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Posted on 25.01.12
Filed under: Apprentices, Sourcing Trips

When Butcher’s Bistro came to college…

A blog post by Cohort 6 apprentice Danielle Morse. Last Thursday, we were lucky enough to have Chris from Butcher’s Bistro in Newquay at college to demo the butchering down of a whole pig and a whole lamb. He started off with the head and told us how brawn was made. These days it doesn’t [...]


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Posted on 13.01.12
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Featured Supplier – Buttervilla

As Caroline Quentin’s ‘Cornwall’ programme continues on ITV, look out for one of our fantastic suppliers, Buttervilla, who will be appearing in the upcoming episodes. Situated on the historic Port Eliot estate, Buttervilla Farm nestles in a beautiful valley a mile from St Germans and two miles from the South Cornwall coast. As well as [...]


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Posted on 10.01.12
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A student’s account of Tuscany

Training at Fifteen Cornwall isn’t just about the cooking for our apprentices. Quite often they’re out of the kitchen on educational sourcing trips. We thought it was about time you heard from the students themselves so apprentice James Cuthill kindly wrote his own account of the Tuscany Trip in 2011. From the time we landed [...]


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Posted on 19.12.11
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A trip to Deli Farm Charcuterie

On Friday 16th December, the apprentices set off on a trip to Delabole to visit the team at Deli Farm Charcuterie. We arrived at 10:30 and were greeted by Jean, Martin and Becky. We split into two groups and while one group had the charcuterie tour, the other group went up the road to the [...]


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Posted on 30.11.11
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The apprentices go to Tuscany

Heidi was one of the lucky few that accompanied the apprentices on their trip to Tuscany. She gives her own account of all the goings on… What an opportunity for our thirteen apprentices, a sourcing trip to Tuscany, kindly sponsored by our wine suppliers Liberty Wines. Although it may seem an extravagance the trip is [...]


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Posted on 25.10.11
Filed under: Achievements, Apprentices

The Fifteen London Apprentices Graduate!

On Monday 26th September, over 400 guests (including Fifteen staff members, supporters and trustees, apprentices’ friends and family, apprentices old and new, and of course Jamie Oliver himself) got together to celebrate the success of our 9th group of apprentices at the Class of 2011 Graduation Ceremony, held at the London Film Museum on the [...]


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Posted on 20.10.11
Filed under: Sourcing Trips

Debbie’s Visit to Camel Valley

Camel Valley, just outside Bodmin, has been producing award-winning wine for over twenty years. The Cornish soil and climate is perfect for growing their vines. On the 15th September, our Assistant Sommelier Debbie went to visit Bob and Annie Lindo at Camel Valley to do a spot of winemaking. After arriving in the morning, Debbie [...]


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Posted on 14.10.11
Filed under: Sourcing Trips

Gordy returns from Languedoc..

As some of you may or may not know, our head sommelier Gordy has just returned from France after spending two weeks in Languedoc this summer. His description of his time there was rather brief but it seems the pictures speak louder than words anyway and there are some great ones! Enjoy! “Here are some [...]


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Posted on 30.09.11
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A trip to Buttervilla

On Friday 23rd September, the apprentices were once again out of the kitchen on a supplier visit to Buttervilla who supply all our fruits and vegetables and specialise in micro-greens and permaculture. The day started at Sky Grove Farm where Kevin, Sean and Brian showed our apprentices how to manually plough a field using heavy [...]


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Posted on 19.09.11
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The Apprentice Challenge!

The Autumn Farmer’s Market is almost upon us and our apprentices have been busy in college coming up with their plans for the apprentice challenge! The apprentices have split into three groups and it is their task to design and manage a stall each at this year’s Autumn Farmer’s Market. They not only come up [...]


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