Chef and founder Guy Vaknin, 33, attributes his love of food to his Moroccan and Israeli heritage. He learned to cook from his mother and grandmother, who prepared immense dinners every weekend.

Flear Farm Cottages is a collection of 11 family-friendly cottages and converted barns, plus a large Georgian house, set in a lushly-wooded 30-acre valley in South Devon, where guests can wander ...