Chateau De La Motte Husson Home of Escape to The Chateau

29/01/2025

Happy 12th birthday to our kind funny, clever and gorgeous little man! 🎂 (not that we are bias).

Feels like yesterday that we held Arthur in our arms for the first time…

This weekend saw 28 kids take over the Chateau with Laser Tag and lots of games…it even snowed! ❄️⛄️

Merry birthday Arthur! Love you more than you will ever know!

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14/01/2025

-5 at the Chateau this morning 🥶❄️

13/01/2025

Hello to you on this wonderful winter morning! ❄️

A hard frost certainly adds a bit of magic…but with the sunrise this morning…the Chateau looks stunning!

Have a wonderful day ❤️

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11/01/2025

A very good morning to all our friends down under!

Now we are officially in 2025 our Australian tour feels so close and we cannot tell you how excited we are to be coming back in July!

Thank you to everyone that has purchased tickets, we know so many special memories will be made, especially with our meet and greets afterwards. Our community is so kind and creative and we hope many of you will connect and have the opportunity to meet as we tour!

https://thechateau.tv/pages/the-forever-home-tour-australia-2025

If you would like to connect with others attending the shows, each has a handy Facebook event group that you can comment in and invite your friends to.

Perth https://www.facebook.com/share/1EKyqEK12b/

Adelaide https://www.facebook.com/share/1X8YyArmPy/

Brisbane https://www.facebook.com/share/15wEZFqGgC/

Bendigo https://www.facebook.com/share/15ZaUrQ1y9/

Melbourne https://www.facebook.com/share/1HXDEUvmDZ/

Newcastle https://www.facebook.com/share/1B9ZC9Bnfg/

Sydney https://www.facebook.com/share/1BU96FNJML/

Canberra https://www.facebook.com/share/15PC1GZJUG/

Have a lovely Sunday!!

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09/01/2025

Exciting news to start the year! Our friendship with the WI continues to flourish in 2025!

It’s an organisation close to our hearts ❤️

More to follow on this soon!

Have a lovely evening

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We are thrilled to welcome Angel Strawbridge as a keynote speaker at the NFWI Annual Meeting 2025.

Angel is the founder of the Vintage Patisserie, a glamorous hospitality company, author of the ‘Vintage Tea Party’ Series, and perhaps most known and loved for being co-owner - alongside husband Dick - of Chateau de la Motte Husson; featured in the hugely popular Channel 4 series "Escape to the Chateau". Angel is a life-long fan and supporter of the WI, and personifies our tradition of passing on valuable skills and traditions to generations of women. She has also joined us as a new official high-profile Supporter in 2025.

We look forward to working with Angel, and Dick, lots more in the coming years!

Find out more!

https://www.thewi.org.uk/annual-meeting

06/01/2025

Happy New Year! 🥰

We hope your festivities have been filled with family fun and wonderful memories!

We ended the year with a rather chilly, but incredibly satisfying, dip in the sea..and have spent the last few days, before the new rhythm kicks in, enjoying being at the Chateau!

We hope your 2025 is happy, healthy and filled with making dreams come true ♥️

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24/12/2024

It’s the final countdown in the Strawbridge household and excitement levels are high!

From our family to yours…Have a Happy and Healthy Christmas! 🎄

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12/12/2024

A very good morning to you on this Fabulous Thursday!

We promised a Strawbridge Cookalong and we are delighted to say you can now make our festive favourite Savoury Mince Pies with us! 🥧❄️

https://thechateau.tv/blogs/gourmand/a-taste-of-the-chateau

We had so much fun doing this - which you can probably tell from all the giggles! The really special thing about these pies is that, aside from being totally delicious, they are truly unique and a real talking point at any festive gathering.

If you make anything from our book, A Taste of the Chateau, please share with us! We love seeing your creations.

Have a lovely festive day🌲

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07/12/2024

It’s certainly been the week to be jolly! 🎄

Lots of festive fun at the Chateau - from filming our cook-a-long to Arthur’s Christmas fete.

The grown ups even had a moment to drink Snowballs whilst Arthur and Dorothy wrote their letters to Father Christmas!

Can’t lie…our heart melted when Dorothy put the Dyson hairdryer on her list because it’s not cheap…so she did not want to ask us! Although it will never compete with Arthur asking FC for a first edition Pokemon Charizard! 🎅

With all the festivities going on we nearly missed the rainbow 🌈 so thank you to our Quentin who captured it!

Wherever you are and whatever you are up to, have a wonderful weekend!

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01/12/2024

Happy 1st December! 🥳

It’s the perfect Sunday to go choose our Christmas tree🌲

We have used the same family-run farm for years now…the Christmas jumpers are out and everyone is singing Christmas tunes getting in the mood for fun…

…which will start with making sure the tree is straight and getting the lights on…say no more!

Have a lovely Sunday!

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29/11/2024

We don’t really do Black Friday….We do Fabulous Fridays…🥳

To celebrate this, we have added some additions to our Last Chance…

They will only be there for this week. Or until stock runs out!

https://thechateau.tv/collections/last-chance

Happy Shopping and have a Fabulous Friday!

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28/11/2024

Who fancies a Christmas Cook-A-Long? ❄️🧑🏻‍🍳

Our Savoury Mince Pies are the perfect festive treat and we would love you to join us in making them! So watch this space on how to cook-a-long with us!

Our new lifestyle book A Taste of The Chateau is full of festive inspiration and is currently half price on Amazon and also available from The Chateau Shop, where it comes in an exclusive Chateau gift box 💝 - perfect for gifting or keeping for yourself! 🎁

Have a fabulous Thursday!

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27/11/2024

Hello on this Wonderful Wednesday!

Pre-Sale tickets are now live for our 2025 Australian tour ✈️

https://fane.com.au/show/dick-angel-strawbridge-forever-home-tour/

Thank you to everyone that has messaged us...The whole family is truly over the moon to be returning… Thank you for having us ❤️

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25/11/2024

A very good evening to you!

If you, or someone dear to you, has ever wanted to visit the Chateau for one of our Food Lovers Weekend (that we no longer do), you will be delighted to hear that this could be your opportunity, whilst supporting a great cause!

It will be a full weekend for THREE couples to stay in the Chateau, with lots of fabulous French Food & Wine 🍷 and, of course, hosted by us! ❤️

Full details here:

https://ww2.emma-live.com/nytgreatestgift/view_lot/?id=20743

Best of luck ❤️

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24/11/2024

To our dear friends in Australia ❤️

We are delighted to announce that we are bringing our new Forever Home Tour to you!

Tickets will be on general sale from Friday, but to gain access to presale tickets from this Wednesday, follow this link:

www.fane.com.au/forever-home

When the presale tickets become live at your theatre on Wednesday morning, you will be the first to receive a notification from Fane!

We simply can’t wait!

Have a lovely day.

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23/11/2024

It’s certainly been a white welcome back! ❄️⛄️

This weekend we are looking forward to do Nothing!!! Pottering…watching movies and doing some nice home cooking!

For our Australian friends…🇦🇺 We have some exciting news for you that we will share at 7am Monday morning your time!

Have a fantastic weekend ❤️

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21/11/2024

What a welcome back! It’s a snow day! ❄️🌨️☃️