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Posted on 08.09.11
Filed under: Apprentices, Sourcing Trips

When Fifteen Cornwall met Fifteen London…

The 1st of September not only saw us pinching and punching each other (first of the month gag), it also saw the Fifteen apprentices hop on a train from Bodmin to visit the Big Smoke – London. After arriving into Paddington, we made our way on the tube straight to Bloomsbury, home to The People’s [...]


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Posted on 06.09.11
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A wet day – the apprentices take on the Two Peaks Challenge…

On Thursday 25th August, the apprentices took on Rough Tor and Brown Willy and successfully completed the Bodmin Moor Two Peaks Challenge! The day started out dry and the apprentices were optimistic. They had to navigate to a number of points along the route and the first was an ancient stone circle just forward of [...]


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Posted on 30.08.11
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A sourcing trip to Newhouse Farm…

On Wednesday the 24th of August, our apprentices once again left the kitchen to visit Newhouse Farm in the morning, a great example of organic farming, then onto Philip Warren Butchers, Launceston, in the afternoon. Where better place to learn about the food they’re preparing and the processes involved before the produce makes it to [...]


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Posted on 22.08.11
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The Fifteen Apprentices take on the Overnight Woodland Challenge…

First off, apologies for the blurry pictures. It was the wilderness after all! At 10am the apprentices arrived at Hessaford Farm woods in the wilds of North Cornwall where they were camping for the night. The woods are literally in the middle of nowhere with the nearest road over a mile away! The woodland camp [...]


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Posted on 15.07.11
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What a lovely day for a bike ride

On 7 July, our latest cohort of apprentices set off on the first activity of the Summer Team Challenge with random tandem cycling on the Camel Trail. They set off from Wadebridge in pairs, swopping partners after each leg to make sure that everyone could have a go. When they reached Padstow, it was off to Rick Steins for [...]


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Posted on 19.11.10
Filed under: Achievements, Apprentices

I did it!

Well it’s all done!!! After the months of training and racing this year, it all came down to the last 26.2 miles on the other side of the Atlantic in the Big Apple. I arrived in New York on the Friday evening before the race feeling good, if a little tired. However, I was well [...]


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Posted on 26.10.10
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Oli’s update: complex carbs are important part of diet

Hi again all Last time  in my healthy eating update, I  talked about water, the most important thing in life… This time, carbohydrates… Over the last decade or so, ‘carbs’ have received some bad press with regards to weight loss from a number of ‘low’ or ‘zero’ carb diets . Let’s start with the term, [...]


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Posted on 15.10.10
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Oli wins Eden half marathon!

As you will know if you’ve been following what we do here at Fifteen Cornwall, our assistant restaurant manager Oliver Gibson is running the New York Marathon next month on behalf of our charity the Cornwall Foundation of Promise.  Here’s his latest update on his recent triumph at the Eden half marathon…….. Well it’s been [...]


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Posted on 01.10.10
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The Running Man……September Update

So where did September go???? It’s been a pretty good month of training and it’s looking good for November. Following a bit of a tweak in the calf muscle a couple of weeks ago, I had to spend a week off the feet, so managed to clock up a few long rides on the bike. [...]


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Posted on 21.09.10
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An amazing visit to Buttervilla

One of our fruit and veggie suppliers, Buttervilla recently hosted us as part of our sourcing trip programme and we were invited along to visit some of the fields and farms that form part of the co-operative that is Buttervilla.  Our first stop was at Skye Grove – a 9.5 acre field near Dobwalls in [...]


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