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Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Approved Activity Provider
After over 10 years being an Access Organisation helping students doing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award complete their Residential Project at Orchards Cookery, we are delighted confirm we are now and Approved Activity Provider for the D of E and all of our 5 day courses (and longer) qualify for the Residential Project. Each year we train 100s of students who come to Orchards Cookery to complete their Residential Project and we look forward to helping many more complete their Gold Award. The Change from Access Organisation to Approved Activity Provider is a recent change within the award scheme.Orchards Cookery Publishes First Hardback Cookery Book
We are delighted to have started 2015 with our first published cookery book. The hardback book has hundreds of colour photos (of real food cooked by our students) and 3 lovely ribbons. Even in the first few days of release we have had fantastic feedback from past students who have bought copies and from the first students to have received it on their courses. For the first time The Orchards School of Cookery Cookery Book will be available to the public. For further details on how to buy it please contact – isabel@orchardscookery.co.uk ‘The People’s Choice – Britain’s Favourite Large Cookery School’ 2014
We are delighted to have won ‘The People’s Choice – Britain’s Favourite Large Cookery School” in the 2014 British Cookery school Awards again this year. Very many thanks to our lovely past students and partners in the ski and hospitality industry who voted for us. We collected our award at an awards ceremony in London on 17th November 2014. As it was ‘Movember’ we apologies for Nicholas’ dodgy Movember! - It did raise money for Give Live Live Life our chosen charity for this year.Prue Leith visits Orchards Cookery July 2014
It was an honour and a great pleasure for staff and students to have the world famous Prue Leith to lunch at Orchards Cookery at the end of July. Well done to the students who cooked her lunch – we are very proud that she gave your food the thumbs up! Shortlisted for 'Cookery School of The Year' in The Food and Travel Magazine Reader Awards 2014
Orchards Cookery is delighted to have been Shortlisted in The Food and Travel Magazine 2014 Reader Awards for 'Cookery School of The Year'. Orchards Cookery is just one of 7 finalists. You can vote for Orchards Cookery to win - it takes less than 30 seconds! Go to: http://www.foodandtravel.com/awards - scroll to near bottom of page to Cookery School Awards and click next to The Orchards School of Cookery – enter your email address and that’s it!Orchards Cookery Wins Cookery School of The Year 2013!
Orchards Cookery is delighted to have won two prestigious awards “Cookery School of The Year” and “The Best English Cookery School” in the British Cookery School Awards 2013. Orchards Cookery was also a finalist in three other categories in the Awards: It was ‘Highly Commended’ in the “Best Specialist Cookery School” and “Best Unsung Hero” categories, and a finalist in “The Best Large Recreational Cookery School” and “People’s Choice Large School” category. Avalanche Safety for Orchards students
Orchards Cookery is delighted to have teamed up with Henry's Avalanche Talk to introduce future Orchards Cookery students to the real dangers (and the real fun - if done sensibly!) of off piste skiing. Henry gave his first Avalanche Talk to our Chalet Cooks students this week. Henry’s Avalanche Talk (HAT) is a team of professionals committed to enjoying the freedom of the whole mountain. Sharing their passion and providing insight for people who want to have fun and be safe while riding off-piste is their goal. The HAT team strives towards this goal by providing multi-media presentations, courses and on-snow training in conjunction with web based services: free email information, on-line presentations, current snow conditions and more on www.henrysavalanchetalk.com. 1st June 2013 Britain's Favourite Cookery School
We are delighted to have won The People's Choice Award - 'Britain's Favourite Cookery School' in the British Cookery School Awards 2012, which was voted for by the public. Quite an achievement out of hundreds of cookery schools in the UK! We are also very pleased to have been finalists in a further two categories: 'Best English Cookery School' and 'Best Large Cookery School'. Here's a photo of Nicholas, Lucy, & Isabel receiving the award from Nigel Barden at an awards ceremony held in London on 13th November 2012.The Best Country/ Residential Cookery School 2012
Orchards Cookery is delighted to have won The Best Country/ Residential Cookery School Award 2012 in the UK Cookery School of The Year Awards. Thanks to all our hard working staff. We could not have done it without you!Fresh Garlic
Fresh Garlic harvested from the garden 24th August 2012. A bit smaller than most years, due to the summer, but it tastes great!Sushi
A taste of things to come at Orchards CookerySt George's Mushrooms are here!
It’s the time of year for finding St George’s Mushrooms (Calocybe Gambosa). These highly prized wild mushrooms appear in grassland sometime around St George’s Day (23rd April) – often a couple of weeks later. All the rain has bought them on a treat and we picked these ones a couple of days ago, and have more growing for our Designer Dinner student’s wild mushroom risotto on this week’s course. We fried them in butter with a bit of garlic, added some fresh parsley, seasoned with salt and pepper and served them on toast for the children’s supper- delicious!! 7th May 2012(Remember don’t eat wild mushrooms unless you know 100% what they are!)
New website!
Our new website is finally live! Let us know what you think... 27th April 2012