Father's Day 2010 at Swinton Park

Father’s Day at Swinton Park has on offer a range of new events and experiences for fathers and for families wanting to spend some time together to celebrate the occasion – either on the day or as a gift voucher.

Sunday Lunch – 20th June

Enjoy a family lunch in the sumptuous Samuel’s dining room at the hotel, and spend the afternoon walking in the grounds or experiencing one of the many activities available within the hotel’s grounds such as a Hawk Walk at the Bird of Prey Centre, fly fishing on the River Ure, pony trekking on the estate or clay pigeon shooting at the Warren Gill Shooting School.

Lunch £28.00 per person, activities from £22 per person.

Butchery and Carving Skills Day Course at the Cookery School – 20th June

Join Rob Taylor, the cookery school’s Head Chef, for a day course that concentrates on knife and carving skills, boning and filleting and understanding the different cuts of meat and appropriate cooking methods, with a masterclass on marinades and barbecue techniques.

Day Course £150 per person (including lunch)

DuBoeuf Wine Tasting Dinner – 16th June

Join Mr Bernard Goerges from Georges DuBoeuf – the “King of Beaujolais” – for a tasting and talk about the wines of Beaujolais. Bernard is a pioneer of modern wine making in the region, and is both winemaker and wine merchant, distributing his own wines and others from the region.

Three Course Dinner, tasting and talk £45 per person.

Alfresco Barbecue Dining – 11th June, 23rd July & 20th August

For those of you who are looking for something really out of this world, this event is perfect for the intrepid diner. Joins us at our restored Deerhouse in the Parkland, for an alfresco barbecue dinner. Sensational food is served to you at your table by our chef, tasting all the better for being outdoors, with candlelight, a starlit sky and a blazing fire to work their magic.

Two Course Dinner £25 per person (bookings for a minimum of four)

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Press enquiries : Felicity Cunliffe-Lister : 01765 680944 : felicity@swintonpark.com

Notes for the Editor :

1. Swinton Park is a 30 bedroom luxury hotel with 4 Red Stars and 3 Rosettes for quality of food. It is the ancestral seat of the Earl of Swinton and is owned by the Cunliffe-Lister family, who opened it as a hotel in 2001.
2. The hotel has a cookery school, with day, evening and residential courses running all year. The residential courses are run by the TV Celebrity chef, Rosemary Shrager.
3. The gardens, including the four acre walled garden, have been extensively restored in recent years. The walled garden now grows over 60 varieties of seasonal herbs, fruit and produce. The hotel is committed to keeping food miles to an absolute minimum, with the majority of all other produce sourced by the hotel coming from the surrounding 20,000 acre estate and Yorkshire countryside.
4. The hotel has a carbon neutral woodchip boiler, eco-laundry and many other environmental measures in place – winning awards for its green policies.