Yuppiechef (@yuppiechef) - Wedding Registry Rulers. Fiona Hilton is the lady in charge of South Africa's most extensive Wedding Registry - Yuppiechef. From small beginnings to being the last word in Wedding Gifting, Fiona takes us through everything you need to know about wedding registries.
Topics discussed • How Yuppiechef was started • How Fiona joined Yuppiechef • How products make it from supplier to listed product • How Yuppiechef merged kitchen products with the wedding market • The pros of having an online wedding registry • How Yuppiechef bridges the gap between online shopping and tactile perception of products • Popular items to add to your registry • Most popular items guests buy from a registry • Average spend per guest • How double purchases are prevented • When your gifts are delivered • Cost saving tips • How much you should add to the registry • Must have items on your registry
Weekly discovery BrandRocket is South Africa’s newest technological offering to the wedding industry. Think about the convenience of an instant photo booth, with the hipster, millennial use of hashtags and Instagram – and you get Instabooth! An instant printer that uses the hashtag you give your guests to use, which will print a polaroid-like photo the instant the image is posted to social media – what a fabulous way to entertain your guests and get extra behind the scenes memories of your wedding day!
Important links: • Yuppiechef Registry • Le Creuset • Big Green Egg • KitchenAid • Wüsthoff • Terry Lustre Towels • Rustenburg • Ella's Kitchen • Yuppiechef Cooking School • Global • Mode Fridge Monkey • Simmer Mat • Nutribullet • Nespresso
People mentioned: • Luke Dale Roberts • Pete Goffe-Wood (@PeteGW) • Franck Dangereux • Sarah Graham • Kamini Pather
Next Week's Episode: Tracy Branford (@EventsTrunk) is the Cape Town Wedding Planning Whizzkid – our go-to resource for all wedding planning questions. She advises us on flowers, decor, lighting, wedding favours and stationery in the second of our three-part Wedding Planning Advice series.
Guests in upcoming episodes of the Pink Book Wedding Podcast: • Tracy Branford (@EventsTrunk) - Wedding Planning Whizzkid • Jaco van Loggerenberg - Debonair Drinks Mogul
If you have any questions on today's podcast or you want to ask Fiona Hilton a specific question, please leave them in the comments section of the blog and we’ll be glad to help and find some answers, even discussing them in upcoming podcasts.