Independent Cookery Schools Association (ICSA) members scoop awards November has seen a great month for our members with two South West schools scooping prestigious awards and a further nomination for its president Stella West- Harling. On…
delicious! ICSA schools take to the stage at Ascot next week
We are delighted to announce that The Independent Cookery Schools Association ( ICSA) is donning its apron and putting its show on the road at the auspicious delicious. Magazine’s Food and Wine Festival at Ascot…
The Death of Lunch
According to a number of food trend consultants to the 'Posh People's Supermarkets', the big trend to watch is the blurring of meal times for busy people. Cities, in particular, where many people do not…
Health & Ethics Matter by Stella West- Harling
Customers want to improve their health, stats reveal. According to an extended report recently commissioned and published by Nestle, as a result of 63% of the UK population being overweight or obese , money is…
Organic Market Growth Continues
Organic The Soil Association’s 2017 Organic Market Report reveals that the UK organic market has grown for its fifth successive year, boosted by a 19.1% increase in organic in the foodservice sector, which is now…
Cut sugar in cakes, chocolate by 20%, industry told
Sugar limits for everyday foods such as biscuits, chocolate bars and cereals have been published by public health officials in a bid to make UK children more healthy. Public Health England is challenging businesses to…
Minimum wage rise set to increase pressure on hospitality firms
Increases in the minimum wage set to take effect on 1 April 2017 are expected to directly benefit up to 2.3 million workers. But the Low Pay Commission, an independent adviser to government, which carried…
ICSA Kite mark for members
To add the ICSA members logo to your website we would recommend you use the logo image that we host. This means that any changes to the logo in the future will be automatically applied…
Sales of organic food and drink top £2billion for the first time after demand rises for the fifth year in a row
Demand for organic food and drink has risen for the fifth year in a row. Annual UK sales were up 7.1 per cent in 2016 to top £2billion for the first time, a report found.…
Pensions Act – Auto Enrolment
Becoming a business owner certainly has its advantages: take having greater control over your working day, coupled with the feeling that you’ve built something of your own – for many it’s all that’s needed to…
Time to get Active! Let’s Fight USA GMOs.
When I started my cookery school 25 years ago, my ethos of buying local, seasonal, organic (wherever possible) produce was something very new to my students. How times have changed and thankfully for the better.…
Fairtrade Fortnight
After the excesses of Christmas and New Year, let us turn our thought to the rest of the world where many struggle every day to survive and keep their families from being hungry. ICSA will…
Carrageenan Ban.
Carrageenan is a thickener and stabiliser derived from seaweed that food companies use in a wide range of products. Low fat dairy, nondairy milks, and yogurts are some of the common grocery items that contain…
ALDI- The highest-paying supermarket in UK.
ALDI is to give more than 3,000 staff a pay rise making it the highest-paying supermarket in the UK. Employees at the bargain chain will earn £8.53 an hour and £9.75 if they live in London, starting…
Vegetables Will Replace Meat by 2020—And Millennials Are Driving the Shift
Millennials have consistently demonstrated that they care about food, which also means caring about the environment Throughout the history of the American dinner plate, meat held pride of place—a hunk of beef resting next to…
Organic Aldi
A supermarket that is known for its low prices is starting to make a name for itself as a health food store. In recent years, Aldi has been removing certain pesticides and chemicals from…
News: New English Language Requirements implemented
As reported in Personnel Today the new English language requirements for public-sector workers in customer-facing roles came into force on 21 November 2016, following the publication this week of provisions under the Immigration Act…
ICSA in the press
Since ICSA launched in 2014, we have been featured in national press articles such as the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and Metro, high end food publications delicious., and Food&Travel Magazine and flagship sustainability publication The…
Ireland’s mushroom farmers hit by Brexit
Ireland's mushroom industry provides a stark warning to the rest of the country's economy about the damage a sustained weakness in sterling could inflict on Irish exporters, the sector most vulnerable to the impact of…
Book your Christmas courses now!
Gingerbread stars from Swinton Park Want to provide a show- stopping Christmas this year? Cook the perfect Christmas dinner? Whether you'd like to brush up on some classics or try your hand at something brand…
ICSA member wins prestigious Food and Travel Award
The Michel Roux Jr Cookery School in Clapham, London was honoured to be crowned 2016 Cookery School of the Year this month at the Food and Travel Magazine Reader awards celebrating the best in the worlds…
Crème de la Crème: Squires Kitchen International School
The Grange, home to Squires Kitchen International School Squires Kitchen International School has been teaching the art of cake decorating and sugar craft since 1987 and is now the leading independent school of its kind…
10 Best Father’s Day Cookery Courses
Give the foodie man in your life a day he will love and teach him to make food you will love too! Add a bit of spice and get those manly hands chopping, curing and…