Sustainability
At Cookery School our emphasis is on delicious, flavoursome food using excellent ingredients. All of our meat, poultry, eggs, root vegetables, fruit and wines are always organic, as well as a host of other ingredients. Sustainability has always been part of Cookery School’s ethos even prior to the advent of wonderful organisations like the Sustainable Restaurant Association and Sustainable Fish City who push us to do even more.
Amongst our latest activities is the launch of Scrumptious and Sustainable, our series of sustainable cooking classes with topics on meat, fish, vegetables and pulses. Classes include:
- Know Your Fish
- More From your Meat
- Eat Your Greens
- Perfect Pulses
View class dates on our evening class calendar.
Beyond the classroom, Cookery School also strives to engrain sustainability in all of its operations. This includes:
Engaging staff in seafood sustainability
All the fish we use is sustainably sourced. In strengthening knowledge and awareness amongst our own staff, we are in a better position to pass these lessons on to our students and put these values into practice elsewhere.
Improving our energy efficiency and consumption
From chefs to back of house staff to everyone in the office, we are focused on saving energy in our two kitchens at Cookery School and in Rosalind’s Kitchen. We have reduced our water consumption, use pressure cookers and now have a strict policy when it comes to putting lids on pans and filling ovens. Come Christmas time, we steam our Christmas puds under the turkey which keeps the bird moist and saves on energy.
Recycling food waste for composting or anaerobic digestion
When it comes to recycling, we think we’re pretty good. We recycle all of our oil, avoid plastic at all cost, opting for metal and glass containers, and use recycled foil. To further improve, we have committed to composting all of our food waste so that 0% goes into landfill.
Encouraging our staff and our students
We advise our staff and our students to follow these five simple ways to enjoy your food in an eco-friendly fashion
- Eat a little less meat
- Eat well sourced fish
- Buy local and seasonal
- Buy straight from the farmer
- Save the soil and buy organic
- Recycle and reuse
As well as teaching hundreds of students each year in the two Cookery School kitchens we also host the annual fundraiser www.nomnomnom.co.uk which raises money for Action Against Hunger. Throughout the year we donate to local London organisations as well as national and global charities.
All classes and courses at Cookery School teach seasonality and sustainability. Find out more about the suppliers with whom we work.