I’m often asked why I carry
a cake knife in my Just In Case – I can’t imagine why I wouldn’t, but it
appears that I am the only DJ to do so!
Like everything else in the
case, it is there just in case it is needed – I’ve had events where the
caterers didn’t bring one, where the hotel’s one hadn’t been put out (for
safety reasons) and once where the venue’s knife actually snapped!
There is an actual story of
why I bought the knife…
A few years ago, I was DJing
a wedding at a golf club in West London.
When it came time to cut the cake, the venue manager brought out a chef’s
knife from the kitchen, with a white plastic handle. Chef’s knives are not designed to look
pretty, and certainly have no place in a cake cutting photograph! I quickly took a white linen napkin and tied
it around the handle to disguise the knife – and I decided at that moment that
I would never allow one of “my” couples to face that situation again!
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| Reconstruction photo! |
The next day (a Sunday) I
went to John Lewis in Kingston and bought a gorgeous and quite contemporary
styled cake knife. That knife has now cut many wedding cakes and birthday cakes
– to the point that even photographers knew that I would always have it with
me!
That’s not the end of the story! In 2016 I was DJing a wedding at the Royal
Military Academy in Sandhurst, along with Event Manager Meli. One of the groomsmen was a Royal Navy
Submariner and the bride and groom used his sword to cut the cake – no need for
my knife that day! We both got sword
envy that day (it’s a real thing!) so I decided to add a sword to the
collection.
If you would like something
different at your wedding, then the sword is available for you! It makes great photographs, especially while
we are setting up the cake cutting - some brides knight their husband, some
threaten a beheading, but rest assured, it isn’t sharp!
The sword has been used at
many weddings, the first was a Lord of the Rings themed day so it was the perfect
addition, one couple even went all Game Of Thrones on their cake, stabbing it
from above!
To me, the cake knife is an obvious
thing to carry – my job is to help make every wedding, every event perfect and
stress free, so my “Justin Case”, including the knife, is a part of that. The sword?
Well, that’s just a bit extra!
Ask your potential DJ what extra
steps they take…
