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Meet the Experts: Vivien Lloyd
A WI judge, multiple award-winner for her own homemade jams and marmalades, and long-established teacher, Vivien Lloyd is the undisputed queen of preserving beautiful British produce. Although delighted to see pursuits like jam-making making a comeback, Vivien is determined to share the traditional methods she firmly believes are the secret to the very best preserves. At Vale House she leads a number of popular courses on jam and chutney-making. What drew you into your particular area of expertise? In the…
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Vale House Vouchers
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… and that means Christmas shopping is looming on the horizon. Every year it’s the same dilemmas – what to get for the person who has absolutely everything? What to buy for the men in your life who just don’t like ‘stuff’? What to pick for the friends whose taste you really don’t get? Fear not, we’ve got the solution – our delicious Vale House Kitchen gift vouchers. Rather than saddling friends &…
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Meet the Experts: Tim Maddams
When it comes to preparing, cooking and serving game, professional chef Tim Maddams is your man – which is why we get him in to teach our game courses, including our upcoming Complete Game Experience. He’s also a dab hand with the very best fresh fish and vegetables, so you can also catch him at our Fish Cookery Days and Fly Fishing Experience, and the Seasonal Cookery Course. For the first interview in our new Meet the Experts series, our…
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The Complete Game Experience at Vale House Kitchen
Our newest two-day course, the Complete Game Experience, celebrates everything we love about game here in the UK – it’ll guide you, under the tutelage of some of the best local experts, through the entire process, from shooting, to plucking and butchering, to cooking. Whether you’re looking to learn more about killing your own food, or not sure what to do with game in the kitchen, this unique experience is guaranteed to answer all your questions. Day 1 On day…
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Season of Plenty at Vale House Kitchen
It’s the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness in the English countryside – the hedgerows are heavy with blackberries, sloes, damsons, rosehips and hazelnuts, not to mention the occasional patch of late wild strawberries. It’s the perfect time of year to get your wellies on, make a flask of tea and head out to gather up some of nature’s glorious bounty – and that’s exactly what we do on our Introduction to Foraging course. Local wild food expert Adrian Boots…
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Great British Bread at Vale House Kitchen
It’s that time of year again, when the nation goes bonkers for a motley crew of amateur home cooks baking their socks off in a soggy marquee. What we love about the Great British Bake-Off is that it celebrates so many of the skills that we teach at Vale House Kitchen, and that it inspires a whole new wave of people to get stuck into things like patisserie, cake decoration, and the subject of one of our most popular courses:…
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