Gill Meller
River Cottage on Fire
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- £150.00
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- £150.00
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River Cottage's outdoor cooking expert Gill Meller teaches you how to cook over fire - from fire starting (and fire safety), to cooking with a wood oven, cooking in an earth oven (or hangi), and cooking in embers of your fire.
More and more people are enthused by the idea of cooking outside over fire. Not only can you create the most incredible food, it also helps us reconnect with nature and the world around us. It’s a very mindful and rewarding experience and something we should all try to do a little more often.
During this course you will learn everything you need to know about outdoor cooking. You will be taken right back to basics, how to get your fire going, manage fuel and heat.
You'll learn new River Cottage outdoor cooking recipes including pizza, slow roast meat, fish, vegetables and bread – you’ll even be equipped with the skills to cook a leg of venison in your own earth oven.
You'll learn:
- how to build, control and cook over fire
- recipes for outdoor cooking including pizza, roasted vegetables, roast lamb, flatbreads & more
- creating an earth oven or hangi
- using hot BBQ embers to cook with
The course includes:
- 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Gill Meller 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 outdoor cooking 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
Independent Cookery Schools Association approved
This course has been approved by the Independent Cookery Schools Association (ICSA), recognising the highest standards of training.
Time to complete the outdoor cooking course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 14 hours 20 minutes to complete including:
- Video lessons: 2 hours 20 minutes in total
- Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
- Your outdoor cooking recipe 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 cooking over fire, so you'll need to think about the location of your fire (or wood oven or earth oven) and ther materials you'll need to make and control your fire.
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Gill on your outdoor cooking assignments.
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Lessons
What You’ll Learn
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Find out why cooking outside can be so good for your health and wellbeing. You will learn how to get a fire going, the importance of fuel and heat management and the endless possibilities of cooking with open fire. This lesson will show you the possibilities of cooking in the simplest sense and give you the confidence and know how to give it a go even if your new to this stripped back, homespun approach to wild cooking. We will round off the lesson with a simple yet delicious roasted tomato dish.
Explore the versatility of a homemade cob oven (or an off the shelf alternative). Learn how to get the fire going, manage and utilise every last bit of heat it has to offer. During this lesson you will create hand-stretched wood-baked pizzas and flatbreads. You will learn how to roast fish, and will finish off with a slow roasted lamb shoulder with lentil dal and spices.
Cooking in the earth is a technique that has been practiced in different ways and by different cultures for many thousands of years but is still as effective now as it was then.
This lesson will show you how to make your own earth oven at home. From digging the pit, to heating the stones to digging up your supper. You will be amazed by the flavours offered by this form of cooking, and by the end of the lesson you will be able to cook a leg of venison or lamb.
Ember based cooking is another ancient technique – it involves cooking food directly in the hot embers of the fire. You’ll have no need for grills after this lesson. Once you’ve grasped the principles it’s amazing what can be done. In this lesson you will make a selection of recipes including baked root vegetable salad with herbs and labneh, onions baked in their skins and served with blue cheese, honey, thyme and walnuts, blackened leeks with mussels and lemon mayonnaise and a dirty steak - cooked directly in the embers of a hot barbecue.
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Our online classroom is designed to help you learn from experts in a collaborative, social environment alongside a small group of learners.
Each lesson combines expert-led videos with optional assignments, giving you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned and share your work with others. You can take part in ongoing discussions, ask questions, exchange feedback, and learn from a community of like-minded people from around the world.
By learning together in a small, supportive group, you benefit not only from expert guidance but also from shared ideas, perspectives, and experiences—helping you stay engaged and retain what you learn.
You can start your course at any time within 12 months of purchase. Once you begin, you’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit lesson videos and notes whenever you like.
Courses are designed to fit around your schedule, allowing you to learn at your own pace. Each lesson video is typically 30–40 minutes, and we recommend around an hour for each assignment.
Both Peer and Expert options give you full access to the course content, including lesson videos, downloadable notes, assignments, and a collaborative online classroom with up to 20 learners. You’ll also have lifetime access to revisit the material at any time.
The Expert option includes everything in Peer, plus personalised assignment feedback, direct messaging with your expert tutor, and a certificate of completion.
With the Expert option, you can interact directly with your tutor throughout the course. You’ll typically have one week per lesson to ask questions and receive feedback on your assignments, with as much interaction as you need during that time.
Your tutor access begins when you enter the classroom and follows the course schedule (for example, a four-lesson course usually runs over four weeks). If you need more time or support, our team is here to help.
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