How to have a River Cottage Christmas

Embrace the Christmas spirit with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the River Cottage team and learn to make a selection of River Cottage Christmas recipes and edible gifts. Christmas at River Cottage is a magical time and the climax of a year of growing, cooking and feasting. During this course we'll be bringing some of that magic to you, in the comfort of your own home. You'll learn how the River Cottage values of Seasonal, Local, Organic and Wild are woven through everything we do - upheld even at Christmas, traditionally a time of excess. First, Hugh will teach you how to make some show-stopping veggie dishes for your festive feasts. Gelf will then lead you through the process of how to prepare some mouth-watering meat and poultry recipes. Next, in Festive Baking & Puddings, with Andy’s expert guidance you’ll make a Christmas pudding and other festive bakes. And finally, Lucy will show you a selection of delightful delicacies and edible gifts for you to share with your loved ones. So plan ahead for a delicious festive season and get inspired to try something new this year. With a helping hand from the top chefs at River Cottage HQ, we can guarantee that this will be your most tasty Christmas yet! You'll learn: how to make festive veg a slow cooked Christmas beef, and recipes for leftover Christmas food Christmas pudding recipes (and how to celebrate "Stir up Sunday") making edible gifts The course includes: 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and River Cottage lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like downloadable lesson notes practical festive cooking and edible gift assignments and recipes (with tutor feedback available) access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas Time to complete the River Cottage Christmas course: Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 15 hours to complete including: Video lessons: 3 hours in total Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson Your Christmas assignments: at least 2 hours per lesson Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson You'll need: Your lesson notes will include the full details of the ingredients you'll need, but you will be making festive food, so you'll need standard kitchen equipment. Independent Cookery Schools Association approved This course has been approved by the Independent Cookery Schools Association (ICSA), recognising the highest standards of training. Ready to get started? Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Hugh and the team on your festive assignments. If you know someone who'd love this course then give it as a gift - just tick "This is a gift" at the checkout. Any questions? Contact us by