INDUSTRY FIRST! The new  River Cottage Diploma, developed with online learning specialists, Learning With Experts, has been named the world’s first online cookery course to gain accreditation by the CPD, Continue Professional Development, and ICSA, Independent Cookery Schools Association.

A first for the culinary education sector, the endorsement by such internationally recognised bodies marks a step change in attitude towards online courses, demonstrating the significance of its value in the workplace.

Hosted by pioneering, Oxford-based, online learning platform, Learning with Experts, the CPD highlighted exemplary ‘course content’, with the ICSA promoting excellence in teaching standards, a first for the ICSA on an online course.

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River Cottage Cookery School has been awarded the ICSA certification from the Independent Cookery School Association “ICSA”

“…River Cottage provides a unique cookery experience from the location through the organic gardens and excellent facilities within the cookery school. Teaching is engaging, interesting and encourages interaction. This clearly leads to effective learning on the part of the students. We are delighted to welcome the River Cottage to ICSA as one of our accredited members.” James Day, ICSA Accreditation Assessor

Chef Tutor Gelf Anderson commented “It’s a real honour to have been awarded a “Centre for Excellence” certificate from the ISCA, a regulatory body whose values align closely with our own here at River Cottage. We’re extremely passionate about teaching people the importance of seasonal and ethical eating in an accessible and enjoyable way. We put a huge amount of care into shaping and executing our cookery courses, so it’s brilliant to see this hard work reflected in our award.” Gelf is pictured with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall with students who attended their 4 day academy course.

ICSA accreditation is only awarded if consistency is achieved, recognising the establishment as a ‘Greatest British Cookery School’ institutions.  Consistency and excellence in cookery skills and training is at the heart of the ICSA along with practising, and teaching sustainability, seasonality, animal welfare, teaching standards, ethics and single use plastic-free kitchens.

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River Cottage offers a range of courses which extend beyond cookery, encompassing anything relating to the organic food systems in the UK.

Alongside traditional favourites such as Bread Courses, Festive Favourites and Sourdough days, courses include subjects such as Beekeeping, Hedgerow Foraging and its famous Pig in a Day course.

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River Cottage also offers a range of online courses, including its flagship Diploma – a collection of 48 cookery lessons:

The River Cottage Diploma
Whether you want a career change, you’re already working in the food or hospitality industry, or you are an enthusiastic amateur who’d like to gain a certificate, this course is suitable for all food enthusiasts.

Through this collection of 48 cookery lessons, Hugh and the team will demonstrate, teach and guide you through their specialist subjects, setting you assignments and offering feedback along the way.

River Cottage experts will demonstrate a range of skills including vegetable cookery, fish filleting, and shellfish preparation with a focus on ingredient provenance, sourcing and seasoning. From baking your own bread, sourdough and pastries to making your own pickles and kombucha, this course will delve deep into a wide range of useful kitchen skills. Forage for local delicacies, combine exotic spices with delicious home-grown and local ingredients, cook meat and veg in the wild with fire and go gluten free without compromising on flavour – this collection covers absolutely everything you need to know to be at the top of your cooking game.

In order to gain the River Cottage Cooking Diploma with a signed certificate from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, you will need to complete all courses within the collection. However feel free also to pick and choose the areas that interest you if you simply want the pleasure of learning from the top chefs at River Cottage.