Swinton
£149—Cookery course & spa treat at Yorkshire country estate
Swinton Estate
Amy Lindsay
Deal Expert
Why We Love This Deal
The 20,000-acre Swinton Estate has it all. There's stunning parkland, award-winning restaurants, and a 5-bubble spa. Experience the "tranquil" (The Good Spa Guide) leisure facilities and get a cooking masterclass from an expert tutor. Cook and Chill packages are £149 for Travelzoo members, saving £61 on the usual cost.
What's Included
- A Cook and Chill package for one, which includes:
- A half-day cookery course for one at the Swinton Cookery School. Including tea or coffee on arrival, and lunch with a beer or a glass of wine
- A 45-minute spa treatment. Choose from: a bespoke back massage, a facial, an Indian head massage, a lux manicure or pedicure, a gel manicure or pedicure, or a warm and cosy ritual
- Three hours' use of the Swinton Country Club facilities
- A voucher for two is £289. Alternatively, two people can share the one-person voucher. One guest will take the cookery course, whilst the other receives the spa access and treatment at the same time
- Valid from 10am on select Monday–Wednesdays from 6 January–31 March, 2026. The cookery course will finish at approximately 1:30pm. Spa access can be taken from 2pm. Click here to view the list of courses and available dates*
- We've also negotiated a cookery-course only offer, for £85 for one, or £159 for two.
More Reasons to Go
- The cookery school and country club are both part of the Swinton Park Hotel, described as a ''17th-century castle exuding luxury and extravagance'', by The AA.
- Pick from over 10 cookery courses. These include Modern World Street Food, Show Stopping Canapes, and Ultimate Sunday Lunch.
- You'll be provided with fresh, seasonal ingredients, many of which are grown in the estate's own 4-acre walled garden.
- The Good Spa Guide praises the ''amazing and memorable luxury spa treatments''. It also boasts an AA Best UK Spa award.
- Facilities include a hot Finnish sauna, a hydrotherapy pool, and three relaxation zones. Plus, a salt steam room, a spa garden, and a wild swimming lake.
Enjoyed This
(27 Member Ratings)
(27 Member Ratings)
Enjoyed Most
The cook and chill voucher was great fun, the perfect gift, and Ian the instructor was superb.
10 Dec, 2025
Bradford, UK
Enjoyed Most
Whilst communication with the reservation team was mixed ( we wanted to learn the game menu as we had attended an earlier game cookery course and wanted to ensure it was different) the actual event was excellent and the chef tutor was professional and personable with good addional advice.
David
11 Nov, 2025
Northallerton, UK
Enjoyed Most
Lovely, relaxing day !
Other Comments
Very friendly people
Beautiful location
Lynn
21 Oct, 2025
Hartlepool, UK
Enjoyed Most
Thoroughly enjoyable experience. The cookery school morning was great, really personable tutor with easy to follow instructions. The spa here is lovely with a great treatment too.
Andrea
27 Jan, 2025
Harrogate, UK
Enjoyed Most
The reception and cookery class was excellent. The spa was a little disappointing because some spa facilities were out of order( not heated as they should be.It would have been more relaxing to have a cosy place to relax as the only area was poolside which was not peaceful. The 45inute treatment was amazing. Lovely staff and god hot stone massage and mini facial by Sarah . Left the day feeling very chilled and pampered following a very good cookery class in the morning with excellent tuition from Ian in the cookery school.
Other Comments
Ian was a great chef teacher and Sarah provided a very lovely treatment in the spa .Thank you for an enjoyable day .
Sarah
23 Jan, 2025
Enjoyed Most
My 2nd cook and chill experience. Very enjoyable and easy to follow cooking. Lovely relaxing afternoon in the spa.
Anne
21 Jan, 2025
York, UK
Enjoyed Most
The chef running the course was good
Other Comments
Unimaginative things to cook. Poor service at spa, it looks like the huge investment in it is not being mintained
Anne
14 Nov, 2024
Little Ribston, UK
Enjoyed Most
absolutely excellent
Beverley
01 Nov, 2024
Chesterfield, UK
Enjoyed Most
The actual experience was very good from beginning to end.
Other Comments
I was very disgruntled with the booking at the beginning as I booked on one of the dates on offer by travelzoo and then was told by the estate there was a party in that day and my booking had to be changed. As this was a gift for my sister who had to come from Bristol it was very annoying for her to have to change all her family and travel arrangements. Plus I also had to change all my arrangements . We also could not have our choice of cookery class.
Swinton were apologetic but were adamant we had to change our date and offered no compensation.
Happily the day was wonderful and partially made up for all that inconvenience
SHERIDA
08 Oct, 2024
Ripon, UK
Enjoyed Most
The cookery school was exceptional.
Spa day fab - amazing day
Caroline
17 Sep, 2024









