Jude is so knowledgeable in his industry! He knows all the other vendors in Santa Barbara area, he knows all the venues, and he gives great advice! I highly recommend choosing him in general, but especially if you are having a Santa Barbara wedding because it is ideal to hire a wedding planner who is familiar with your venue. He will know how much space there is for things and he will be realistic with you about what will/will not work. Although he is technically a partial service wedding planner, he will do full-service things for you because he goes above-and-beyond to make sure his brides are happy. He even fought for a refund for us from a vendor that we ended up needing a refund from. It was great that he had a lot of "pull" with that vendor when they were trying to be difficult. I highly recommend hiring Jude as your wedding planner!

Jude and his crew were incredible. In the months leading up to the wedding, Jude answered all of our questions in a timely and kind manner. We had some last minute issues pop up with our venue which he helped us navigate successfully. Throughout the evening Jude and Heather were on top of everything - making sure we ate, bringing us champagne/desserts and managing shuttle buses back to the hotel for guests, etc. Honestly, if anything went wrong, we didn’t know! Jude and his team are very experienced, professional and they know everything and everyone in the Santa Barbara wedding scene. Lastly, if the above isn’t enough to convince you to go with Top Shelf - they handled everything for us - coordinating, catering, bar service, dining rentals, etc. They are a one stop shop which was especially helpful for us planning our Santa Barbara Wedding from LA. There’s enough to plan and worry about - let Jude and his team take care of as much as possible!

Incredible service! We used them for our wedding bar service and can’t speak highly enough about Jude and his staff. Real professionals and would highly recommend them!

Jude and his team were absolutely amazing!! They did such a great job putting everything together. On the day of the wedding everything went perfectly, I didn’t have to worry about anything. Very affordable and more than what I expected!

Amazing staffing company! Would use them for any other event I plan.