insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 04 - June 2015 | Page 36

food+drink

COOKERY, FINE WINE
AND COUNTRY PURSUITS
AT KINGSCOTE ESTATE
Kingscote Estate is a new vineyard and country pursuits destination offering a food
and drink education experience. It is set in the beautiful Kingscote Valley near East
Grinstead between the historic Bluebell Steam Railway and Weir Wood Reservoir. The
estate provides a quintessential English country experience in a valley steeped in
history. It has a vineyard, orchard, winery, shop and 15th-century tithe barn visitor
centre open for cookery school and corporate hire. Activities available on-site
include vineyard tours, cookery classes, clay pigeon shooting, fishing, foraging and
birds of prey experience events; there’s truly something for everyone.

Peter Bayless and Jethro Carr

Melissa Waddingham

Cookery School

area and a new audience in its first permanent base, developing a wide
range of cookery experiences.”

Kitchen Academy at Kingscote is an exciting new cookery school located
at the heart of Kingscote Estate in the magnificent oak barn visitor centre.
The cookery school