1 Day Courses

• Breadmaking
• Knife Skills
• Butchery
• Canapes
• Desserts
• Express Dinner Parties
• Express Dinner Parties Extra
• Family Dinners
• Fish & Seafood
• French
• Gastro!
• Gastro! Extra
• Gastro! Game
• Healthy Eating
• Italian
• Italian Extra
• Mediterranean
• Modern Vegetarian
• Patisserie
• Sauces
• Taste of the Westcountry
• Tapas
• Thai

Weekend Courses

• Beginners Cookery
• Chef Skills
• Chef Skills Advanced
• Express Dinner Parties Plus
• Fish & Seafood Plus
• French Plus
• Gastro! Plus
• Gastro! Game Plus
• Gentleman's Relish
• Italian Plus
• Mediterranean Plus
• Modern Vegetaran Plus
• Pastry & Puddings Plus
• Thai Plus

5 Day Courses

• Foundation Cookery
• Intermediate Cookery
• Intermediate Cookery Extra
• Advanced Cookery
• Garden to Table 2010

4 Week Course

• Cookery Diploma

1. The UK's widest range of scheduled courses

We offer over 40 scheduled cookery courses, across 4 skill levels, from 1 day courses to 4 week diplomas. You are sure to find a course to meet your skill level, and your area of interest. What's more, because our schedule is published and fixed for at least the next 6 months, you can plan your cookery courses with confidence.

View our cookery course dates here

2. A track record of success

We have been successfully running cookery courses 7 days a week, 350 days a year across 2 training kitchens for the last 5 years, and are one of the most successful cookery schools in the country. In 2009 we expect to welcome over 7000 students to our cookery school.

The quality of our courses has also been acknowledged by the following publications:

• BBC Good Food Magazine – Best Cookery School for Skills
• Waitrose Magazine – Top 5 Cookery Courses for Specific Skills
• Daily Mail – Best Cookery School for Skills
• Guardian Weekend – Top Ten Cookery Schools Best For Core Skills

More important is the feedback of our students. Students are invited to rate our performance at the end of each course they take - over 3 years we have a 100% positive customer satisfaction rating with over 80% of students rating us 5 out of 5 stars.

Read some student feedback here

3. Flexible learning path to suit you

We have created a unique range of courses with defined skill levels to suit you whatever your previous cookery experience. Whether you are new to cookery, an enthusiastic home cook or a professional chef, you will find a level of cookery and a route of training that is perfect for you.

See our skill levels here

4. Professional chef tutors

When you choose a cookery school you need to be sure that the training you are going to receive is to the highest standard. At the Ashburton Cookery School, all of our tutors are professional chefs with extensive experience in catering, working as head chefs in highly rated restaurants. They are also trained NVQ tutors, with a wealth of experience in training and inspiring students - from beginner to advanced cooks. We believe the quality of training offered by our professional chef tutors is unrivaled amongst cookery schools, and is the reason so many of our students come back to us.

Meet our chef tutors here

5. Small group sizes

We have heard of some cookery schools delivering courses to groups of up to 40 people at a time. At the Ashburton Cookery School the average group size is 12 students. Our experienced chef tutors know that not everyone learns at the same pace, or in the same way, and so whilst you will work together as a group and in pairs, you will also receive plenty of individual attention from your chef tutors.

6. Hands-on training

At the Ashburton Cookery School we believe the best way to learn to cook is by actually cooking not watching. Our courses are geared to maximising the amount of practical cookery you will perform during each day. All ingredients are pre-prepared for you for the start of each day, washing up is taken care of, and a kitchen assistant works to assist the chef and students throughout the day.

Our kitchens are designed to feel as close to a home kitchen as possible and you can be sure that any skills or recipes you learn with us can be just as easily replicated at home as in a professional kitchen.

7. Sustainable, Ethical, Local, Organic

Since 2003 we have been committed to using the finest quality, ethically sourced produce we can. The quality of ingredients in Devon is outstanding and we are lucky to have some fantastic suppliers right on our doorstep in Ashburton. Our food is grown and sourced locally as much as possible to reduce 'food miles' and to support local producers. We insist on knowing the provenance of our food, and that it is sustainable and ethically produced. The difference in quality can be tasted in every dish. In 2007 we were awarded a silver Green Tourism award for our commitment to our environment policy.

Read our environmental policy here

8. Practical cookery you will use

All of our courses have been designed to be as accessible and practical as possible for preparation at home. The ingredients we use are easily sourced from everyday suppliers, and you wont find a focus on rare or exotic ingredients that often take longer to find than to make the recipe itself. For any 'out-of-the-ordinary' ingredients, we will always recommend another alternative that you can find easily. We are also conscious that food budgets need to go further these days, and develop our recipes to be affordable a well as delicious.

9. A great place to learn

Students tell us that they enjoy the warm and friendly environment at the Cookery School and they like the sense of 'ownership' of the space they are working in and staying in. There are plenty of quiet areas, both inside and outside for breaks during and after your course, and at the end of a thrilling day in the kitchen, the picturesque town of Ashburton offers some good pubs, restaurants and shops to explore.

Find out about our B&B Accommodation here

10. Cookery Club

We are proud of the number of students that we have that return to us time and again to continue their cookery training. Once you have been on a cookery or wine course you will receive ongoing support and rewards as part of our Cookery Club. These include a rewards card, with discounts off future course bookings, as well as exclusive offers from the Cookery School, the Wine School and the Cookery Store, as well as select partners, with lots more planned for the future.