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 Owner, David Tobin and Head of Sales, Emer Mortell recently took Virtuoso Life’s Associate Art Director, Korena Sinnett, on a whirl wind tour around Ireland. They created a very special off the beaten track itinerary for her, to showcase the ‘best of the best’ in the arts and crafts world and uncover Ireland’s unique hidden gems. Thank you Korena for such a wonderful feature.
#virtuosolife #virtuoso #ireland #luxuryireland #irishcrafttraditions #dreamescapeltd #ballyfin #adaremanor #ashfordcastle #westbury #burrenperfumery Emer Mortell David Tobin
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Dream Escape are always looking for new and exciting private experiences and as Christmas is nearly upon us, it seems most appropriate to share this very special acapella that was performed privately to our clients in Oxford's Exeter College Chapel last week. #privateexperiences #luxurytravel #luxuryengland #dreamescapeltd
Thank you to our travel partners who have supported us this year. We look forward to working with you all again in the new year and wish you a fulfilling and successful 2020. Merry Christmas Everyone!
In the meantime, take a look at some of our 2019 best bits on our blog dreamescape.co.uk/2019-the-best-bits/
Our wonderful Dream Escape MD Claire Banks is about to head off on maternity leave and at Dream Escape HQ in Edinburgh today we decided to surprise her with a Baby Shower. 🍼 We somehow managed to keep it a secret from Claire and her face was a picture when she appeared ahead of schedule in Ops with the mail!
Enjoy every second with Baby Stone, Claire and Donald - we are going to miss your wise counsel so much Claire. As they live not too far from HQ there have been lots of offers for babysitting and taking the baby for walks! 👶 Lovely for us all to be part of such a caring team at Dream Escape. #dreamescapeltd
“It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas” in London. This iconic Christmas song, most recently reprised by Michael Buble and over the years sung by Perry Como, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, to name but a few, was originally composed by American Meredith Willson in 1951.
Christmas Magic is in the air in London. Let Dream Escape take you shopping to the very best stores including Royal Warrant Holders as well as other less well known independent retailers to find those special gifts for your loved ones. Top the experience off with a deliciously decadent festive Afternoon Tea at Fortnum & Mason!
Exciting Top Festive London Tips for the whole family from our London based Creative Planner Louise Murray are:
The number one Christmas experience for all the family has to be The Old Vic’s production of Charles Dicken’s The Christmas Carol. Now in it’s 3rdyear due to popular demand, this is a performance that will warm the heart of the greatest Christmas cynic. Beautiful singing, the ringing of hand bells, just enough ghostly appearances and even mince pies and clementines for the audience … perfect!!
∗ Father Christmas in the North Pole at The Royal Albert Hall where you will meet various friendly elves as you journey to meet the man himself
∗ The world’s most famous nanny flies back into London for a spectacular new production at The Prince Edward theatre
∗ Irving Berlin’s classic musical ‘A White Christmas’ opens on November 16th at London’s Dominion Theatre
∗ Ice Skating at Somerset House followed by the Christmas Markets in Trafalgar Square
∗ Afternoon Tea at Fortnum & Mason followed by a spot of Christmas shopping
∗ Carols by Candlelight at Southwark Cathedral (10th and 13th December)
∗ Sing-a-long to your favourite carols at The Royal Albert Hall
∗ Enjoy the Christmas Light Trail at Kew Gardens
∗ Alice in the Palace at Blenheim Palace
Emer Mortell, Dream Escape’s Head of Sales, has just returned home to Ireland from a very successful week at ILTM in Cannes, France where she met old friends and made new ones.
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