room costs from £84 per night. ■ Resembling a giant Alpine lodge, the striking La Becca hotel in Val d’Isère is celebrating after local-born chef Antony Tempesta won his first Michelin Star. Located in the Laisinant hamlet, it costs from E130 per night

Heston Blumenthal, Michelin-starred chefIf children are helping you cook, don’t expect them to make a dish from start to finish. It’s the interaction that’s the best thing – they can learn from you and you can learn from teaching them.Mimi Doe

’s the vibe Celebrating its coming of age (the first festival was in 1990), Larmer Tree is a laid-back escape-from-it-all fest. Musical interludes Billed as “a festival of acoustic folk and world music, but also roots, blues, jazz, Americana, and reggae