Ski butler service launched in French Alp

A butler service has been launched in the Alps for skiers keen to take a picnic on the piste.

Holidaymakers in select resorts in the Alps will be able to take advantage of romantic meals for two served and prepared by the skiing butlers.

Wearing a black dinner suit, the butlers will build a table on the side of the mountain and offer a full menu of food and wine.

The company, Picnics on the Piste, also caters for larger dinner parties and can accommodate groups in its party igloos. "Our service is aimed at taking the hassle out of dining on the slopes and bringing quality food direct to skiers while they're out and about on the mountainside," said the firm's chief operating officer Jean-Claude Baumgartner It's also a novel and fun way to make a day's skiing more memorable."

The butler service will be available at a series of ski resorts in France, Switzerland and Austria.