by louise-sims-bloom | Sep 2, 2019 | Baking, FRIENDS, ICSA Loves . . ., Offers, RECIPES
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A brand new recipe business has married the best ingredients of traditional recipe books with smart phone technology to produce a service that is causing a stir in the...
by louise-sims-bloom | Aug 21, 2019 | ICSA Members
Opportunity Update for Members: ICSA have teamed up with ‘Love British Food’ who will be promoting all our members, focusing on our support for British produce and our core values. Below is an update for them on how you can tap into their extensive...
by louise-sims-bloom | Aug 15, 2019 | ICSA, ICSA Members, Members, News, Offers, SEASONALITY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lakeland Retail LTD unveils its plans for the launch of its first ever loyalty club, myLakeland. Launched on 16th August 2019 ‘myLakeland’ is Lakeland’s thank you to customers for shopping with the brand, giving them the opportunity...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 28, 2019 | Food Trends, News, SEASONALITY, SINGLE USE PLASTICS, SOURCING REGIONALLY, SUSTAINABILITY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ICSA member cookery schools support, practice and promote a sustainable, zero single use plastic kitchens where possible. Rosalind Rathouse, founder of London’s most sustainable cooking school, Cookery School at Little Portland...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 13, 2019 | ICSA Members
Members can now benefit from 30% off artisan hand-made Risdon & Risdon Aprons. Plus knife rolls & accessories. Personalisation available. Here is a taster of their ranges You can also sell to your students – 10% if they sign up to the ICSA Gourmet Club,...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 13, 2019 | ICSA Members
Members can now benefit from 30% off Robert Welch knives, and all their core range. Ideal cross over brand for the professional chef and domestic cook. View their ranges here You can also sell to your students – 10% if they sign up to the ICSA Gourmet Club,...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 10, 2019 | ICSA Members
Last year you told us that you would welcome added value to ICSA courses. We have been working with our partners to create a consumer club to offer to ICSA students to help promote ICSA courses, exclusive content, recipes, reviews, interviews, discounts off ICSA and...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 7, 2019 | ICSA, ICSA Members, Members, News, Offers, SEASONALITY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Independent hotel group ‘Best Loved Hotels’ have teamed up with ‘ICSA Cookery Schools’ to publish a printed and on-line guide to some of the best hotels and Greatest British immersive experiences across the UK. With the...
by louise-sims-bloom | May 29, 2019 | ICSA Members
Opportunity & Action for Members: ICSA have teamed up with ‘Love British Food’ who will be promoting all our members, focusing on our support for British produce and our core values. Social Media: If you tag them on any British focused social media...
by louise-sims-bloom | May 28, 2019 | ICSA Members
Stella Reports: The recent collapse of a number of Jamie Oliver’s businesses, including “Recipease” Cookery schools, is not unexpected at a time when high street closures are a daily occurrence. The question is, how long will the bonfire of chain stores...
by louise-sims-bloom | Apr 16, 2019 | Chefs, ICSA, SEASONALITY, Vegan, Vegetarian
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Plant based diets are becoming popular as we choose to eat less meat and more vegetables. Food and issues surrounding sustainability are irrefutably linked. Rachel Demuth of Plant Based Cookery School, Demuths, in Bath explains...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 11, 2019 | Chefs, ICSA, ICSA Members, SEASONALITY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ICSA member schools focus on sourcing not only regionally where possible but also seasonally; ingredients are chosen to reflect the seasons, to ensure relevance. Buying seasonally is also far better value for money, as...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 11, 2019 | ICSA, ICSA Members, SUPPORTING BRITISH
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Championing Animal Welfare & Responsible Farming is one of the core values of ICSA member cookery schools.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During World Wars I and II, those who were not...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 11, 2019 | ICSA, ICSA Members, SINGLE USE PLASTICS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ICSA has long focused on sustainability as one of their core values, and this year made it a core mission for their accredited cookery schools to move to teaching about and aspiring to minimal or zero single plastic use by...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 11, 2019 | ICSA, SOURCING REGIONALLY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ICSA schools are committed to using the best ingredients and some ICSA cookery schools even grow their own food; it doesn’t come more local than that![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 10, 2019 | FRIENDS, ICSA Loves . . ., Offers, SINGLE USE PLASTICS, SUSTAINABILITY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]‘Bee Green Wraps’ were created out of a desire to provide an affordable alternative to plastic cling film, plastic zip-lock bags and tin foil. Made from sustainable organic bees-wax, they are entirely biodegradable, reusable and...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 10, 2019 | FRIENDS, ICSA Loves . . ., Offers, SINGLE USE PLASTICS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Go-Reusable Eco Hot drinks mugs are inspired by the pressing need to reduce the world’s dependency on single-use cups. Every year around 500 billion disposable cups are made and discarded globally! GoReusable.Org sourced their...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 9, 2019 | Chefs, Members
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of ICSA’s founding members, Swinton Cookery School located on the 20,000 acre Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire has announced the appointment of Marc Williams as the new Chef Tutor. Previously Head Chef at the two AA...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 30, 2019 | ICSA Members, Members
To add the ICSA members logo to your website we would recommend you use the logo image that we host. This means that any changes to the logo in the future will be automatically applied to your website without any updates to yourself. Additionally, by linking the logo...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 30, 2019 | Awards, Chefs, ICSA Members, Press
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Laurence Henry, the recent winner of BBC’s Masterchef the Professionals series returned to ICSA Member Ashburton Chefs’ Academy in Devon to share his experiences of the show and his career as a top flight chef. Laurence graduated...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 20, 2019 | Chefs, Knife Skills, PARTNERS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the team at Robert Welch first considered designing a knife range, it was important to them that the knives were the best that they could possibly be. The design process for the knife range started with rigorous questioning...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 10, 2019 | Baking, FRIENDS, ICSA Loves . . ., RECIPES
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Introducing Lynn Hill, guest ICSA Baking Ambassador: Lynn Hill is an author, home baker and food writer, founded the Clandestine Cake Club in 2010 and the National Cake Week in 2011. Lynn has been featured on BBC1’s The One Show,...
by louise-sims-bloom | Dec 9, 2018 | ICSA Members
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sustainability is a multi-layered opportunity for meaningful change. It can be personal, local, national, multi-national and global, says Stella West-Harling MBE, president of Independent Cookery Schools Association...
by louise-sims-bloom | Oct 15, 2018 | Members, News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Each year, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards honour the best books in the world of food and wine. Founded by Edouard Cointreau in 1995, the awards represent the only international competition in the sector, with 205 countries...
