A home designed with a distinctly calming feel 🤩 For gorgeous gardens and interiors stay at Bedgebury Oast.
Soak up the sun on the balcony, dine al fresco on the patio, or get competitive with garden games on the extensive lawn. This home is perfect for making those summer memories we’ve all been waiting for.
📍Bedgebury Oast, Nr Tunbridge Wells
🛌 Sleeps 10 across 5 bedrooms
💌 Book via bloomstays.com
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Wherever you might be celebrating, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas from Bloom Stays 🥂✨🎄
We know many of our guests like to plan the next family reunion whilst you’re all together (saves a lot of WhatsApp messages!), so we’ll be open over Christmas to chat all things holidays, whether that’s an Easter, Summer or Christmas 2025 getaway.
📩 Call or email our friendly team, we’ll be open 9-5pm, excluding the following dates:
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- New Year’s Day
Have a holly jolly Christmas.
Love Bloom 🩷
Whipped Feta & Hot Honey Dip served with @kentcrisps - once you have tried it, you will be making it time and time again! 🌶️ 🍯🧀
Created by @theneedy.greedy for our series of festive canapés for self-catering holidays. 🎬 Filmed at Finchcocks Oast in Goudhurst, Kent, a spacious holiday home sleeping 42 guests - book via @bloom.stays
Ingredients:
2 tsp chilli flakes
150g runny honey
1tsp of apple cider vinegar
100g Feta
160g Greek Yoghurt
60g Cream Cheese
To serve: 200g Sea Salt Kent Crisps
Method:
Warm the honey, chili flakes and vinegar in a pan allow to come to a gentle simmer but do not let boil or it will be too thick! Simmer gently for about 5 minutes. Then sieve, you can retain the sticky chilli flakes to use as decoration. Allow to cool.
Crumble the Feta in a bowl with the Greek Yoghurt. Beat them with an electric beater until smooth, then beat in the cream cheese. Pile the whipped feta on a plate and drizzle over a third to half the hot honey. Serve with crisps.
You may need to redrizzle the honey halfway through as everyone scoops it up! Enjoy.
Click the post link in our bio to discover our blog on Christmas Canapé ideas for self catering holidays. ✨🎄🤩
🍽️ Serving dishes - @polkadotparsley
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Comfort & Joy at Christmas with Bloom Stays 🎄✨🍾
Feeling festive after watching this? Come and stay with us this year!
🎬 Filmed at Dormestone Farm in Charing, Kent.
Credits to: @ggsmith @theneedy.greedy @beyondthetable_events @mimieventhire @westwellwines @astilbe_sorrel
Film Maker: Matt Robinson
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Sweet & Spicy Pecans 🥂 These little beauties are perfect to have with your Christmas drinks. Just 5 mins prep, 15 mins in the oven and you are left with a sweet spicy sticky nut that is totally addictive.
We hope these festive canapés by @theneedy.greedy offer some inspiration for self-catering holidays.
Filmed at Finchcocks Oast in Goudhurst, Kent, a spacious holiday home sleeping 42 guests - book via
@bloom.stays
Ingredients:
150g Pecans
30g Maple Syrup
15g Brown Sugar
10ml of Groundnut oil (or another flavourless oil)
Pinch of cayenne (quantity will depend on your fondness for heat!)
A teaspoon of Chili flakes (optional)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking sheet with nonstick parchment. Mix all the ingredients except the nuts in a large bowl to form a sticky syrup. Add in the nuts and coat well with all the sticky spicy sauce.
Pour onto the lined baking sheet and pop into the oven for 15 mins. Ideally, give them a stir every 5 minutes to make sure they are cooking evenly.
Remove from oven, allow to cool then serve in your prettiest dish! Enjoy. 😋
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🍽️ Dinner views looking out to sea or nestled in the countryside - what would you choose?
At Bloom Stays we have a well-used list of local chefs who can make your stay even more memorable and certainly less stressful!
From bespoke menus for stylish dinner parties to laid back grazing boards for happy snacking.
And we’ve recently partnered with @yhangry so now your list of recommended caterers is endless! 🧑🍳
The wonderful Sarah from @beyondthetable_events can add the personal touches to your celebration dinners with menus, decorated table settings and flowers to match.
📩 Get in touch for more details on how to arrange a chef for your stay.
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What a gorgeous way to spend the day!🍇🌞
The @bloom.stays team had a wonderful vineyard tour and tasting session at @terlingham_vineyard this week.
It was fascinating to learn about their sustainable and natural ways of producing some very tasty wine!
With many awards for both their wines & gin it’s certainly worth a trip, especially for the sea views just beyond the vines.
Plus it was too good not to share, so it only seemed right to leave with bottles for friends & family too.🛍️
Safe to say we will be back for more! Thanks for having us.
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Need a simple, fresh and utterly delicious dinner? Try this poached salmon, asparagus and new potato salad with a toasted walnut vinaigrette by @alex_hollywood1 😋 It’s part of our summer series of easy ‘throw-together’ plates for self-catering holidays.
🎬 Created at The Willows a @bloom.stays holiday home. Dog friendly and very spacious sleeping 8 guests, it’s available to book via bloomstays.com
🥗For the salad:
1 salmon side or 3-4 salmon fillets (buy cooked if you’re short on time)
2 bay leaves
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
6 mixed peppercorns
8-10 asparagus spears (our are from @lowerladysdenfarm)
100g green beans
300g jersey potatoes
1 baby gem cos or romaine lettuce
2-3 chopped spring onions
1 tbsp of each: chopped parsley, cress, chives
1 knob of butter
Salt & pepper
1 handful of toasted walnuts
🥄 For the vinaigrette:
1 shallot
5 tbsp walnut oil
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1tsp runny honey
1tsp Dijon mustard
Salt & pepper
Perfect for al fresco dining and packed full of goodness that takes no time at all to throw together.
Give it a go! For more tasty recipes to please your crowd, head to our new blog or check out Alex Hollywood’s cookbook Cooking Tonight.
Summer Salad Recipe | Healthy Dinners | Salmon Recipe | Self Catering Holiday Home #healthydinners #salmonrecipe #selfcateringaccommodation #bloomstays #summersalad #summerrecipes #alexhollywood #poachedsalmon
Super easy bread recipe from start to scratch in just 45 minutes! Check out @alex_hollywood1 and her soda bread which is quick, low fuss and requires no-need - perfect for getting in and out the kitchen quickly on holiday.
Throw it together for summer picnics or serve with cheeses after dinner.
🎬 Filmed at The Willows in Ash near Canterbury, Kent. This ex-agricultural barn sits in unspoilt countryside with a large sociable kitchen for memorable meals together. Book via @bloom.stays
🥖Ingredients:
100g porridge oats
160g strong white bread flour
160g wholemeal flour
10g bicarbonate of soda
6g salt
35g black treacle
10g honey
350ml buttermilk
(a little water to loosen the dough if necessary)
🧀 We paired ours with a selection of cheese from @cheesemakers_of_canterbury we picked their goat’s cheese, camembert and Ashmore, along with their gorgeously sweet, rhubarb chutney.
🍯If you have any local honey left over from breakfast that would also make a great combo with the bread.
Give it a go! For more tasty recipes to throw together on your self catering holiday, head to our blog or check out Alex Hollywood’s cookbook Cooking Tonight.
Easy Bread Recipe | Homemade Bread | Holiday Homes in UK #breadrecipe #easybread #selfcateringaccommodation #bloomstays #howtomakebread #sodabread #breadmaking #homemadebread #alexhollywood
Pancakes drizzled in blueberry compote 🤤 Here’s a breakfast to feed a crowd! Try these banana & oat pancakes with blueberry compote created by @alex_hollywood1 for our new food series of easy ‘throw-together’ plates for self-catering holidays.
🎬 Filmed at The Willows in Ash near Canterbury, Kent. A spacious holiday home sleeping 8 guests, available to book via @bloom.stays
🥞For the pancakes:
2 ripe bananas
80g porridge oats
1 tbsp Greek yogurt
2 medium or large eggs
2 tsp baking powder
A splash of vanilla essence
A pinch of salt
Butter and sunflower oil for frying
🫐For the compote:
350g blueberries
2tbs icing sugar
A squeeze of fresh lemon juice
A little water to loosen if necessary.
To serve:
🍯Maple syrup or honey
🍓Chopped fresh fruit
These are super easy to scale up or down depending on how many are demanded. Give it a go! For more tasty recipes to throw together on holiday, head to our new blog or check out Alex Hollywood’s book Cooking Tonight.
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