Hi, if you are thinking of taking a break to Devon this year then please have a look at our website www.leworthyfarmhouse.co.uk my husband and I have been madly re-decorating our beautiful georgian farmhouse all winter and we are now open for business.  We are currently running a great value '3 nights for price of 2' offer which runs until the end of March 2012, that's just £130 per couple!!

Why not book a course at the…

Hi does anyone know of some really great cookery books for canapes and desserts of a high restaurant standard please? I'm going to try "Books for cooks" in Notting Hill to see if they have any. Thanks Kim

Hello fellow students and chefs,

Attending 2 different cookery weekends at ACS has given me the ability to push myself, so recently when I saw an advert looking for people to cook against each other in an on-line cookery competition, I thought I'd quite like to give it a go. So I entered and I was selected to compete! 

For 4 weeks I have to cook a different dish under a different theme with a different kitchen appliance from the range I have been given.  I video record…

Living in Spain I have come across some interesting fruit on our Finca (farm). It is important not to let this stuff fall on the floor for the chickens as it makes them ill.  I had a go at Nispero Jam. English name Japanese medlar. I had no recipe for it in in any of my English recipe books and no internet connection so I made it up! The fruit has between 1 and 5 stones in and is fleshy like a peach but not as fibrous. I cut the fruit up and followed the usual jam making procedure  boiling…

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ITV Studios is looking for couples over 18 years of age with a passion for cooking who want to demonstrate their skills and in the process could win a cash prize. 

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Entries are now open for the South West Chef of the Year competition.  This annual…

Another glorious day outside, our new goats happily munching away, chickens foraging in the grass, pumpkins ripening in the field and a myriad of colourful flowers blooming in the unexpected warmth of late September!

The Ashburton Food & Drink Festival was a fabulous event and our marquee and produce generated a lot of interest and excitement. The Chefs did a brilliant job and so did all of the organisers, so a big thank you to everyone involved - a great event for Ashburton we…

If you have 15 minutes spare and you love bread, watch this great video by master baker Peter Reinhart on the  process of bread making. Its a great…

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“'Good' sugar is the secret to a slim figure,” according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper says…

We are busy harvesting an amazing range of bizarre and unusual vegetables and other fantastic edibles for the chefs to use at the upcoming Ashburton Food & Drink Festival. Come and find us at the festival and learn more about some extraordinary ingredients to cook with - everything from Calendula Sugars to Peruvian root tubers! Here at the Husbandry School we are famous for our Salad bags with herbs and edible flowers - over 68 different ingredients in each pack. Come and see if you can…

I wondered if you may be able to help me - I'm looking for a male American Chef to do some filming with for a prime-time E4 show. We are setting up the first Sorority in the UK and we need an American chef to do some cooking for the girls.

If this sounds like you,…

There seems to have been a lot of conflicting information regarding the Europe wide e.coli outbreak, but here is the new FSA advice to consumers on the back of the latest investigation linking the outbreaks to fenugreek seeds originating from Egypt.

Food Standards Agency advice

• Do not eat sprouted seeds such as alfalfa, mung beans (or bean sprouts) and fenugreek raw
• Cook sprouted seeds until steaming hot…

Has anyone steamed a savoury pudding in the oven?  I need to cook 12 for a client and am not sure if trying to steam them in the oven would work?

Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

Masterchef India are looking for amateur cooks who are passionate about cooking (doesn't have to be Indian!!) and would like to audition for Masterchef India (auditions to be held in UK),

please get in touch with me on

rekha_sameer@hotmail.com

(no age limit or language requirements!)