A luxury Harrogate wedding venue is transforming into a ski lodge restaurant to keep staff in work this winter.
Current covid restrictions limit weddings to a maximum of 15 guests.
This has had a huge impact on venues like Wharfedale Grange, near Harewood, which is able to seat 270 wedding guests and can cater for 165 people in its restaurant.
It hopes that by adapting the use of its barn it will be able to retain staff, especially with the furlough scheme ending this month.
Claire Thomas, managing director of Wharfedale Grange, said:
“We’ve got 18 full-time staff and 12 part-time staff so we’re effectively keeping 30 people in work by converting to a restaurant and not making them redundant.”
Described as ‘La Folie Douce meets Yorkshire’, the restaurant — called Apres Bar & Grill — will incorporate elements of ski lodge resorts.
It is due to open from November 1 to the end of March.
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