The Cookery School
The Cookery School
The cookery school is housed in the ground floor of the converted Georgian stables, which overlook the castle turret and parkland.
Light and airy throughout, the stylish décor is comfortable – a relaxed environment well disposed to the appreciation of good food and fine wine!
The demonstration kitchen has been designed to the highest specification with equipment from Neff, LaCanche, Magimix, Le Creuset, Apilco, The Pasta Company, ICTC, Furi knives, Mermaid, Cookware UK and the homely atmosphere is complemented by an Aga and Fired Earth tiles.
The demonstration kitchen and dining room both overlook the castle turret and parkland, with offices, a shop, toilets and preparation kitchen to the rear. The cookery school has its own entrance and is a very short walk across the drive from the hotel. The south facing lawn has outdoor seating, and there is adjacent car parking.
The four acre walled garden behind the hotel is planted with fruit, vegetables and herbs, providing a ready source of fresh ingredients for the hotel and school kitchens, and cut flowers during the summer months.
The course programme for 2010 offers a choice of day, evening and demonstration courses run by our Cookery School chef Robert Taylor, winner of the esteemed Chaine de Rotisseurs Chef of the Year 2008. Please see the Day Course page for further details.
Rosemary Shrager is our guest Celebrity Chef for the 2010 courses, with her popular two day residential courses offering a choice of Modern British, Mediterranean Food and Fish and Seafod themes. Please see the Residential Course pages for further details.
We also have Gilly Robinson running her Children's Cookery day courses, and her Christmas in a Box afternoon courses running in December.
The Chef’s Table demonstration dinners are also run at weekends (and for private parties) in the cookery school, for more details please see the Chef's Table page in the Food and Wine section of the website.
You might also be interested in our Gourmet Food Weekends which run throughout the year. Please see the Hotel Events page for details.
Private Groups and Corporate Events
We can organise a cookery course or demonstration at any time outside of the scheduled programme. Please go to the cooking as a team building event page in the Conferences section for further details, or contact our Event Organisers Hannah Hinchcliffe or Fiona Barrow if you would like to check availability or rates.
News and Special Offers
From time to time we are able to offer late availability promotional rates on our courses – for details you can see our Special Offers page, or sign up to be a Friend of Swinton Park to receive our email newsletters.
Spa Treatments Discount
For guests attending any of the cookery courses in 2009 we will be delighted to offer a 10% discount off any Spa Treatments booked during your stay.
Hotel of the
Year 2004. White Rose Outstanding Customer Service Award 2006.
With 4 AA Red Stars and 3 AA Rosettes, Swinton Park is one of the highest rated hotels in Yorkshire and Cumbria