The provenance of food served in restaurants has been big news in the last decade – any decent menu will show off its sourcing. Hotel restaurants, in particular, have made an effort to support more of the food and drink producers local to them.
These restaurants often make a great place to get a taste of the food scene in any given area. Some hotels go the extra mile when it comes to giving their guests access to outstanding food and drink.
Experiences to look out for in UK hotels range from guided foraging trips that explore the local countryside to exclusive chef’s table experiences where guests can watch the country’s best culinary masterminds at work. There are also tastings galore – from wine to whisky and gin – and workshops that help guests improve their own skills in the kitchen.
Here are 11 of the best workshop, tasting and cooking experiences offered at British hotels.
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Vineyard tours and tastings
Lympstone Manor, Devon
Offering quite possibly the most luxurious vineyard stay in the UK, Michael Caine’s Lympstone Manor offers food and wine with a sense of place. Just outside the restaurant door, the hotel has its own vines, stretching down to the Exe estuary. Planted in 2018, these grapes can produce an entire flight of excellent wines. From the rich cuvee, with hints of baked apple and brioche, to a dessert wine and a gin to finish, guests start with canapes, then dine at Caine’s Michelin-star restaurant knowing that every drop drunk comes from the hotel’s own vineyard. The restaurant’s meticulous dishes use many locally sourced ingredients, such as beef from nearby Dart Farm. Luxury shepherd’s huts lie just beyond the vines and the hotel is easily reached by train from London.
Doubles from £277, vineyard tours from £45, dinner paired with wine flight £370; lympstonemanor.co.uk
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Butchery courses
The Newt, Somerset
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