The graduation extravaganza held at River Cottage HQ was marked with a banquet cooked by Chef Tutors, speeches given by Steve Lamb followed by a certification ceremony presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. The graduates then danced the night away as they celebrated their achievements. The event attracted visitors from across the world, as families flew in from Malta and Australia to see their sons and daughters graduating. The 48 ecstatic graduates were the first to complete our Young Chef Apprentice Scheme – a professional and personal journey that aims to equip young learners with...
River Cottage Cookery School in Axminster, Devon has beaten dozens of other cookery schools from across the nation to win the accolade of Best Large Recreational Cookery School at the British Cookery School Awards.
Results were announced on Monday 17 November at the awards ceremony held at Porchester Hall in London. The event was hosted by head judge and BBC Radio 2’s food and drink broadcaster Nigel Barden.
Nigel said: “River Cottage has given millions of TV viewers a taste for great cooking since 1998, when Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall first brought his famous food ethos...
The team at River Cottage are celebrating after being recognised as one of the nation’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers, following the announcement at the National Apprenticeship Awards which took place during The Skills Show in Birmingham. The prestigious Top 100 List, compiled annually by the National Apprenticeship Service in partnership with City & Guilds, recognises excellence in businesses that employ apprentices. The list features the most exceptional apprenticeship employers from all National Apprenticeship Awards employer categories and showcases the breadth of employers who...
Axminster's River Cottage is once again hosting a competition to find the next young cooking talent as Rising Star returns for 2014. The competition looks to find an inspirational character amongst the best of Britain’s young cooks. It offers them the chance to follow in the footsteps of last year’s champion, Sam Lomas, and become River Cottage’s Rising Star 2014. The champion will not only become the face of the Young Chef Apprenticeship Scheme, but also gain a once-in-a-life time opportunity to secure 12 months' employment and training at River Cottage HQ. They will star in videos, cook...
River Cottage Chefs’ School are celebrating with the first of their apprentice chef graduates after completing an intensive 12-month programme.
The 11 ecstatic graduates were the first of 74 apprentices currently studying on the Young Chef Apprentice Scheme – a professional and personal journey that aims to equip young learners with the skills they need to enter the catering industry. They marked their final day by cooking a banquet for themselves and their tutors to showcase the best of their culinary skills.
This comes after a year of hands-on experience studying at River...
Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish joined with the head of the National Apprenticeship Service Karen Woodward and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at the launch of the River Cottage Apprenticeship programme on Friday 6th December.
Neil Parish praised River Cottage in his constituency for the positive impact their Apprenticeship programme is having on the South West and urged more employers in Devon to consider how Apprenticeships could deliver for their organisations.
During the visit to River Cottage headquarters Neil Parish was able to witness firsthand the benefits that...
On Monday 9 September John Wright, renowned mycologist and wild food fanatic of River Cottage fame, will give a talk on wild foraging – what to see, where and when to find it and how best to cook it.
John will be joining the EDDC Countryside team at the Axe Estuary Wetlands from 6.30 to 8.30pm.
John has written three River Cottage foraging handbooks – Mushrooms, The Edible Seashore and Hedgerows. This autumn his fourth handbook, Booze will be released. He is passionate about making beer, wine and other boozy treats from all sorts of ingredients to be found growing wild in...
The UK Olympic Diving Team coaches and athletes have joined forces with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage. This dynamic partnership is behind Essential Eating at River Cottage, the newest course at the recently launched River Cottage Chef School just outside Axminster on the borders of Devon and Dorset. To mark the launch of Essential Eating, the UK Olympic Diving Team will be visiting River Cottage HQ on 10 June.
This one-day, City & Guilds-accredited course focuses on how to source and cook the most nutritious, performance-boosting foods in a sustainable, seasonal...
The River Cottage Rising Star 2013 competition has launched to give one lucky individual the best possible start to their career. River Cottage is looking for one inspirational character to become the face of its new Young Chef Apprenticeship Scheme and gain a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure 12 months employment working with the team at River Cottage HQ, Park Farm.
River Cottage Rising Star 2013 will follow the learning journey that the apprentice embarks on at River Cottage HQ, and will demonstrate through a number of media channels how their culinary skills are improving...
