Ashburton Cookery School & Chefs Academy

I had a fantastic afternoon! I loved the hands-on approach to learning and arrived home with a Moroccan meal that my husband thoroughly enjoyed. He's normally the cook and has high standards so that's a 5 star review on its own. As an added bonus, we've overcome our mistrust of dishes using fresh coriander - the balance of ingredients in the recipes brought out the best of its flavour. All that and a team of friendly approachable chef and assistants, great company and no washing up 😊

Really enjoyed the Moroccan cookery class with Darren. The kitchen and facilities are incredible, very slick set up and a joy to use all the professional equipment. Darren is an excellent teacher and his passion for food and cookery really shines through his teaching. My dietary requests were also accommodated at last minute (I booked on the day before) and was really grateful for that. Highly recommend this cookery school. I’ll be back!

From the moment we arrived the experience was excellent. Welcoming and friendly. A superb day of learning. Darren was EXCEPTIONAL, with the support of Phil and the KP. Great recipes, good advice and knowledge. Will definitely book again. Just need some perching stools whilst watching demos!

An absolutely brilliant 5 day Intermediate Cookery Course that I would thoroughly recommend. The Chef Tutors were exceptional, patient, encouraging, experienced, helpful, and respectfully challenging to make sure you got the most from the course. Without shadow of a doubt, I'll be back for another course and hopefully, very soon. A fantastic experience that I can't recommend highly enough.

This is the second course I have attended and is as good as the previous course. What a fantastic day we all had. The chef tutor was excellent teaching us loads of useful skills in Indian cooking and made the whole day fun. I would definitely recommend this school to anyone who wants to learn cooking skills.