Romain Plancherel, Intendant at Portes des Iris
As of January 2025, we have a new Intendant at Portes des Iris!
A key position for every event, since he’s in direct contact with our caterers, our teams of extras, but also our customers.
Let’s get to know him a little better…
Tell us more about yourself:
I’m 24 and I’m from Orbe! I did all my schooling there and that’s where I’ve lived all my life. At the age of 15, I started an apprenticeship as an electrical fitter, then switched to the profession of operating officer and successfully obtained my CFC in 2024.
I joined the Portes des Iris team in January 2025, as an Intendant, and enjoy working both outdoors, sprucing up the spaces, and indoors, keeping them clean and ready for our events.
On my days off, I like to get out with my friends, go hiking and discovering new places. I like to meet new people at parties and DIY is my passion.
My biggest dream: to become a parachutist.
Why Portes des Iris?
I didn’t know the field at all, but I discovered the diversity of the locations during an internship, and the job immediately appealed to me, because of its variety, the fact that I get to work both as part of a team and individually, and the prestigious events I get to take part in.
What are your main duties?
– Setting up rooms before each event
– Preparing the inventory of crockery and cutlery
– Welcoming and training the team of cleaners
– Welcoming and training the team of washer-ups
– Maintaining the outside areas: lawn, hedge trimming, planting, cleaning flagstones, raking gravel, etc.
What seems essential to me in the support I can give customers
I like to be on hand to solve any problems customers may have in organizing their big day: lending them an extension lead, an adapter, adding extra furniture or crockery if necessary, etc.
I really enjoy the diversity of the events: the origins and customs of the different weddings, the koshering of our kitchens, the installation of weddings in spaces dedicated in our Garden.
My role on D-day
Welcome our customers in the best conditions: a warm welcome:
- direct vehicles in our various parking lots, barn, caterer access
- assist the cloackroom team
- ensure that the technical equipment is working perfectly in the ceremony/conference rooms
- welcome the caterer, ensure that all equipment is available, and that the kitchens and plungers are working at all times
- be available to service providers if required (technical challenges)
- support the coordinator (set up additional furniture, welcome sign, easels, table names, place cards, etc.)
- set up chairs / benches / lecterns / umbrellas for ceremonies
- light the fire in our chimney
- set up chairs / benches / lecterns / umbrellas for ceremonies
- ensure the safety of the site during fireworks displays
- enforce the rules and regulations of Portes des Iris, in order to respect its status as a listed historic monument (no nails, screws, confetti, etc.) and ensure the smooth running of events (max 93db, windows closed from midnight, respect for music end times both indoors and outdoors)
Adjectives that best describe me
Calm, helpful, skilled with my hands
And 10 years from now…
I think I’ll always work in a manual profession. I’ll be fulfilled in my life, with a good work-life balance and maybe with a family life to boot?