Northallerton will soon be home to a Hotel Chocolat Velvetiser Café on the High Street in the near future. Signs have gone up promoting the café which is set to serve hot drinks including coffee and ice cream as well as their famed hot chocolate using their very own creation - the 'velvetiser'. Signs for a new Hotel Chocolat on High Street in Northallerton.

(Image: NORTHERN ECHO) This will be one of only very few Hotel Chocolat stores or cafes in North Yorkshire - with the nearest to Northallerton locals currently being in Teesside and Harrogate. Recommended: Get more content including the stories that matter to your community from The Northern Echo for just £2 for 2 months for a limited time only here. The chain also operates stores in Sunderland's Bridges Shopping Centre, Gateshead's Metrocentre and in Newcastle as well as over a dozen more across the country.

Signs placed on the unit on High Street state the cafe is "opening soon" but no official date has yet been announced. One role is currently listed online for the store, however, for a part time sales job paying between £12 and £13 an hour..