5 Phoenix Black-Owned Wedding Businesses to Support As You Plan Your Event
Whether you’re looking for a caterer, beauty pros, or a DJ, these talented Black-owned wedding businesses in the Phoenix area win rave reviews from couples.
If you’re getting married in or around Phoenix, you’re going to need a team of qualified professionals who will bring your wedding-day dreams to life. Enter: these Black-owned businesses in the wedding industry who work in the Phoenix area and have received glowing reviews from past brides and grooms. This is of course just a small group of the many Black-owned wedding businesses in Phoenix—check out WeddingWire to build your vendor dream team! The new WeddingWire Vendor Directory's Diversity filter allows you to easily find Asian-owned, Black-owned, Hispanic or Latinx-owned, LGBTQ+-owned, Native American-owned, Veteran-owned and Woman-owned businesses, as well. Learn more about these amazing Black-owned wedding businesses and start planning your Phoenix wedding!
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Photographer and Videographer: Always Timeless Productions
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Based out of Chandler, Arizona, Always Timeless Productions knows how to capture and highlight the beauty that radiates from the bride and groom on their wedding day. Owner and operator Dorrell Edwards began his photography career by volunteering at his local church to help build a social media presence, but this quickly catapulted into an impressive career capturing life imitating art from behind the lens. “I truly enjoy meeting new people and making them smile. I’m honored to create memories that last forever and I thank it’s so unique to be in this creative space,” he says. “No two weddings are alike and that's the beauty of photography and videography, everyone’s story is different.”
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Catering: BBQ Daddy Special Event Catering
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If your wedding-day cuisine of choice BBQ, you cannot go wrong with hiring this epic catering service to handle all your wedding-day needs—no matter your party size, style or budget. Owner Chef Terry Matthews has years and years of experience as a grill master, providing hearty, flavorful meals that you’ll remember long after your wedding day has come and gone. His acclaim goes far beyond his day-to-day job—he has even been crowned a Food Network "Cut Throat Kitchen” champion. “We are BBQ and fire grilled steak specialists—this is all we do!” says Matthews. “Weddings make up about 80 percent of our business, so we know how to present our catering service with class—something we call “FormalQ,” AKA the not so sloppy side of BBQ!”
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Hair and Makeup: Faces by Amelia Cosmetic Designs
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When it comes to wedding-day makeup, you not only want to feel comfortable with the talents of your makeup artist—you want to feel comfortable with them in general. Tanya Amelia White, lead artist and owner at Faces by Amelia Cosmetic Designs understands what her brides are feeling on their wedding day and goes above and beyond to provide them with impeccable beauty services on location, including traditional, as well as airbrushed application techniques and hair styling. “Our mission is to provide an exceptional client experience, professional and sanitary service and beautiful looks that elevate each client's natural beauty and confidence,” she says. “Regardless of your skin tone, type or age your unique skin needs will be catered to.”
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Cake: Bear and the Honey Specialty Bakery
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This all-organic and allergy-conscious bakery goes the extra mile to satisfy their customers to the absolute max. They cater to all lifestyles, dietary restrictions and allergies that their customers may have, but still create the decadent sweets and mind blowingly beautiful wedding cakes that customers know and love. Just one glance at their Instagram page and you know this isn’t your typical bakery—from rainbow-sprinkled donuts to banana pie, this specialty bakery will go above and beyond to make your wedding day something special to be remembered.
DJ: Amani Jae Entertainment
For an unforgettable wedding day and a party that just won’t quit, hire James Rick of Amani Jae Entertainment. The reviews can attest to the fact that he caters to every single age group, from young children to great grandparents and knows the right playlist for every part of the night. As one reviewer said: “Amani Jae Entertainment was the best choice for a wedding DJ we ever could have made! His pricing is very reasonable, and he knows how to keep the dance floor packed all night. Our guests kept talking about how much fun the wedding reception was. AJE was very easy to contact, and he was very responsive to any questions or concerns that we had. I would highly recommend AJE to everyone!”
