About DUNCAN

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San Francisco, CA, United States
He began as a Corporate Event Planner until his tenure as Catering Manager for luxury San Francisco hotels, as well as the General Manager/Director of Events for the Julia Morgan Ballroom. Later became the Catering Manager for Weddings at the historic Westin St. Francis Hotel. Impressive accolades have given him credentials to recognize him as an Independent Food Editor, Restaurant Critic and a Contributing Writer for several media publications. Spanning over 30+ years in Wedding and Event Planning, his passion has taken him to create F. DUNCAN REYES EVENTS BY DESIGN and is renowned as the Event Industry’s most premiere Wedding and Event Planner Extraordinnaire! In January 2009, he was honored by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the Top 100 new businesses in their “Book Of Lists 2009”. Duncan is a member of the National Assoc. of Catered Events (NACE) and last April 2010 was voted “Member of the Year” 2010 and the 2013 Winner of Silicon Valley NACE's coveted Best of the Industry Award in Event Design. In January 2011, 2012 and 2013, received prestigious recognition with the WeddingWire Bride's Choice Award for Wedding Planning.

JACKIE & DAN


" ... We loved everything and had the time of our lives.  Thanks for making everything run so smoothly and working miracles.  Thanks to the best planner on Earth!! "
- Jackie Lamping (Bride)


" ... I remember the day my fiance (at the time) told me we had to go meet with our wedding planner (Duncan). It was a Sunday and I was not pleased about it. I thought to myself, wow, this is going to take about 3 hours to get through and totally burn my Sunday.  I came out of that meeting floored by Duncan and remember turning to my wife and saying, "If I could hire 10 more of him and take them to work with me I would have the perfect team and we would accomplish great things." Seriously.  To say he's on top of his stuff is an understatement. He's not only incredibly considerate of your own thoughts / considerations but comes with a wealth of advice that he'll disperse appropriately and comfortably.  He'll also come with all the details / contracts / and anything else you can possibly think of prepared. What I thought was going to be a painful meeting going over the ceremony was incredibly enjoyable, fast, and efficient. This same experience happened again and again with him.  He is truly a pleasure to work with and I can't say enough great things. He exceeded my expectations beyond anything I thought someone was capable of; and that is quite a compliment considering I'm fairly (ok, very) critical. It is such a relief to be having him running point the day of as well - he's a game changer! "
- Dan O'Connell (Groom)

My thanks to an incredible Weddng team of "Dreammakers", and to my Associates, Alexa Halpert and my Mom, Erlinda de Vera - kudos to all your tireless efforts in creating a fabulous wedding for Jackie and Dan.  And in the words of our Groom, Dan O'Connell ... "you crushed it!".

Catering (Beverage):  Zach Holt with Best Beverage Catering
Catering (Food):  Bruce Riezenman and Sharon Van Giesen with Park Avenue Catering
Cupcakes:  Michelle Ballard with SusieCakes
Emcee:  Tim Hoehn
Entertainment (Ceremony-Bagpiper):  Jonas Pauliukonis
Entertainment (Ceremony-Harpist):  Janice Ortega c/o Natasha Miller with Entire Productions
Entertainment (Dinner/Dance):  Dave Bailey (aka DJ Sol)
Floral Design:  Amy Burke with Amy Burke Designs
Groom's Cake:  Debbie Goard with Debbie Does Cakes
Hair Stylist:  Amy Lynn Worley with Louie Salon
Hotel Accommodations:  Naja Jensen with Le Meridien
Lighting Design and Ceremony Sound:  Megan Woods with Enhanced Lighting and Sound
Make-Up Artist:  Julie Dy
Officiant:  Michael Hurst
Photo Booth:  Denon and Doyle
Photography:  Mark Kuroda with Mark Kuroda Photography
Printing and Stationery:  Alexandra and Craig, The Aerialist Press
Rehearsal Dinner:  Tres Agaves
Tablescape Rentals:  Gwen Alaura and Mario Berrettoni with Classic Party Rentals
Tuxedo Rentals and Sales:  Michael Davenport with Black Tie Tuxedos
Venue (Ceremony and Reception):  Vivian Perez with The Bently Reserve
Videography:  Jesse Garrison with Shakewell Studios
Wedding Planning and Event Design:  Duncan Reyes, Erlinda de Vera and Alexa Halpert with f. duncan reyes events by design


































































Video Production by Jesse Garrison of Shakewell Studios

Jackie & Dan l Bentley Reserve l Full Feature Highlight Film (2 songs) from Shakewell Studios on Vimeo.


1 comment:

Jesse @ Shakewell Studios said...

Great post Duncan! It was an amazing wedding with a talented planner to make it moving smooth!