MEET OUR JUDGES
Our judges’ promise to the wedding industry.
Our judging panel at Your Scottish Wedding Awards will uphold the integrity and transparency of the competition to maintain its position as the supreme accolade of the Scottish wedding industry. All nominations will be checked and verified, and crosschecked with the Marriage register in Edinburgh. The judges’ decision will be solely based on the information received through nominations from bona fide wedding couples and the shortlisted nominee business submission.
Our panel has come together as a united front to judge our amazing industry with integrity and fairness. Our judges will not have sight of any company names or regions, so everything the judges see will be anonymous to ensure the integrity of the process.
Booking tickets for the event or advertising with Your Scottish Wedding will not mean you are shortlisted or will win. If you win, it’s because you are deemed the best in your field for that year according to your wedding couples and the judging panel.
Our Judges
Drew Rutherford
Director
Luxury Scottish Wedding Limited
Having been involved within the wedding industry for the last 7 years following a career spanning 15 years in the hospitality industry in both Scotland and the USA.
Former positions upheld include Membership & Events Manager of Scottish PA Network, Deputy General Manager for Scotland for MITIE Client Services for RBS and Event Sales for St Andrews Bay, Golf Resort & Spa.
Nicole Mitchell
Show Manager
Braehead Wedding Exhibition
WSS Media
Nicole has been involved in the wedding industry since 2013 running her own business ‘It’s the little things’. She has been part of WSS Media since 2015 helping build and run the brand – Braehead Wedding Exhibition. They have received many wedding awards over the years and Nicole took over the running of the event solely in 2022.
George Gilchrist-Grodnicki
Director
Edinburgh Wedding Directory
Having been involved in the wedding industry in one form or another since 2014, George took over the running of EWD in 2021.
Edinburgh Wedding Directory is an ever evolving local directory which helps wedding planning couples plan their wedding from start to finish all in one place.
Nikki Stokoe
Portfolio Director
The Scottish Wedding Show
QD Events
Nikki is the Portfolio Director for the Scottish Wedding Show, Scotland’s must-attend event for couples across the country who are planning a wedding. Having worked in event operations for 16 years, Nikki has recently moved across to head up the sales team. The team have been running the show for over 20 years and are experts in predicting wedding trends and adapting to the changing needs of brides and grooms to be.
Nikki has extensive experience in organising high profile, large trade exhibitions and conferences across retail, healthcare, construction, environmental, gaming, manufacturing, education, technology and transport sectors, and for the last 6 years within the wedding industry. Nikki has worked across numerous venues in the UK, Europe & USA however there is nowhere friendlier in the world than the Scottish Events Campus – as the famous saying goes – People Make Glasgow!
Tom Goodfellow
Founder
Luxury Scottish Wedding Limited
Having been involved within the wedding/hospitality industry from over 30 years in Scotland and New Zealand.
Former positions upheld include General Manager, Director of Sales & Marketing and National Account Manager for Academic to 5-star venues including SkyCity Auckland, The Edinburgh Conference Centre and Fairmont St Andrews.
Andrew Fraser
Event Manager
Razzmatazz Wedding Exhibition
Andrew is the Event Manager and Organiser of the Razzmatazz Wedding Exhibition with exhibitions being held throughout the Scottish Central Belt. Having been part of the Wedding Industry for over 10 years The RWE is the newest edition and has been running for over 3 years. In 2017 he embarked on returning to education and in 2021 gained a First Class Honours Degree in International Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier. The knowledge and experience from this was then put into creating The Razzmatazz Wedding Exhibition. Andrew received full membership to the Institute of Hospitality in 2023.
Michelle Fraser
Razzmatazz Wedding Exhibition
Michelle has been part of the wedding industry for over 13 years and has been awarded multiple industry and business awards during this period. Alongside her husband, Andrew, she has been part of the Razzmatazz Wedding Exhibition for the past 3 years since it was created in 2022. The RWE now has over 12 exhibitions throughout the year in multiple venues across the Scottish Central Belt.