Top Marks for Ashburton Cookery School

Ashburton Cookery School and Chefs Academy, in Devon, has been recognised as an ‘ICSA
Academy’ from leading regulatory body, the Independent Cookery School Association (ICSA).

With courses running from our own purpose built facility with state of the art kitchens, and unrivalled facilities, delivers a wide range of bespoke cookery courses to train both novice cooks and aspiring chefs in professional culinary skills, headed up by Chef Director Darrin Hosegrove.

Following an on-site assessment we were awarded full marks for our consistent and informed teaching standards, alongside adhering to ICSA core values, achieving a prestigious ‘ICSA Academy’ accreditation.

ICSA-accredited schools undergo rigorous assessments to ensure consistent delivery of excellence in cookery skills and training, as well as other criteria such as adhering to strict standards of environmental sustainability and continued support for British farmers and seasonal produce. Accreditation from a recognised industry body such as ICSA is also vital for aspiring chefs to be able to further their professional careers within the hospitality industry and other related culinary professions.

Accreditation from a recognised industry body such as ICSA is also vital for aspiring chefs to be able to further their professional careers within the hospitality industry and other related culinary professions.

Aspiring domestic cooks can also gain new transferrable skills to improve their culinary knowledge and applications in their home kitchens including knife skills, world food courses and nutritional understandings for both young and old.

James Day, Director of Operations at ICSA, said: “Ashburton Cookery School delivers world
renowned courses, taught to the highest standards. We are therefore thrilled to have been able to
award the team with their Academy Accreditation. Currently one of only five in the UK. Their
wide range of classes deliver unrivalled professional culinary content. Our award is a mark of
trust and quality which provides complete assurance to students that the cookery school is
operating to the highest standards of training and providing unrivalled facilities, from their
lifestyle courses, right through to their professional diploma qualifications."

James added “As well as being sustainable, seasonable and regionally sourced where possible, all
our ICSA accredited cookery schools aim to teach zero waste principles in foods and packaging.
Through ICSA, we aim to help shape Britain’s culinary landscape by championing chefs and
schools who work to the highest standards, sharing professionally trained transferrable skills to a
wider market of food consumers. Consumers seeking a professional cookery experience should
aim to seek out an ICSA accredited cookery school, displaying our up to date kite mark as a seal
of quality consistent teaching standards.”

About ICSA

The Independent Cookery Schools Association (ICSA) is a the only independent, not-for-profit regulatory body for cookery schools in the UK. Founded in 2014 by industry leaders including Stella West-Harling MBE, founder of Ashburton Cookery School and Camilla Shneideman of Leiths International School of Food And Wine. Schools focus and promote ICSA core values:

• Sustainability
• Seasonality
• Sourcing Regionally
• Supporting British Producers, Suppliers & high standards of animal welfare.
• Single use plastic-free kitchens.

For more information visit www.icsacookeryschools.org