Contact - Culinary Arts Schools in UK

1. Leiths School of Food and Wine, West London

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• Situated in Shepherd's Bush, West London, Leiths School of Food and Wine has an international reputation as a first class culinary institute for chefs.

• We provide one-day cooking classes, evening cooking courses weekend classes, and week-long classes as well as professional Certificate and Diploma courses from foundation to advanced levels. Cooking styles, techniques and flavours taught include Moroccan, Vietnamese, Italian, Indian, and more.

• Leiths School has close links with some of the UK’s top restaurants, which provide the students with work experience, and many successful graduates go on to work for them.

• Students come from all over the world to enjoy dedicated teaching in a friendly atmosphere. The teaching staff are trained professional chefs, with experience in the real world of restaurants and commercial catering. In addition, renowned chefs, cookery writers and Masters of Wine regularly demonstrate or lecture at the School.

Short-term Cooking Courses - for amateur home cooks:

• One Day Classes
• Evening Classes
• One Week Classes
• Drinks Classes, Tastings and Demonstrations
• Food Writing and Food Styling
• Cooking for Young People (ages 12-17)

Professional Certificate & Diploma Cooking Courses:

• Leiths Food & Wine Diploma (3-term course)
• Leiths Two Term Food & Wine Diploma (for experienced students)
• Foundation Certificate (1-term)
• Intermediate Certificate (1-term)
• Advanced Certificate (1-term)
• Essential Certificate (4-week course)

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2. River Cottage Chefs' School

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River Cottage Chefs’ School offers accredited cookery training courses in east Devon in the South West of England (close to Exeter, between Plymouth and Bournemouth).

We provide a range of quality chef training programmes for beginner to advanced levels, from young chef traineeships to a Professional Cookery Level 3 qualification. Students can also avail of our varied One-Day Accredited Cookery courses.

We have extensive experience working with a variety of businesses, both new and established, helping them to operate a more sustainable operation, increasing profitability.

Professional Cookery Courses:

- Professional Cookery Level 2 Qualification

- Professional Cookery Level 3 Qualification

- 12-month Young Chef Apprenticeship Scheme

- 3-month Traineeship Programme

- One-Day Accredited Cookery Courses

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3. Ashburton Cookery School

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Ashburton Cookery School is situated in Ashburton, a small town on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon in south-west England. We provide and offers a fresh approach to cooking with exciting cookery classes that emphasise hands-on cookery training, top quality, local, organic produce and inspirational teaching.

Our team of professional chef tutors will inspire you to cook with imagination, passion and enjoyment. With over 40 courses to choose from across 4 skill levels, our long and short-term programs are designed to suit beginners as well as experienced cooks.

The Ashburton Cookery School offers the widest range of cookery courses in the UK. Whether your aim is to take your cookery skills to the next level, to cook for family and friends, or you want to learn to cook as a professional, you will find a cookery course to suit your needs at our cookery school.

Ashburton is only a 2.5 hour train journey from London Paddington Railway Station, and a 2 hour drive from Bristol.

Cookery Courses:
- Absolute Beginner to Professional Levels

- Professional Culinary Diploma course for Chefs (A unique 6 month, accredited course)

- 4-week Diploma course: (A 20 day, practical cookery course)

- 5-day cookery courses (Intensive training that allows you to maximise your skills)

- 1-day cookery courses (A great way to learn new cookery skills)

- Weekend cookery courses (The perfect weekend break)

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4. Elia's Pizza School

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Learn to make pizza as a professional Elia's Pizza School in North London.

Situated in Holloway, in the Borough of Islington, we provide a range of authentic Italian pizza cooking classes to local and international students.

Our teacher Elia Tavernese began learning to make pizza in 1974 and since then, he has made over 1 million pizzas. He knows more than a dozen ways of making pizza dough, several of them entirely invented by himself.

Pizza Making Courses in North London:

- Basic Pizza Course (3 weeks)

- Speedup Pizza Course (1 week)

- Pizza Maker Instructor Course (4 weeks)

- Homemade Bread & Pizza Weekend Workout

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5. Cookery School at Little Portland Street

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Founded on solid teaching principles with a straightforward, hands-on approach, students leave Cookery School with the skills to become a confident and independent home cook.

Located in Marylebone, Central London near London's West End, and with over 40 classes and course to choose from, Cookery School’s aim is to take people back to honest, homely, delicious cooking. We simply love sharing our ideas for delicious home-made food, using common utensils that can be found in most home kitchens.

Our focus is on demystifying cooking, removing jargon and bringing back solid cooking skills, using high quality, primarily organic, sustainable ingredients.

There is always plenty of opportunity to ask questions to our cookery teachers and gain understanding of supposedly tricky techniques. Every session involves tasting all the food that has been made, further enhancing your ability to become a skilled home cook.

Just a stone’s throw from Oxford Circus is an unexpected gem in the heart of London, UK. Our premises are very close to Oxford Circus tube station, at the end of Little Portland Street closest to Regent Street.

Cooking classes & Courses:
One Day Classes
Evening Classes
Day Classes
International Cuisine Classes
One Week Courses
Eight Week Courses
Ultimate to Advanced Baking
Pastry Courses
Vegetarian Courses
Level 1 and Level 2 Cooking Courses
Learning Knife Skills

Professional Cookery Course in Food and Wine- 6 weeks:
Chefs OCN Level 3 certification
Wine WSET Level 2 qualification

Children Holiday Camp:
Summer Cooking Camp for Teens