About Us
Meet Gareth James:
The man behind The Real Singing Waiters
When you book The Real Singing Waiters, you’re not simply booking a singer to turn up and perform at your wedding.
You’re booking entertainment that has been personally selected, shaped and approved by Gareth James, founder of The Real Singing Waiters and a professional performer with decades of experience entertaining audiences around the world.
From London’s West End to international cruise ships, Gareth has built his career performing at the highest level. His credits include appearing in major productions such as Starlight Express, alongside an extensive career in live entertainment that has taken him to stages across the UK and beyond.
But it’s weddings where Gareth has developed a very particular expertise.
Having performed at thousands of weddings over the years, he knows exactly what separates a good performance from one that completely transforms a room.
He knows when to make an entrance.
He knows how to read a crowd.
And, most importantly, he knows how to turn a room full of different ages, personalities and friendship groups into one enormous party.
Why Gareth created The Real Singing Waiters
The Real Singing Waiters was founded with one very simple idea:
Wedding entertainment should be exceptional every single time.
Gareth wanted to create a company where couples could book singing waiters with complete confidence, knowing that the performer arriving at their wedding had been chosen for much more than simply having a great voice.
A brilliant singing waiter needs charisma, comic timing, confidence, professionalism and the ability to instantly connect with a room.
That combination is rare.
Which is why every performer representing The Real Singing Waiters is personally hand-picked and approved by Gareth.
There’s no random allocation from a huge database of singers and no wondering who might arrive on the day.
Every member of the team has been selected because Gareth believes they have what it takes to deliver the standard of performance he has built his reputation on.
Hand-picked performers. One exceptional standard.
Over thousands of performances, Gareth has developed an instinct for what works at a wedding.
It isn’t just about singing the songs.
It’s about creating that moment when guests suddenly realise their waiter isn’t quite who they thought they were.
It’s the surprise.
The laughter.
The first person brave enough to get out of their chair.
And then, before you know it, the entire room is singing along.
That experience is at the heart of everything The Real Singing Waiters does.
From the performers we choose to the way each performance is structured, every detail has been developed with one aim: to give you and your guests a wedding moment you’ll still be talking about years later.
The Gareth James seal of approval
Gareth remains personally involved in maintaining the quality of The Real Singing Waiters.
Every singer who joins the company has to meet his standards as both a performer and an entertainer.
Because when someone walks into your wedding representing The Real Singing Waiters, their performance carries Gareth’s name and reputation with it.
And he takes that very seriously.
So whether Gareth himself is appearing at your wedding or one of his personally selected performers is stepping into the room, you can be confident that your singing waiter has been chosen, trusted and approved by someone who has spent his career knowing exactly how to entertain an audience.
That’s the difference.
That’s The Real Singing Waiters.