A VENUE hosting wedding celebrations scooped two awards at a national ceremony.

The Willows in Hainault won best banqueting suite in Britain for Asian weddings and best suite in south east England at the British Asian Wedding Awards 2018.

Couples who enjoyed celebrations at the venue picked The Willows through an online ratings system.

Staff received the awards at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel.

Julio Marques, operations manager of The Willows says: “These two awards are a fantastic recognition of what has been achieved by the team’s hard work and the company’s investment since 2014 to make the Willows the spectacular venue it is now.

“While the majority of our celebrating families are from the borough of Redbridge and surrounding areas, such is our reputation that clients come to us from as far as Birmingham, Leicester and Manchester.  We’ve even had one family from Israel.

“All the events over the last three years have truly been the spectacular, one-off memorable event they should be.”

The venue holds around 200 events per year, many of which are Asian weddings.

The name is derived from the three willows standing in the grounds.