NEW TOURS PRICED FROM £295

MasterChef Travel is expanding its 2015 collection of culinary holidays to include short breaks in the UK.  Priced from just £295 per person, and with gift vouchers now available online, these trips make excellent presents for lovers of food and travel alike.

London with a MasterChef is a weekend break at the historic St Ermin's Hotel in Westminster where Adam Handling, finalist on MasterChef: The Professionals 2013 is the head chef. Perfect for combining with some Christmas shopping or for a more enjoyable way to explore the January sales, MasterChef Travel is including the St Ermin's signature afternoon tea and a five-course tasting menu with paired wines. Adam will be cooking in the kitchen and also meeting guests during the dinner. The hotel's rooftop is home to 200,000 Buckfast bees – as well as a unique Bee Hotel for abandoned bees – and their honey is used in numerous dishes: a pre-dinner honey-inspired cocktail is also included. 

A one-night London with a MasterChef break is priced from £295 per person and two nights is from £435 per person, which also includes a wine tasting experience at Vinopolis. Trips start on 21 November 2014 and run throughout November, December and January.

Welsh Wonders, in the picturesque Vale of Glamorgan, is the setting of this new 2-night break with MasterChef Travel. Staying in Llanerch Vineyard, home to the acclaimed Angela Gray Cookery School, guests will join Angela for cookery demonstrations using local produce, sample the still and sparkling wines produced by the vineyard, enjoy dishes created by the hotel's chef and finish the trip with a Kitchen Challenge with the head chef.

The 2-night Welsh Wonders culinary break from 20 – 22 February 2015 is priced from £495 per person and includes all meals. More dates to be announced later this year.

Prices include excursions, accommodation with breakfast and other meals as specified.

Details of the full range of tours can be seen at www.mastercheftravel.com with more 2015 tours to be announced later this year.

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NOTE TO EDITORS

MasterChef Travel is a range of worldwide culinary holidays, some of which feature a MasterChef contestant. All MasterChef Travel tours are operated by Cox & Kings, the world's longest established travel company. Its history stretches back more than 250 years to 1758 when Richard Cox was appointed regimental agent to the Footguards (later the Grenadier Guards). With operations in London, the US, Japan, Australia & New Zealand and throughout India, Cox & Kings organises escorted small-group tours and private tailor-made travel worldwide.

Based on a format created by Franc Roddam, MasterChef sets out to find amazing amateur chefs whose talent, dedication and passion for food could change their lives forever. The format has enjoyed unprecedented success globally, produced in over 40 countries and broadcast in over 200 territories worldwide and achieving No1 status in many.

In the UK, there have been ten series of the revamped version of MasterChef, nine series of Celebrity MasterChef, six series of MasterChef: The Professionals and two series of Junior MasterChef, which have been produced by Shine TV since 2005. Series 10, the most recent amateur series on BBC One, peaked at more than 6.6 million viewers for the finale in May 2014.