​​​​​​​​​​​​​Celebrant Kate Ritchie

Ranked in the Top 8 Celebrants in Victoria for 2023, Australian Top 25 Celebrant for 2023 and the Vic Top 5 for 2021, Kate Ritchie is an energetic, fun and engaging celebrant who ensures all her couples have the ceremony of their dreams. She is a 12 year consecutive ABIA Awarded Finalist as voted by past couples, for her ability to make their ceremonies fun, stress-free and heartfelt.  

An Authorised Marriage Celebrant since 2008, over the last 16 years Kate officiated as a Celebrant on many many hundreds of occasions.  Kate's strengths lie in the ease of communication, being highly organised and her attention to detail.  Most importantly, through listening to what it is her Clients really want and providing them with options on how to best make it happen.  

Having a background as a Vocalist and performer for many years, as well as extensive public speaking experience allows diversity in the way Kate presents weddings. This means each ceremony is not only written for the couple, but presented in a manner which also reflects them.

Kate is the Ballarat Wish Leader with nationally  registered charity www.myweddingwish.org - Gifting weddings to the terminally ill and the Founder of the Ballarat Marriage Registry www.ballaratmarriageregistry.com who specialise in Registry styled Elopements & Micro Wedding and Founder of the Ballarat Wedding Collective www.ballaratweddingcollective.com being a passionate promoter of local Ballarat Wedding businesses through the online supplier directory which brings local Wedding & Event suppliers together in one place!