A Jewish château wedding near Paris

A minute from the wedding

The staircase first look, the ceremony and a glimpse of the celebration that followed. This is a 58-second wedding highlight; more short clips appear below.

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A Jewish wedding with Venezuelan and French traditions

The bride brought Venezuelan and American roots, and a French mother. The groom was American. Their wedding in France needed room for every part of their family life: a Jewish ceremony, a château full of guests, and a Hora Loca that would take the party well past midnight.

They invited 240 people to Château Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, north of Paris in the Val-d’Oise. The setting was unmistakably French. What happened there belonged to them.

Kiss Me in Paris planned the celebration over eighteen months. Chantelle Streete led the planning and creative direction, with Margaux Carret supporting the later stages and six KMIP team members on site for the wedding.

Paris first. The château on Sunday.

The wedding week began on Thursday with an evening at Crazy Horse Paris for the couple and their immediate family. Friday brought a Shabbat and rehearsal dinner at Hôtel d’Évreux on Place Vendôme.

Green tablecloths, candelabra and garden greenery introduced the palette that would return at the château. Saturday was left open for Shabbat observance and rest. The wedding followed on Sunday.

Spreading the celebrations over several days gave the family more time together. It also meant planning each event, each transfer and each supplier handoff as part of one wedding week.

Why this château near Paris

The choice of venue began with the people coming. A guest list of 240 needed more than a beautiful façade: room for an outdoor ceremony, dinner, dancing and an indoor alternative if the weather changed.

At Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, the rotunda gave the ceremony its own setting. Dinner could sit in front of the château, with dancing inside afterward. Close family could stay on the estate; guests based in Paris traveled by private coach.

The team allowed an hour or more from central Paris and planned each transfer around the day’s schedule. A château near Paris can give guests both the city and the countryside, provided the journeys receive as much thought as the tables.

Both parents, all the way to the chuppah

The bride walked down the aisle with her mother and father beside her. Harp and violin accompanied the procession. Ahead, the stone rotunda held a chuppah of greenery and white flowers; behind her, the guests stood on the lawn.

The ketubah signing, witnesses, wine, rings, seven blessings and breaking of the glass had their places in the schedule. The religious ceremony shaped the planning from the beginning, including the choice of a Sunday celebration after Shabbat.

Once the ceremony ended, the couple took a few private minutes inside the château. Outside, their guests moved toward cocktails.

Green and white, from the invitation to the dance floor

The palette began on paper: a watercolor of the château, green ink and cream stock. Seafoam and sage appeared in the bridal party, the table linen and the flowers. The château’s pale stone gave those greens a quiet backdrop.

The largest installation had a second role. After the ceremony, the chuppah flowers moved indoors and were rebuilt for the dance floor. That change had to be designed before the wedding, with a structure that could come apart and a team ready to move it while guests enjoyed dinner.

Outside, candlelight and the illuminated façade held the evening together. Inside, the lighting changed with the music. The design followed the guests through the property.

Dinner outside. Dancing until the last coach.

Dinner was arranged in front of the château, with a buffet that allowed guests to move between the tables and the food stations. Live music accompanied the early evening before the DJ took over inside.

At midnight, costumed Hora Loca dancers joined the party. The Venezuelan tradition had been part of the brief from the start. Feathers, music and a very full dance floor had their place alongside the chuppah and the French château.

Dessert waited in the library and late-night food kept the evening going. Return coaches were scheduled for 1, 3 and 5 a.m. Guests could leave when they were ready, while the people who wanted to stay had another song.

Eighteen months behind one Sunday

Chantelle’s work joined the venue search, design, suppliers, ceremony, guest travel and wedding-week events into a workable plan. Six KMIP team members then carried that plan through setup, the celebration and the overnight departures.

Some decisions were visible: where to place the chuppah, how the tables would look, when the dancers would enter. Others lived in the schedule: an indoor weather alternative, time to move the flowers, supplier access, dietary requirements and the last coach back to Paris.

For couples planning a destination wedding in France from abroad, these details belong together. The setting, guest count, traditions and time available shape what the planner needs to arrange.

If you are considering a French château wedding, start with the guest experience you want and the people who need to be there. Explore our full-service wedding planning or tell Chantelle about your wedding.

For the broader practical choices, explore our Paris wedding guide.