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Yorkshire Culinary Vacation
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Savor Yorkshire: From Farmhouse Cheese to Country Tables
Yorkshire, in Northern England, is a place of sweeping landscapes, welcoming villages, and proud food traditions. This Yorkshire food tour brings you into the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where stone barns, open hillsides, local farms, and time-honored recipes are part of everyday life.
Known affectionately as “God’s Own Country,” Yorkshire is loved for its natural beauty and generous spirit. Its most famous dish is Yorkshire pudding, traditionally served with roast meats and gravy, but the region’s table offers much more: local lamb and pork, farmhouse cheeses, savory pies, fresh breads, puddings, preserves, and hearty seasonal cooking.
Your boutique residence is located in Low Row, a peaceful hamlet in Swaledale. This steep-sided valley is known for its hardy sheep, traditional stone barns, family farms, and long history of cheese-making. Its landscapes feel wonderfully timeless — and film lovers may recognize Swaledale and Low Row from the 2026 adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
Your host, Emma, has lived in the Yorkshire Dales for more than 30 years and loves sharing the area’s food, landscapes, and local character with guests. Her background includes hospitality, travel, and cooking, with years spent working in France on hotel barges and in ski chalets. Today, her business is based in the Dales, where she brings together seasonal ingredients, generous meals, and relaxed hospitality.
Emma also loves travel, horses, skiing, wild swimming, hiking, art, and travel novels — interests that reflect her warm, curious approach to hosting.
What Awaits on Your Yorkshire Culinary Vacation
Your 4-night Yorkshire culinary vacation is a relaxed private food tour in Yorkshire, based at a boutique country house in the Dales. You can look forward to:
- 4 nights in Swaledale, in the Yorkshire Dales
- Daily breakfast, 3 lunches, and 4 dinners
- Hands-on cheese-making at Lacey’s Cheese in Reeth
- Sourdough bread-making in Middleham
- Time in the kitchen with your host, Emma
- A guided countryside walk
- Scenic drive over Buttertubs Pass
- Visit to Bolton Castle
- Alpaca walk at your accommodations
- Local gin tasting at Wensleydale Spirit Company
- Transfers from Darlington or Northallerton train stations
This Yorkshire food tour is ideal for travelers who want to cook, taste, explore, and enjoy the region at an easy pace.
Yorkshire Culinary Vacation Tour Itinerary
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Day One
- Transfer from the Darlington or Northallerton train stations. Arrive at Hazel Brow around 4pm and check in.
- Settle in with a hot drink and homemade cake as your Yorkshire food tour begins.
- Tonight, enjoy a 3-course evening meal prepared by your host and paired with English wines.
- Sample Dinner Menu – Starter: Courgette Pakoras with mint raita & crispy cucumber salad.
Main: Monkfish curry with clams & mussels served with coconut rice.
Desert: Lemon Posset with Italian meringue - Overnight.
Day Two
- Breakfast will include continental options and a cooked Full English-style breakfast with sausage, bacon, beans, eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Homemade granola, yogurt, fresh fruit, and pastries will also be available.
- Head to Lacey’s Cheese in the nearby village of Reeth for a hands-on cheese-making class. You will make your own cheese from scratch, followed by lunch at the cheese-making school.
- Return to Hazel Brow House after lunch for a 2-hour guided hike with local expert Matt. Take in the sights, scents, and open landscapes of the Dales.
- This evening, enjoy another 3-course dinner paired with English wines.
- Sample Dinner Menu – Starters: Garlic & Chilli Tiger Prawns.
Main: Duck Breast with plum sauce. Pomme Anna, Braised red cabbage, green beans.
Desert: Chocolate Mousse with vanilla shortbread.
Day Three
- Breakfast
- Take a scenic drive over Buttertubs Pass, the dramatic route connecting Swaledale and Wensleydale, before continuing to Bolton Castle. Tour the castle and learn about its history, legends, and architecture.
- Afterward, enjoy tea by the fire in the castle café, with sandwiches, quiche, pie, and pastries available.
- This afternoon, take part in an Alpaca walk and Experience at your accommodations.
- Tonight enjoy another 3-Course feast with wine.
- Sample Dinner Menu – Starters: Burata & Heritage Tomatoes.
Main: Coq au vin, creamy potatoes, tenderstem, honey roast carrots.
Desert: Basque cheesecake & balsamic strawberries.
Day Four
- Breakfast.
- Take a 40-minute drive to the medieval market town of Middleham and the Chapel Kitchen for a morning of hands-on bread-making, with a focus on sourdough.
- Create sourdough breads, enjoy tastings during the class, and sit down to lunch together afterward.
- On the way back, stop at the Wensleydale Spirit Company, set in a former railway station, for a local gin tasting.
- This evening, return to your lodging for a final 3-course dinner.
- Sample Dinner Menu – Starters: Home cured gin & yuzu salmon, homemade rye bread.
Main: Traditional Roast dinner with all the trimmings.
Desert: Homemade rice pudding, caramelised top, roast cinnamon apples.
Day Five
- Breakfast.
- Departure 10.30am
Culinary Tour of Yorkshire
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Included in the 4-Night Yorkshire Culinary Tour
Accommodations4 Nights Accommodation at a Boutique Hotel in Yorkshire
Food & Beverages- Daily Breakfast
- 3 Lunches
- 4 Dinners
Classes & InstructorsYour cooking classes in Yorkshire will focus on two staples of any good British diet – bread and cheese! Your first class will take place in the nearby village of Reeth at Lacey’s Cheeses, which is a small dairy and cooking school that specializes in traditional cheeses and gelato-making. Your instructor will lead you in a cheese-making workshop followed by a chees-based lunch.
For your second class, you will travel to the medieval town of Middleham to learn the equally ancient art of baking sourdough bread. The cooking school is inside of a refurbished 19th Century Methodist Chapel in the heart of town, and taught by experienced bakers and chefs. The class will walk you through the basics of sourdough, including sections on: Mixing and folding, inclusions — ideas for flavour combinations, benching and shaping, proofing and baking, care and feeding of your starter.
In addition to these classes, you are welcome to join chef Emma in the kitchen to help prepare your evening meals. You can roll up your sleeves and get to work, sit and observe, or spend the time relaxing – as you prefer! It might also be possible, depending on the week, to organize an additional workshop featuring picking and fermenting.
Excursions- 2-Hour Guided Trail Hike
- Visit to Bolton Castle
- Alpaca Experience
- Gin Tasting
Transfer DetailsArrival and departure transfers are included to and from the Darlington or Northallerton train stations. (Transfers can also be arranged from Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester airports for an additional cost.)
Accommodation Information
You will have exclusive use of Hazel Brow, a country house located in Low Row, a hamlet in the heart of Swaledale. This boutique property is elegant and spacious, making it a peaceful base for your Yorkshire culinary vacation.
The interiors are warmly decorated, with comfortable spaces for reading, resting, and gathering before dinner. The guesthouse features 7 full-size bedrooms, including 3 with en suite bathrooms and 4 that share 2 additional bathrooms. A smaller 8th room is also available if needed.
The house also has a large dining space, a cozy common room with a fireplace, a beautiful garden, and views across the valley.
The guesthouse in which you will stay during your Yorkshire culinary tour
The interior of the guesthouse is luxurious.
Your lovely luxury accommodations.
Your cozy bed in your personal guestroom.
Dine outside and enjoy a great view.
Enjoy cozy reading nooks and astonishing views.
Estate Kitchen
Your home away from home
Exterior view of the guesthouse.
Dining Room in the guesthouse.
Enjoy a luxurious bath
The rooms are decorated in charming patterns with bold colors.
Enjoy a spacious shower in your private guestroom.
You will dine together at the estate.
You may choose to pay for hot tub access for the duration of your trip.
Another gorgeous room option during your stay
Twin rooms are available
You will never have trouble sleeping in these comfortable rooms.
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Pricing and Tour Dates for Our Culinary Vacation in Yorkshire
Find pricing and dates for our gastronomic vacation in Yorkshire below, or contact us to check availability for a private departure.
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2026 Culinary Tour in Yorkshire Pricing
September 28th-October 2nd For a minimum of 6 peopleSee moreUS$2980 per person based on double occupancy
Same price single or double occupancy for a minimum of 6 people.
30% deposit due to confirm booking.
Balance payment due 60 days prior to tour start date. Questions? Please contact us!
Pricing for 4 people: please inquire.
Yorkshire Tour Dates
See more2026 Fixed Departure Date: September 28-October 2 – for a minimum of 6 people.
Inquire for other possible dates for our Yorkshire Culinary tour!
Bring Your Yorkshire Culinary Vacation to Life
Need extra nights, transfers, or additional excursions? We can tailor your Yorkshire cooking holiday with the details that make your trip feel seamless, personal, and memorable.
