both leading up to the day, and even making last minute changes on the fly as the weather closed in! Thank you, Mel.

Mel was a dream to work with from our very first meeting. She created a bespoke and beautifully romantic ceremony. Cannot recommend her highly enough.

We are so lucky to have had Mel at our wedding. She was supportive, organised and efficient during the entire process. The ceremony was really personalised and our guests all gave raving reviews. Thank you Mel for all your guidance during the process and your fabulous service on the day, we loved having you! Jac and Cait

Mel from the French Connection stepped in for us when our original Celebrant wasn't able to make it and she was exceptional with the way that she introduced herself and made us feel comfortable. Mel was great and knowing what would work in the ceremony and how the program would come together. Mel accommodated all our request and also worked with us so that the ceremony would flow. We were married in the 2022 Hunter Valley floods and this meant that Mel had to drop everything and come to the venue early without knowing if she would get home that night. When she arrived Mel was also a very calming influence on our day and took the focus off what was happening and allowed us to get on and enjoy the day. We really can't thank her enough as a lovely person and an excellent celebrant.

Melissa was an amazing celebrant-she did a wonderful job at the ceremony-she was so calm, eloquent, made a personal story about us, made everything so easy for us-we even got paragraphs top choose for the reading- excellent communication, personal touches, did a rehearsal, told us exactly what had to be done, came to the house to meet us with Jam she had made (how amazing is that), we loved her and so did Fudge our pup-couldn't ask for better service -would highly recommend

Mel was funny, kind, warm and everything we wanted from a celebrant on our day. She was always available to answer any questions leading up to our wedding, guided us through the ceremony effortlessly and kept in touch after to make sure we had everything we needed when we became husband and wife. Couldn't recommend her more!

Mel is a very wonderful person, always willing to support and help us. Everything went absolutely perfect. From the bottom of my heart, my wife and I are grateful for what Mel has done for us.

Mel has been the most beautiful celebrant we were dreaming of.
Her professionalism, her passion, her flexibility, her devotion, her communication but also her knowledge and experience, and much more. It was just perfect.
She is simple and direct and that’s what we loved the most.
Our wedding was in french and English and the work she did and the speech was what we wanted to look like.
As soon as the ceremony was finished, everyone congratulated us and did mentioned that the celebrant was amazing, all of them!
We definitely highly recommend anyone looking for what we think the best should contact Mel.
We are happy to share photos or experience if needed, you can message me.
Mel, you take part of our love story and life forever, thank you, with Love, Laura and Alexandre. ️

Mel did a great job handling our multi-lingual wedding. From the initial preparations to all the post-wedding paperwork, she was friendly, efficient, and very professional. Highly recommend her!

Mel was our celebrant on the 16 March 2019 and we could not of asked for a better Celebrant. She was very accommodating to our requests and created a ceremony that was very personal to us. I highly recommend using Mel for a Celebrant.

Thank you Mel for making our wedding ceremony truly special and perfect and exactly what we wanted! You were just a dream to work with, you really listened to us and made the whole experience such a breeze. Thank you for making us feel so at ease and being a part of our special day.

We can’t recommend Mel enough! She officiated at our wedding and it was just perfect.
Her communication was smooth from the beginning, she understood straight away the kind of ceremony we were thinking of and helped us create the atmosphere we wanted.
We are both French so it was great for us to have a celebrant who speaks French as well.
All of our guests said Mel was awesome as a celebrant and we personally were touched by her kindness and simplicity.
Thanks again you Mel!