Stories, guides & honest advice from The Wedding Academy.
Earlier this month in Academy Student of the Month Returns for 2017 I spoke about why we love to introduce you to a Student each month and I shared the
We have some great topics in store for you this week on our Academy Facebook Live, this Thursday at 1pm local time. These live sessions with the tutors give you
Today we are featuring the second in our series of student interviews we conducted at our UK studio as part of our International Wedding Trend Report. As I’ve said before
We hope you have had a chance to tune into our weekly Facebook Live Events with our Academy Tutors and Career Advisors. We have been covering the kind of frequently
Yesterday I invited a student to be interviewed for our Student of the Month series. These interviews are featured on the Inspire page of our campus websites and of course,
Did you catch our first Facebook Live event last week? Every week our tutors will be answering your Academy FAQs and revealing their insider tips. Whether you’re tuning in again,
One of the things I love about my role as Academy CEO is meeting and spending time with our students. Last year I invited some of our UK based students
Join us on Thursday at 1pm local time across our UK, Arabian and Australian campus Facebook pages for a series of FB Live events with our Academy experts. This week
The Academy of Wedding & Event Planning may offer courses online, but that doesn’t mean we are not active in the territories we cover. We have team members ‘on the
Well before she was chosen to be our Academy Apprentice, I had the opportunity to interview Martha Tobyn for this month’s Student of the Month feature. You can read my
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Leading Wedding & Entertaining Expert, David Tutera is hailed as an artistic visionary whose ability, uniquely creative talents and outstanding reputation have made him a tremendous success in the lifestyle arena. Tutera has created a name for himself by taking his passion for designing spectacular events and transforming it into a lifestyle.
He continuously exceeds the expected with an unmatched level of inspiration, imagination and innovation to create the latest trends in entertaining. Tutera’s grandfather, a successful florist, first noticed his grandson’s artistic ability at an early age and encouraged David to pursue his destiny. At age 19, with the sound advice of his grandfather and only one client, David opened his own event planning business.
Today, David Tutera presides over an award winning company built from experience, dedication and Tutera’s natural talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. His name has become synonymous with style, elegance, creativity and vision. David Tutera has a natural talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. His name has become synonymous with style, elegance, creativity and vision.
Honored by Life & Style Magazine as “Best Celebrity Wedding Planner,” David’s impressive client list includes Jewel, Star Jones’ wedding, Real Housewife Taylor Armstrong’s wedding, Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul’s wedding, NY Giants Antonio Pierce’s wedding, Shannen Doherty’s wedding and events for Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Brandy and Ray J, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Lil’ Kim, the Official Post Grammy Parties in New York City, Elton John, Barbara Walters, the Rolling Stones, Nancy Reagan, Prince Charles, The White House, private events for the Vice President, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Susan Lucci, The John F. Kennedy Center, as well as countless film premieres and celebrity parties for royalty, politicians and socialites.
Tutera has also designed events for several charities including the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association, DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids) and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. David has made guest appearances on Today, Extra!, Good Morning America, The View, CNN, The Rachael Ray Show, The Talk, Steve Harvey, Wendy Williams and many more. In addition People, USA Today, In Touch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, In Style, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Bridal Guide and Town & Country have all featured his work.
Tutera has also made special television appearances in the popular daytime soap, The Young & the Restless and TV Land’s The Exes. David lives in Los Angeles with his husband Joey, daughter Cielo and their rescue dog Lucy.
