The School of Artisan Food

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The School of Artisan Food
Charity
Founded2009
HeadquartersWelbeck Estate, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Key people
 Alison Swan Parente (founder)
Website schoolofartisanfood.org

The School of Artisan Food is a cooking school sited on the Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire. Founded in 2009 by Alison Swan Parente, the school aims to teach the 'lost skills' of artisan food production. [1]

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History

The School was founded in 2009 by William and Alison Swan Parente as the UK's first artisan food school, and opened that October. [1] [2] The couple had founded the Welbeck Bakehouse the previous year but, upon finding that there was a lack of skilled artisan bakers to supply it, decided to establish a school to provide education and training in artisan food production. [3]

The school is located at a Grade II listed former fire station dating back to the 1850s at the Welbeck Estate. The School's facilities include three purpose-built training rooms, a resource room and a demonstration theatre. [4] [5] [6]

The first students graduated from the School's Advanced Diploma in Artisan Baking in 2011, which is now a six-month course equivalent to foundation degree level. [7] [8] About 2000 students enrolled in 2015. [9]

The School hosts the annual 'Food for Thought' festival each summer with lectures from food writers, business owners and educators. [10] [11] The School won the Cookery School of the Year award for 2014-15 [12] [13] and the Countryside Alliance Clarissa Dixon Wright Award in 2017 for outstanding contribution to food and education. [14]

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In 2018 the School launched a foundation degree course, Artisan Food Production FdSc, in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, taught jointly by both institutions. The first course will be taught in October 2019. [1] [15] [16]

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In August 2018 the School launched a range of handmade artisan meats in collaboration with Delilah Delicatessens sold in Nottingham and Leicester. [17]

Courses

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The School of Artisan Food

The School's courses cover a range of food production skills including butchery, bakery, cooking, cheesemaking and patisserie. [18]

The School's cheesemaking courses have been claimed by The Guardian to have "helped to transform the British industry". [19]

Courses range in length from half a day to six months and also include courses to teach students how to set up their own food businesses. [20] Seasonal courses, such as Christmas-themed classes, Mother's Day and Father's day courses, are also available. [21] The school's "Pig in a Day" is a crash course in butchery. [22]

The School attracts students from a variety of backgrounds, from middle-aged people looking to change career path, to hobbyists, to children, to international students who come for long-term residential courses. [23] [24] [3]

Tutors

The School currently has a total of 32 tutors. [25] Notable tutors include South African baker Emmanuel Hadjiandreou, author of the book "How to Make Bread", and Wayne Caddy, the School's head of baking and a recipient of the Elite de la Boulangerie Internationale award. [26] [27]

Recognition

The food and drink website Eat Out uses the School of Artisan Food's definition of "artisan" in its Sustainability Award program. [28]

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  1. 1 2 3 "New degree launched to meet demand for artisan food". Sheffield Telegraph . 30 January 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bank of England Governor Mark Carney visits Nottinghamshire". West Bridgford Wire. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "How to become an artisan baker". The Guardian. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Treat-making at The School of Artisan Food and Ye Olde Bell". Yorkshire Post. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "A new artisan school opens in Nottinghamshire". The Daily Telegraph. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Facilities - Bakery, Butchery, Dairy Training Rooms The School of Artisan Food. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Congratulations to our first graduates The School of Artisan Food. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Discovering lost skills at The School of Artisan Food". Locavore Magazine. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Must-visit: A Downton Abbey fantasy for the 21st-century epicurean". Nottinghamshire Globe & Mail. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ↑ A festival of food thinking in Nottingham SustainWeb.org. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  11. ↑ Food for Thought Weekend Line Up Revealed Pebblemag.com. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. ↑ The 12 food trends of Christmas: From mince-pie cocktails to deep-fried cracking The Independent . 7 December 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  13. ↑ The School of Artisan Food Welbeck Estate. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  14. ↑ The School of Artisan Food Wins National Title at the Countryside Alliance Rural Oscars TheStickyBeak.co.uk. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Welbeck Estate - The school of Artisan Food". Nottingham Trent University. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Jay Rayner on Restaurants". The Guardian. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "School of Artisan Food and Delilah launch new food brand". East Midlands Business Link. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  18. ↑ Five of the best butchery schools The Guardian. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  19. ↑ The experts' guide to a great British cheeseboard The Guardian . 3 December 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  20. ↑ The School of Artisan Food Exposed Magazine. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  21. ↑ All Courses and Cooking Classes The School of Artisan Food. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "The best artisan workshops to try". The Spectator. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  23. ↑ Where bankers become butchers Financial Times . 24 September 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  24. ↑ Baking school is cooking up fresh careers Worksop Guardian. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  25. ↑ Our Teachers The School of Artisan Food.
  26. ↑ The School of Artisan Food (Welbeck, Nottinghamshire) - Our Friends Shipton-Mill.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  27. ↑ UK baker Wayne Caddy gets elite baking award BakeryInfo.co.uk. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  28. ↑ "Do you know what these 10 sustainability terms mean?". Eat Out. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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