Gourmet Weekends
This is an event where we bring together an extravaganza of wine and fine cuisine, combining the skills of our award winning restaurant kitchen and cookery school. The event includes wine tastings, meeting local food producers, cookery demonstrations and even a gourmet treasure hunt. The two and one day weekend events include five course gourmet dinner, accommodation and breakfast, and wine at dinner.
On arrival you will enjoy a full afternoon tea, allowing time to unwind and relax after the journey in the cosy and welcoming Sitting Room or sumptuous Drawing Room. The evenings start with a wine tasting, with four wines to taste from a chosen theme, and then a pre-dinner glass of bubbly. Dinner is then served, with a five course Gourmet Dinner with wine on the Saturday night of a two night weekend and the Friday night of a one night weekend.
The Saturday schedule of tastings and demonstrations in the cookery school allows enough time for the Gourmet Treasure Hunt mid-afternoon and full afternoon tea. On the morning of departure, guests are also able to join the Estate Ranger for a Landrover tour to see the fallow deer herd in the deer park, and departing guests are also given a Foodie Gift to take home with them.
Weekend Price
One night : From £380 – £450 per room
Two night : From £695 – £800 per room
Price includes accommodation in a standard room, breakfast and dinner, cookery demonstrations, wine tastings and activities listed above.
2013 Dates
25th January 2013 (one night)
12th/13th April 2013 (two nights)
18th/19th October 2013 (two nights)
29th/30th November 2012 (two nights)
The format for a two night Gourmet Weekend is usually :
Friday
Check in from 3.00pm onwards
Afternoon Tea
Early evening Wine Tasting
Pre-Dinner Drinks followed by Dinner in Samuel’s Restaurant
Saturday
Morning Cookery Demonstration and Tasting with local food producer
Lunch and free time – ideal for spa treatments, a walk in the grounds, or time for the Gourmet Treasure Hunt in Masham
Afternoon Cookery Demonstration, Afternoon Tea and Wine Tasting
Pre-Dinner Drinks followed by a Gourmet Dinner
Sunday (a.m.)
Landrover tour of the Deer Park and Deer Herd
One night Gourmet Weekends include afternoon tea, a cookery demonstration, wine tasting, pre-dinner drinks and gourmet dinner.
The Kitchen Gossip
Hello from Steve
Summer is here at last and I cant wait to get out there! The produce grown in the walled garden and the wild food foraged in the Parkland and Estate makes Swinton Park a really special place to learn to cook. We are taking full advantage of this with some great ‘outdoor’ courses – Barbecue Cookery, Kitchen Garden Cookery and Wild about Food - as well as our courses in the cookery school, making the most of wonderful summer ingredients. Please see our cookery school News page for details of these and other forthcoming cookery school activities.
Please click here to review our full events calendar. This gives the dates for all our hotel events such as Garden Lunches, Wine Appreciation Lunches and Gourmet Weekends as well all cookery courses and Chef’s Tables.
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