and port cellar. Even the new Caudalíe Vinotherapie Spa’s relaxing treatments extend the wine theme with the likes of the Cabernet Scrub. Michelin-star chef Ricardo Costa heads up the hotel’s fine-dining restaurant, while spacious rooms enjoy views

 restaurant, led by Head Chef Tom Rains, features a specially created Children’s Menu. Nearby attractions include Cotswold Farm Park with its array of animals, the Tailor of Gloucester Beatrix Potter Museum and Gloucester Cathedral – the setting for Hogwarts

Concierge Service will help to make sure all yourfamily’s needs are met, so you can get on with enjoying your break. A concierge can arrange for a chef to cook for you, organise babysitting and ensure your fridge is packed with Christmas fare. A Beach

 are in abundance, the kitchen has top-notch appliances and a local chef can be called in to prepare your meals. A week at Dolly Cottage with Mr & Mrs Smith is priced from €595 for a family of four. Discover Ireland's Famous Five top destinations and we recommend

 cuisine from your own chef at the elegant poolside gazebo, then relax on the sundeck overlooking the Caribbean sea. Prices with Private Label Worldwide start from £10,650 for a family of four staying seven nights. This price includes flights, transfers, use

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

is romantically candlelit. During holidays, excellent activities are laid on for free, so petite potters, gardeners, treasure-hunters and master chefs in the making can be delightfully edutained while you do nothing more strenuous than order a poolside glass

at the office and make a cup of tea (usually the first food of the day for me), open my computer and start checking emails. Kate, who runs wholesale, and Clare, our Bookkeeper, will both be there as well as one or two sales girls. We occupy one huge room, which

Plenty of fine foods and foodie chefs demonstrating their talents including Mary Berry, Richard Corrigan, Paul Hollywood and Yotam Ottolenghi. Where to stay Pitch-your-own or glamp it from £350. New for this year is the very civilised option