insideKENT Magazine Issue 39 - June 2015 | Page 119
GETAWAYS
Escapes for the
foodie and drink lovers
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE FOOD, TAKING A BREAK FROM EVERYDAY LIFE AND GOING ON
A FOODIE BREAK EITHER IN THE UK OR SLIGHTLY FURTHER AFIELD IS A DREAM COME
TRUE. WHILST AWAY YOU CAN DISCOVER NEW WAYS OF SPICING UP TRADITIONAL
DISHES, ENTIRELY NEW FOOD THAT YOU NEVER CONSIDERED BEFORE, AND EVEN LEARN
HOW TO MAKE THOSE CHILDHOOD (AND ADULT) FAVOURITES. THERE ARE PLENTY OF
REASONS FOR TAKING SOME TIME TO YOURSELF TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FOOD IN
ALL ITS GUISES, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES TO DO IT. by Lisamarie Lamb
MasterChef Travel // www.mastercheftravel.co.uk
Wine Tasting at Bosworth Hall
MasterChef Travel combines
fabulous scenery and
fascinating places with food
that makes the mouth water
– what could be better than
that? MasterChef Travel
designs fun holidays for
foodies and beginners alike,
and each trip includes a
MasterChef personality to
help guide you through. Find
out more about food and the
UK as you go. The tours include sourcing ingredients as well as cooking
them (and tasting them!), and can be either single centre breaks or multicentre tours. One of the most popular trips is the Taste of Gourmet Cumbria,
wherein you get to stay at a 13th-century stately home (Askham Hall) and
dine on beautiful gastronomic creations.
// www.britanniahotels.com/hotels/bosworth
An introduction to wine
tasting in gorgeous Bosworth
Hall in historic Warwickshire
is what awaits you here.
Enjoy a two-night break that
includes dinner, bed and
breakfast, and you can take
part in a one-day wine tasting
(including lunch) all in with the
price. This is the perfect
introduction to wine, and
you’ll finish the day with a deeper understanding, a greater appreciation,
and some useful hints and tips on wine from around the world.
Chocolate Boutique Hotel
// www.thechocolateboutiquehotel.co.uk
Swinton Park Cookery School // www.swintonpark.com
Swinton Park Cookery School is located on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales
in the stunning Swinton Estate. This hotel and culinary school looks good,
feels good, and produces good (better than good!) food, along with some
excellent paired wines. Everything in the demonstration kitchen is top of
the range, so if you like your kitchen toys this is a dream come true! However,
to compliment these great gadgets there is a traditional Aga too, so no
matter what or how you choose to cook, it can all be done at Swinton Park.
Here you can learn about everything including fantastic barbecue cooking
courses, which are ideal for those who love to entertain al fresco. There is
a wide range of themes to the courses including dishes for entertaining,
cooking with game, baking courses, foraging experiences, and even
children’s cookery.
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This delicious hotel in Bournemouth is the only chocolate-themed hotel in
the world, and if you love the sweet stuff, you’ll definitely want to put this
on your itinerary! The hotel itself is a beautiful Grade-II listed building that
is sheer luxury; each room is named after a type of chocolate, and everywhere
you go, there are chocolaty nibbles for you to enjoy. Not only is the hotel
named after chocolate, but also there are regular workshops held here,
including truffle making, a variety of tastings, and chocolate portrait painting.