Lee and Chloe’s love story began in a cafe, and continued in one! Their modern industrial wedding captured by Pierre Curry was held at the Mordialloc breakfast spot they opened together, Hendriks Cafe.

Lee met Chloe when he was a cafe barista, and she was a frequent customer. “It turned out we both had crushes but were both incredibly shy and couldn’t find the courage to talk to each other. A year of silent staring from across a cafe later and we finally started dating”.

In 2015 they opened the doors to Hendriks Cafe. “It was a labour of love that took us over 8 months to finish with the help of our amazing families. Because we put so much of ourselves into Hendriks we couldn’t think of a more perfect place to have our wedding than the place we built together.”

With free rein of their converted 1950s factory venue, Lee and Chloe chose to enhance the space with floral installations and arrangements, transforming the cafe from day to day to something special while keeping with the industrial style. “Our initial concept was to use deep pink and burgundy flowers on a base of rich green foliage. Megan of Mordialloc Florist took that idea and made it incredible. She knew exactly what arrangements to highlight with colourful flowers and which arrangements to pare back to create texture and not overpower the space.”