ORSETT Hall has been crowned Wedding Venue of the Year at the Essex Wedding Awards.

Just weeks after the Garden Restaurant at the hotel in Charles Avenue picked up a hat-trick of food awards at the Essex Tourism and Hospitality Awards, staff were handed yet another gong by TV ersonality Paul Ross.

The awards ceremony was at Parklands, in Quendon Hall, in north Essex.

Judges called Orsett Hall a “beautiful venue” and said they were “impressed by its attention to detail”.

Andrea Ince, marketing manager for Orsett Hall, said: “This is another great achievement for Orsett Hall and we are very proud of this award.

“It is particularly great to win another award after our recent success at the Essex Tourism and Hospitality Awards as it shows each area of our business offers an outstanding service.

“We can tell everyone our Hotel and Garden Restaurant are the best in Essex, but winning these awards is acknowledgment of this from industry professionals.”