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Beekeeping
Join our Beekeeping Course in Devon at River Cottage and learn essential beekeeping skills, from hive inspections to bee care. Taught by expert beekeeper Steve Minshall, enjoy hands-on experience and a honey-inspired lunch. Book today and start your beekeeping journey!
5 dates available LEARN MORE
Preserve the Seasons
Learn to preserve seasonal produce with jams, chutneys, pickles, and sauerkraut at River Cottage. Enjoy tastings and take home your creations!
2 dates available LEARN MORE
Cook on the Wild Side
Discover the bounty of nature with a day of cooking and feasting on wild ingredients at the River Cottage Cookery School!
3 dates available LEARN MORE
The Sourdough Day
Discover all you need to know to bake sensational sourdough - from creating your starter, understanding baker's percentages to kneading, shaping, and of course baking.
3 dates available LEARN MORE
Pasta The River Cottage Way
A day in the cookery school making fresh pastas, from classic recipes to those with a seasonal and local twist.
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Cheese Making for Beginners
With expert tuition, you’ll learn to create three different cheeses and gain the confidence to make your own delicious cheeses at home.
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Curing and Smoking
Learn the art of charcuterie on this hands-on curing and smoking course at River Cottage. Master techniques like salami, chorizo, bacon, and more with expert guidance.
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Pig in a Day
Bring home the bacon... and the chorizo and pâté too! Join us for one of our original bestselling courses, a day of butchery and cookery tuition celebrating pigs and pork.
2 dates available LEARN MORE
The nutrition and science of flavour with Franco Fubini, founder of Natoora
Natoora founder Franco Fubini is joining our own Rachel de Thample at River Cottage HQ this summer for an unforgettable taste and hands-on cooking adventure creating nutritionally dense dishes with rare and unusual varieties of fruit and veg.
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