About Kate

A Piece of Cake Event Planning is one of the top event planning companies in Tallahassee. Owner, Kate Pararo started the company in 2011 and has since grown the company to be one of the highest recommended. A Piece of Cake Event Planning event specialist, Kate Pararo is happy to help with any event.
APOC placed top 3 in the Tally Awards and Weddingwire Couples Choice Award for many years . A Piece of Cake Event Planning is proud to be a successful small business in Tallahassee. Kate has worked hundreds of events and strives to help make any event special and stress free for her respected clients.

Owner, Kate Pararo aka, the "wedding counselor" has been providing event planning services for over 12 years. She received a bachelors of science from Auburn University in 2002. Kate's background brings a most beneficial perspective and understanding of her client's needs. She is efficient, organized and detailed. Kate is one of Tallahassee's professional event designers and is able to make sure that every detail is planned to perfection. She has been mentioned in Us Weekly and was featured on MTV as the wedding planner for a TV celebrity. Her experiences and knowledge of the hospitality industry is fantastic and she loves every minute of it.

As the former president and current VP of the Tallahassee Association of Wedding Professionals (www.tawp.org) and member of The Wedding Suite (www.theweddingsuite.net) Kate knows the best wedding vendors to refer her clients to and is a confident leader in the wedding industry.

Kate is also a global accounts manager for HelmsBriscoe, a globel hotel selection company. This makes her a hotel room specialist and can get room blocks for groups when other's cannot. She has direct contact with hotels all over the world.

Kate loves coffee , a good pair of jeans and loves working out at the gym. She is a mother of two and has been happily married for 15 years to her husband, Matthew.

The Team

A Piece of Cake Event Planning will arrive to your event with the APOC event team. The number of people involved in the setup for your event is determined by A Piece of Cake Event Planning prior to your event. There is no additional charge per event assistant. We use our professional experience to determine how many people it will take to make your event spectacular. A Piece of Cake Event Planning has an amazing team and event assistants helping Becky and Kate. The company enjoys mentoring FSU students and taking on interns from the Florida State School of Hospitality.

Amber

Payton

Amber graduated from the FSU College of Business in May 2022 and we love having her part of the A Piece of Cake Event Planning team. Her dependability and optimism shines through at every event. She is excited to help our clients create lasting memories and learn all she can in the world of event planning.

Payton

Payton has been dreaming of being an event planner since she can remember and is a student at the FSU School of Hospitality working towards that dream. She started working events at a very young age, helping a family who is also in the industry. Payton grew up just down the road in Wakulla County and loves to be part of the local hospitality industry. She is driven and has what it takes to design and plan events.