The River Cottage Cooking Diploma
Collection of 12 courses
Course Description
River Cottage Executive Chef Gelf Alderson teaches you how to cook with spices. Gelf will demonstrate how to build flavours with spices and how they can be used to enhance and compliment meat, fish and vegetables.
In each lesson you will learn how to use different spices and new techniques beginning with making your own curry powder in lesson one, how to marinade and spice your meat to perfection in lesson two, fish in lesson three and finally veg in lesson four.
You'll learn:
- how to make your own curry powder and paste
- spices to use for meat - including a River Cottage classic "Tupperware chorizo" and a tagine
- how to use spices on fish
- using spices with veg including salads
The course includes:
- 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Gelf Alderson 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 spiced food 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 cooking with spices course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 14 hours 30 minutes to complete including:
- Video lessons: 2 hours 30 minutes in total
- Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
- Your gut health 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 making spied food, so you'll need standard kitchen equipment including knives, pestle and mortar, a selection of sauce pans, access to a plentiful array of spices.
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Gelf on your spicy 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.
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CPD Accreditation
Course activity has been accredited by the CPD Standards Office (CPDSO). The course equates to 14 hours, 30 minutes of CPD learning.
Course outline
Building curries and naan bread
Meat and spice
Spicing fish
Spice up the garden
Choose how you want to learn
The Expert option
RecommendedDevelop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition from Gelf Alderson
- Start course whenever you like
- 4 weeks tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- 4 assignments marked by Gelf Alderson
- Certificate of completion and CPD hours
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 4 lessons with expert videos & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$220The Peer option
Discover the benefits of group learning in an online interactive classroom of no more than 20 people. Get the most from shared knowledge and community study
- Start course whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 4 lessons with expert videos & notes
- 4 course assignments
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
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Meet Gelf Alderson
Gelf Alderson is the Culinary Director at River Cottage having worked alongside Hugh F-W for nearly ten years. Gelf is a dedicated ambassador of the River Cottage commitment to sustainability. He was one of the early pioneers of the farm to fork philosophy and is passionate about using food that is farmed locally, sourced from the River Cottage kitchen garden, or foraged from the surrounding area.
Gelf is able to communicate the importance of sustainable eating in a simple, practical and down to earth way. He is both engaging and charismatic and leaves people with a clear understanding and heads full of ideas to implement at home.
Gelf is able to communicate the importance of sustainable eating in a simple, practical and down to earth way. He is both engaging and charismatic and leaves people with a clear understanding and heads full of ideas to implement at home.
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