Celebrity chefs, including Rick Stein, will be serving up delicious food at Padstow’s 5th annual Christmas Festival from December 7 to 9. If you want to stay with family and friends nearby in a traditional Cornish property, Blue Chip Holidays are offering 10 per cent off short breaks and 20 per cent off seven nights.

Lower Trevorgus House, an impressive four-star, four-bedroom Georgian stone farmhouse sleeping 10, situated just outside St Merryn, costs from £735 a week, saving £175. Three nights from £586, saving £61. Or, Lower Trevorgus Garden Cottage, which sleeps four, at Padstow & Wadebridge, can be booked from £294 for a week, saving £65. Three nights from £239, saving £23. Visit www.bluechipholidays.co.uk or call 0844 7044987.