Ashburton Chefs Academy

World-class
Chef Training.

Fast-track your career
as a modern chef.

Graduate, Laurence Henry
Chef Patron, Cleaver & Wake.
Masterchef: The Professionals Champion 2018.

Ashburton
Chefs Academy

Patisserie &
Culinary Arts

Intensive format,
residential chef courses.

Graduate, Jane Dunn
Best Selling Author & TV Chef,
Jane's Patisserie.

Welcome to Ashburton

Your Culinary Career Starts Here.

Our mission, since 2011, has been to train the next generation of modern chefs, and we have inspired thousands of aspiring chefs from around the world to cook with skill, discipline and passion.

If you have the passion for cooking and food and are ready to fast-track your entry to the exciting world of professional cookery, then our chef tutors extend a warm invitation for you to start your journey in Ashburton.

Stunning Location, Wonderful Ingredients

Located in the picturesque Georgian town of Ashburton on the edge of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, we are surrounded by some of the finest small food producers in Europe. Discover the area.

Inspirational Chef Courses

The Ashburton Chefs Academy is one of the UK's leading private culinary schools, renowned for the quality of our training, small class sizes and great ingredients.

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Accredited Qualifications

Graduate as a chef in less time on our intensive-format courses in the Culinary Arts and Patisserie earning internationally recognised qualifications.

Student Accommodation

Stay in our quality, shared student lodges with access to fantastic pool, gym and recreational facilities with free transport to the academy.

Discover Finlake

World-class training

Fast-track your career

Ashburton chef graduates can expect to be taken seriously for junior chef roles in quality restaurants. In this video we hear froom Michelin-starred Executive Chef, Chris Eden of Gidleigh Park Hotel in Dartmoor and some of the Ashburton Graduates currently employed there.

Learn from experts

Meet the Chefs.

From Michelin-starred chefs to award-winning Pastry Chefs, our team of full-time chef tutors will inspire you to be the best chef you can be.

Meet the Chefs

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Taste the Difference

Local, Sustainable, Ethically Produced Ingredients.

Located on the edge of Dartmoor National Park in the heart of Devon, Ashburton is surrounded by some of the best artisan producers in Europe.

With the Moor on one side, and the sea on the other, we can source our Fish, Meat, Poultry, Dairy and Game and our seasonal fruit and veg from within a 25 mile radius of the Academy.