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Laura Kurton

Former luxury yacht chef who, with husband Nathan, runs English Cottage Vacation, a fully hosted luxury cottage getaway in Dorset, England; author of The English Cottage Kitchen Cookbook.

Oct 11, 2026

3:36
... you and Nathan find yourselves working on yachts initially?
3:41
Well, when Nathan and I met in 2008, it became very apparent that our main, um, sort of attraction was around water sports.
3:49
He'd grown up, um, um, with his parents who had a, um, a power boat, like a small power boat.
3:57
And he would water ski and things down on the, on the coast here in England.
4:01
And I came from a sailing background.
4:03
Um, I grew up, my parents were members of a, a sailing club in the Cotswolds, 'cause there's lots of old quarries in the Co- Cotswolds that became, uh, water sports clubs.
4:13
And we happened to be a member of a sailing club, and so I learned to sail there.

14 MINS LATER

18:43
Yeah.

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