ICSA Love British Food Partnership
Opportunity & Action for Members: ICSA have teamed up with 'Love British Food' who will be promoting all our members, focusing on our support for British produce and our core values. Social Media: If you…
Restaurant Closures Spreading?
Stella Reports: The recent collapse of a number of Jamie Oliver’s businesses, including "Recipease" Cookery schools, is not unexpected at a time when high street closures are a daily occurrence. The question is, how long…
Plant Based Cooking
Plant based diets are becoming popular as we choose to eat less meat and more vegetables. Food and issues surrounding sustainability are irrefutably linked. Rachel Demuth of Plant Based Cookery School, Demuths, in Bath explains more. From production methods, water use,…
Seasonality
ICSA member schools focus on sourcing not only regionally where possible but also seasonally; ingredients are chosen to reflect the seasons, to ensure relevance. Buying seasonally is also far better value for money, as regional, seasonal ingredients are…
Supporting British Producers & Suppliers
Championing Animal Welfare & Responsible Farming is one of the core values of ICSA member cookery schools. During World Wars I and II, those who were not out fighting in the trenches or on the beaches,…
Single Use Plastics
ICSA has long focused on sustainability as one of their core values, and this year made it a core mission for their accredited cookery schools to move to teaching about and aspiring to minimal or zero single…
Sourcing Regionally
ICSA schools are committed to using the best ingredients and some ICSA cookery schools even grow their own food; it doesn’t come more local than that! The wonderful renaissance in British food, helped along by TV chefs, pioneering restaurants,…
Alternative to Cling Film: Good for you – Good for the planet
‘Bee Green Wraps’ were created out of a desire to provide an affordable alternative to plastic cling film, plastic zip-lock bags and tin foil. Made from sustainable organic bees-wax, they are entirely biodegradable, reusable and chemical free. They…
Go Re-useable Eco Mugs
Go-Reusable Eco Hot drinks mugs are inspired by the pressing need to reduce the world’s dependency on single-use cups. Every year around 500 billion disposable cups are made and discarded globally! GoReusable.Org sourced their stylish bamboo cups, due…
Swinton Cookery School Welcomes New Chef Tutor
One of ICSA's founding members, Swinton Cookery School located on the 20,000 acre Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire has announced the appointment of Marc Williams as the new Chef Tutor. Previously Head Chef at the…
ICSA logo 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…
Masterchef Champion returns to Ashburton Chefs Academy
Laurence Henry, the recent winner of BBC’s Masterchef the Professionals series returned to ICSA Member Ashburton Chefs’ Academy in Devon to share his experiences of the show and his career as a top flight chef. Laurence…
Knife Tips with Robert Welch
When the team at Robert Welch first considered designing a knife range, it was important to them that the knives were the best that they could possibly be. The design process for the knife range started with rigorous…
Baking Ambassador: Lynn Hill
Introducing Lynn Hill, guest ICSA Baking Ambassador: Lynn Hill is an author, home baker and food writer, founded the Clandestine Cake Club in 2010 and the National Cake Week in 2011. Lynn has been featured on…
ICSA Members Only Post
Sustainability is a multi-layered opportunity for meaningful change. It can be personal, local, national, multi-national and global, says Stella West-Harling MBE, president of Independent Cookery Schools Association (ICSA). For ICSA cookery school members, signing up…
Leiths How to Cook Series Nominated for International Accolade
Each year, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards honour the best books in the world of food and wine. Founded by Edouard Cointreau in 1995, the awards represent the only international competition in the sector, with…
WhitePepper Chef Academy & Cookery School win The Education Award at this years’ BAPTAs.
ICSA member WhitePepper Chef Academy & Cookery School take home The Education Award at this years’ BAPTAs. “It takes great energy and empathy to try to inspire and empower on a daily basis. Our team…
Chef Darrin Hosegrove, Ashburton Cookery School
Darrin Hosegrove is Chef Director of the Ashburton Cookery School and Chefs Academy, in Devon. After studying at Exeter College, Darrin began his career at Gidleigh Park Hotel working under the guidance of Michelin-starred chef…
How to Rock a Vegan Trend with Style
Check out these fab new courses coming up at Squires Kitchen International School with pastry chef, cake decorator, expert baker and author of Nourish Cakes, Marianne Stewart. Marianne has developed a series of special courses…
ICSA’s New Director of Marketing
We are delighted to welcome on board James Day as Director of Marketing, James is a qualified and highly experienced Marketer, specialising in the Hospitality Industry for over 25 years. A life long supporter of independent accredited…
TRENDS- JAMMY DODGERS
Organised retail is experiencing growth worldwide, leading to increase in number of private-label brands. Interestingly, the biggest growth is to be seen in new retailers entering the market space, attracted by the growing popularity of fruit…
Career as a Cleaner better than one in Hospitality and Tourism, say parents.
Most parents see a job in hospitality as being in the lowest category of careers for their children, a recent survey by the Best Western Careers Index. Do we need to have a serious rethink about how…
Government to encourage LHAs to tackle obesity
Evidence of UK Government’s intentions, at least from the NHS point of view to actively encourage local health authorities to up their game on obesity and diabetes prevention is evidenced by a number of conferences…
Allergen Awareness
This news comes from Allergen Awareness. As anticipated there was always going to be some element of change to the allergen labelling laws due in July 2016. *The attached guide is for distributing among colleagues…
