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. 119 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.