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

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

The awards ceremony was held at Parklands in Quendon Hall in the north of the county last Thursday night.

Judges for the award called Orsett Hall a “beautiful venue” and claimed to be “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 that each area of our business here at Orsett Hall offers an outstanding service for our clients and guests.

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