11th June 2019
Following the recent announcement of Dream Escape’s London office expansion and the addition of Sally Strange to our team, Dream Escape have been out and about in London sampling the culinary delights of the city.
The team were very kindly hosted by the Doyle Collection at the Kensington Hotel for an indulgent afternoon tea. Their latest offering takes inspiration from the iconic and historical landmarks for which London is famous.
‘The Kensington’s London Landmarks Afternoon Tea leads diners on a tour of the capital’s architectural feats and culinary traditions, with tributes to London’s most famed structures’
The Menu is a celebration of London and the tasty scones, sandwiches and sweets stood proudly on a London Eye inspired tea stand and were heartily enjoyed by all.
For a Royal flavour, indulge the taste buds at The Rubens at the Palace for a Royal Afternoon Tea where you can sit in the Palace Lounge overlooking the Mews at Buckingham Palace. Enjoy the Queen’s favourite’s of lemon curd, peaches and Gin and Dubonnet which have inpspired this delicious menu.
Other notable afternoon tea offerings include the award winning ‘Art Afternoon Tea‘ at the Mirror Room in the Rosewood Hotel, London which is inspired by some of the Van Gogh’s most famous masterpieces including Sunflowers, The Starry Night and Almond Blossoms. Little ones can also enjoy an art inspired culinary treat. Equipped with a painter’s palette, paint tubes filled with jam and lemon curd and palette knives to spread the sweet toppings, the tiny artists will be able to enjoy a selection of finger sandwiches and art inspired pastries especially designed for them.
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Further afield, our recent trips to Ireland hosting educational trips for Joanna Heathcote and Companies and Valerie Wilson Travel have given us the wonderful opportunity to explore culinary options and hidden foodie gems in Ireland. Whether it’s an elegant celebration dinner or authentic and home-made we have it covered.
Ireland is renowned for its seafood and Galway is the centre of the foodie revival. Enjoy oysters at source with a private tour and tasting. Led by a marine biologist, this tour includes a lesson in how oysters are grown and harvested, plus a demonstration on how to shuck them. Alternatively, enjoy lunch in a wonderful thatched cottage with Galway Oyster Shucking champ in family. Have a chat and find out about the different types of oysters and see an expert shucking demonstration.
Discover chocolate being made in small batches using rare Trinitario cacao beans and raw sugar on a 45-minute tour of cottage-housed chocolate factory in a picturesque hillside location.
Then onto another farm for artisan ice cream! In our opinion this is a pretty special place making a pretty special product, with the milk sourced from their Burren native shorthorn cows and as many ingredients as possible sourced from the Burren. The owner makes her own honeycomb, wild berry purees from local fruits and uses many other local ingredients as possible, such as seasonal apples, rhubarb and hazelnuts which are plentiful.
Check out our foodie programmes below.
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Dream Escape London. Out and about yesterday with Louise Murray and Sally Strange from our Dream Escape London Office and Sarah Butler from our Marketing team. A big thanks and shout out to the wonderful Browns Hotel for hosting us. #dreamescapelondon #brownshotel #roccofortehotels #london #luxurytravel #dreamescapteltd
Dream Escape Creative Planner Louise Murray, based in London, has been out and about exploring the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich of which the centrepiece is the Painted Hall. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren as a ceremonial dining room for what was then the new Royal Hospital for Seaman, the Painted Hall was completed in 1727.
Introducing the Dream Escape Tweed. Earlier this year, Scottish Interior Textile Designer Araminta Campbell set to work on a unique Dream Escape fabric design. Araminta was of course the driving force behind the outstanding interiors of the award-winning Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar last year, which was opened by HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Read the full story in our blog @ dreamescape.co.uk/araminta-campbell-for-dream-escape/
As it happens, the Fife Arms are hosting a Fashion Weekend at the hotel this weekend with Harper's Bazaar, so for any fashion and design inspired travel programmes to the UK and Ireland, please visit our website @ dreamescape.co.uk/fashion-and-design/
#dreamescapeltd #fifearms #aramintacampbell #luxurytravel
Dream Escape’s Head of Guiding, Rosie, was in Ireland recently as a guest of Tourism Ireland and Failte Ireland on an action packed Educational Trip: ‘Northern Ireland meets the Wild Atlantic Way.’
So many fabulous new experiences en route that we can offer to Dream Escape’s clients as part of their programme.
From Belfast we travelled west to stately Hillsborough Castle and on to the Bramley apple orchards of Armagh and the hidden surprises of beautiful Derry to County Donegal and the Wild Atlantic Way visiting castles, gardens, lighthouses and cliffs. Let’s not forget the Irish Coffee lunch and entertainment at the country pub which was the home of Enya and Clannad!
Two B2B Workshops gave Rosie the chance to meet new suppliers from all over Ireland and to chat about new experiences our regular suppliers are offering for 2020! Thank you Tourism Ireland and Failte Ireland.
They did it! After 7 Days and 500 very long hard miles, it's a wrap! Thank you all once again for your continued support and generous donations.
Raising money for Cancer Research @ dreamescape.co.uk/davids-north-coast-500-challenge/
If anyone is interested in following in their footsteps and experiencing this stunning part of Scotland, get in touch with us or visit dreamescape.co.uk/destination_post/scotland/
#northcoast500 #NC500 #scotland #highlands #cyclingadventure #dreamescapeltd #stunningscenery
