With Masterchef returning to our screens this week for it's 12th
season, here are five cottages where you can enjoy a holiday and
release your inner-chef. Each of these self-catering cottages has a
kitchen so well-equipped and pleasing on the eye, that you will be
able to try out your latest Masterchef-inspired creations with
ease.
1. Perfect for Patisserie
An expanse of cool granite worktop makes this cottage
in Criccieth on the Llyn Peninsula perfect for pastry-lovers.
Paul Hollywood would be very pleased - ooops, wrong
programme.
When not rolling out your rough-puff, you can soak up the seaviews
from this luxurious retreat….or stroll down to the local bakery,
the Idris Cafe on the High Street where you can buy choux buns that
you can take home, fill and ice, and claim as your own.
Seaviews in
Criccieth: Bryn Deryn sleeps 6
2. Country Kitchen
If you prefer a more rustic, farmhouse approach to your cooking,
then the Cath Kidston china, wood-burning stove and scrubbed table
top at this country house on Anglesey's east coast will fit the
bill. Expect beautiful soft furnishings throughout, country
walks and even your own, virtually private beach - Traeth yr Ora
(meaning gold beach).
Fabulous
Farmhouse: Penrhyn Farm at Lligwy
sleeps 8
3. For the sociable chef
Don't want to be holed away in the kitchen and miss out on all the
fun? Not only does this distinctive lake-side house in
Snowdonia have a hand-built kitchen, granite worktops, six-burner
range cooker with separate spit oven, it also has an enormous
island unit - great for chatting whilst chopping, and a dining
table sitting in a magnificent rounded window with views across the
lake to the mountains beyond.
Snowdonia
self-catering: Dinas Noddfa sleeps 6
4. Parties and Pink Neon
Any kitchen that is adorned with neon has to be in the
perfect-party pad. Pop your bottles of fizz in the wine
cooler before your guests arrive and enjoy pre-dinner drinks in the
garden - the sight of the Snowdonian mountains lit up by the
setting sun are always a talking point.
Houses for Groups: Clynnog House sleeps
12. Adjacent Clynnog Cottage can sleep a further 2
guests.
Can't stand the heat?
Just between you & us, our little secret….we could always help
you out with your culinary creation. Not so much 'cheating',
more 'assisting'...
You can either order a home-cooked meal to be delivered to your
cottage from our Cottage Food menu or better still, you could book
your very own chef who will come to your
cottage, prepare & serve your meal and even take care of the
washing up. You may even be able to pick up a few tips along
the way…..