The Wedding of Zoe and Paul - Friday 2nd December 2011

In May of this year Paul Cook and Zoe Alexander chose premier wedding venue, The Great Hall at Mains, to host their nuptials.

Keen to keep their day relaxed and informal, Paul and Zoe arranged for guests to arrive at The Great Hall by late afternoon for a dusk ceremony. Creative Cover Hire had prepared ivory chairs with dusky pink sashes, and chandelier drapes with matching dusky pink accents and fairy lights.

Candelabra arrangements stood tall on pedestals at the entrance to the ceremony area, whilst the black carpeted aisle was meticulously lined with votives and pink and ivory petals. Jane and Jason Thompson of Flower Design are renowned for their attention to detail and today was no exception – look at the fabulous arrangement designed for the registrar table.

Flower Design also provided these stylish lanterns to stand by the terrace doors, as well as miniature arrangements to accent the chairs lining the aisle.

Groom Paul and best man Andrew showed not a hint of nerves as they strode through our doors. Buttonholes were attached; speeches and readings rehearsed and, before long, it was time for us all to take up our positions in anticipation of the bride.

The bride, Zoe, arrived in a white Rolls Royce with her brother Stuart and bridesmaid Rebecca.

Rebecca looked absolutely stunning in her Ted Baker dress as she led the way down the aisle, followed by Zoe and Stuart.

The new Mr and Mrs Cook!

Guests were treated to a bucks fizz and canapé reception served by Twelve Event Management, whilst the awesome Calvin Henry entertained. Canapés included hot shots of butternut squash soup, tomato and basil bruschetta and chicken skewers roasted in hoi sin sauce, yummy!

The table centrepieces for the reception had also been designed by Flower Design and complemented our stunning wedding venue perfectly.

One of our resident DJ’s, Rick Porter of Camscott Leisure, called guests to the dance floor for the official cake cutting ceremony.

Mr and Mrs Cook then took to the floor for their first dance, to Take That’s ‘Greatest Day’.

Now, The Great Hall at Mains team know how to keep a secret, so when Paul told us that he had arranged for the biggest boy band EVER to pop in for a boogie we couldn’t wait. Mark, Gary, Howard, Jason and Robbie, aka Take That, were more than happy to pose for snaps before storming the dancefloor.

After much partying it was time to say goodbye to Paul and Zoe, who chose to spend their first married night at The Shard Riverside Inn. 

Many congratulations to Mr and Mrs Cook from all the team at The Great Hall at Mains, we hope you have a fabulous honeymoon in St Lucia!