Luke Toyne

My career as a compere began in the noughties when I was a live TV presenter - I’ve hosted over 1,500 public, private and corporate entertainment events since.

I've also produced some award-winning brand films and host / speak / judge on filmmaking and advertising.

• Read my guest column in The Parson newspaper
• Watch a 40 second video about my quizzes

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SOME HIGHLIGHTS:

• Every minute presenting “Quiz Nation” before the live quiz TV bubble burst.
• Imparting dating wisdom (?) as “Love Guru” for BBC Radio 2, 5 & Asian Network.
• Sharing a ring with battered boxers hunched over a chessboard for “Chessboxing”.
• Compering a Christmas Eve Quiz for Charles Saatchi - my smokiest event to date!
• Hosting a fascinating Derren Brown “Trick or Treat” dating experiment for Objective / Channel 4.
• Entering thousand-seater sport stadiums on the back of a robot to present “Robot Wars Roadshow”.

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EXPERIENCE:

QUIZMASTER - QUESTION ONE - 2006 TO DATE

• MC of 1,500+ public, private and corporate entertainment formats (mainly in person, some online) for clients including Francis Holland School, Google, Langham Hospitality Group, Make It Ealing, PwC, RAK Studios, The Queen's Club and Young’s. As one of the company's “OG” comperes I’ve helped us grow to 200+ venues per week internationally and assess prospective / new hosts.

INDUSTRY SPEAKER - FILMMAKING - 2016 TO DATE

• Host, speaker and judge at filmmaking and advertising industry events including Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Campaign’s Brand Film Festival and Soho House. Ranked 4th in Creativepool's Top 25 Influential and Inspiring Producers Worldwide (no. 1 in the UK), my work has been awarded at Cannes Lions, The Clios and The Drum.

PRESENTER - 2005 TO 2010

• Live and pre-recorded TV, corporate films and entertainment events ranging from speed dating and boat parties to corporate networking and conferences. Clients included Carphone Warehouse, Chessboxing, MTV Hits / TMF, Original Dating, The Press Association, Robots Live! Robot Wars Roadshow, Rowntrees and Shreddies.

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SOME RECENT FEEDBACK:

• “Luke was amazing” - DTV
• “Awesome” - M7 Real Estate
• “Great fun! Thank you” - RAK Studios
• “Great evening - thank you!” - RIT Capital
• "Wonderful event” - Friends of Francis Holland
• “Excellent. Everyone really enjoyed” - Linux Recruit
• "Luke was great - only positive things to say!" - Google
• "Thanks so much - that was great!" - Langham Hospitality Group
• “Luke was fantastic as always - enthusiastic, fun and energetic!” - Rockspring
• “Totally amazing! We raised a lot of money for our charity!” - Fulham Prep School
• “Everything was great. Luke was an amazing host and we will use him again” - Holley Holland

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CONTACT:

[email protected] / +44 (0) 7989 340885.