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Have a Post-Easter Picnic Feast at The Isle of Wight's Hambrough

Where: Hambrough Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, PO38 1SQ

Apart from gorging on too much chocolate, a proper English Easter involves ditching the city and getting a taste of fresh air in the Great British Countryside. Picnics are an essential part of this. So for anyone who already did this and is feeling exceptionally hearty this week, or for those who didn't because they were put off by the prospect of soggy marmite sandwiches and tepid tea, here's one for you.

The Hambrough hotel on the Isle of Wight is a bit of a foodie destination already, seeing as it's under the helm of the youthful (26 years old) Robert Thompson who earned his first Michelin star at the tender age of 23. But you don't have to enjoy his cuisine indoors. Oh no. Because it's spring, he'll give it to you al fresco: sign up for a picnic package and he'll whip up a Michelin-starred basket for you to take out into the, er, wilderness, including Bellini cocktails, pea and truffle soup, a crab cocktail, homemade bread and, our favorite, rhubarb and vanilla tarts. That's just the spring menu and it runs till the end of May; come June, there's a summer basket with such delights as gazpacho and lobster and mango.

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