Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of our ethos. Find out the latest sustainability news, developments and information on our blog. We cover concepts like food waste, plastic-free, seasonality and much more.
International Women’s Day: Ros’ Triumph
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]It’s the 8th March, known to many as International Women’s Day – a celebration of the social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women across the globe and a fine time to highlight Rosalind’s pioneering early days when she set up her first company, Piemaker. Piemaker specialised in making fine pies and cakes using traditional English recipes.
Coming as no surprise to anyone, Ros defiantly refused any ingredients that contained additives or preservatives –
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Happy 15th Birthday to us!
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]To celebrate our 15th birthday this February, we wanted to compile a list of 15 of our favourite Cookery School facts – but we got carried away!
Did you know…
ENVIRONMENTAL
1. We make sure that our suppliers deliver our produce in containers that we use again and again so to eliminate one-use plastics. We store all our food in glass containers and never use cling film!
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Jaw Dropping Plastic Facts & A Recycling Tour
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]Did you know that 250kg of plastic gets dumped into our oceans every second of every day across the world? That’s a tonne every 4 seconds! Plastics take decades to break down. The plastic is having an adverse on the food chain, changing animals and it’ll change us too. This whale has been created using that same amount of plastic so that it’s easy to actually visualise the extremity of what humans are doing to the planet.
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Sustainability Glossary
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]There are so many words that get thrown around with regards to sustainability that it can get a bit confusing at times and occasionally misleading. We thought we’d list the main ones here in our sustainability glossary to help you live a little greener.
Carbon Footprint
A carbon footprint measures the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by a person, organisation, event or product. A carbon footprint is measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e).
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10 Tips for Saving Water at Home
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]Reducing how much water you use and saving on water doesn’t have to affect your daily routine. These simple changes can make a huge difference.
It may feel like we have too much rain in Britain but the UK actually has less drinking water available per person than most other European countries. As the population increases, it means water resources will become even more stretched. Reducing water waste saves energy needed for treating and pumping water for use in our homes as well as protecting wildlife.
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Sustainable Cleaning
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]Sustainability has always been a key part of our ethos and we have always focused on minimising the impact on the environment by recycling waste, using renewable energy and sourcing local and seasonal produce where possible, however we were determined to include sustainable cleaning.
In an effort to become even more sustainable, we realised we needed to adopt a more eco-friendly way of cleaning so we made the switch to Delphis Eco, the leading manufacturer of ecological cleaning products in the UK.
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London’s Most Sustainable Cookery School
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We are proud to be London’s most sustainable cookery school. Sustainability is at the core of our school: we teach sustainable cooking for sustainable learning. This means that our classes and instructions are clear and fuss-free. They are straightforward- no jargon and no fads. Our students go away with lessons that are learnt thoroughly, equipping them with the ability and confidence to cook in their own kitchens at home.
As London’s most sustainable cookery school,
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Ingredients Sustainability
We’ve had a makeover!
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]Some of you have been asking why we’ve changed colour! So here’s a bit about why we’ve rebranded…
We’ve gone green! In fact, we’ve always been “green” here at Cookery School but we now have a brand new look to reflect this. Since we started Cookery School we’ve always tried to be as sustainable as possible even before it was ‘cool’ to be so.
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Earth Day at Cookery School
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Here at Cookery School, sustainability is not just a buzzword but has always been part of our ethos, even prior to the advent of wonderful organisations like the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) and Sustainable Fish City who push us to do even more. We are proud to be the only London cookery school with the maximum three stars from the SRA.
Facts about Cookery School
- Over 75% of our ingredients is
sourced locally.
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British Food Fortnight, 21 Sept – 6 Oct
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From the 21 September to 6 October we will be celebrating British Food Fortnight
Described as a modern day harvest festival BFF invites communities, businesses and individuals to celebrate the fantastic seasonal produce that is being grown, harvested, cooked and enjoyed!
Love British Food offers some top suggestions on how to get involved from growing food,
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Sustainability We Love
Three Star Sustainability Champions
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Great news: we have been awarded three stars from the Sustainable Restaurant Assosiation SRA for a second year running, receiving an overall score of 84% with full marks (100%) in the society section.
We worked really hard to improve our practices for this year’s rating and view the scheme as a way to push us further, to constantly look for new ways and methods to run our kitchens ethically,
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Why cookery schools need to ‘green up’
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(via Looking to Cook)
Looking to Cook has featured us in its apt article about why cookery schools need to think and act sustainably. The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has been instrumental in helping us forward, and we are proud to be the first cookery school to obtain an SRA Sustainability Rating, achieving a Three Star rating in March this year.
The SRA has helped Cookery School in all three of the SRA’s key areas – Sourcing,
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We’ve Adopted a Plot!
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How happy is this little green space? And how happy are we to be involved with it? We’ve joined the "Adopt a Plot" scheme, a joint partnership between Capital Growth and the Ethical Eats network. As part of the scheme, we’ve adopted a wonderful allotment garden plot in Regent’s Park.
The “Adopt a Plot” idea is this: local restaurants and food businesses like us make a financial contribution to the community garden space in return for a share of the produce.
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5 Sustainable Eating Tips
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]Sustainability is a central part of our cooking approach at Cookery School, and we’re thrilled to be sharing our 5 sustainable eating tips on Start UK’s blog.
Tip #4: Use every part of your ingredient
Our chicken salad recipe uses meat left over from roast chicken, our asparagus ends are saved for soup. We all should do our part to minimise food waste, and make the most of the ingredients available to us.
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Three Star SRA Sustainability Champions
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At the beginning of 2012 we set ourselves a target: to obtain the highest possible rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA), the organisation that recognises sustainability within restaurants. We’re barely three months into the year and we have just been awarded 3 STARS!
What’s more, we’re the only London cookery school to have applied for and picked up an SRA rating, so we’re feeling pretty good about ourselves this week.
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Sustainability Update: Green energy, recycled food waste and the quest for sustainable prawns
[shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="18028724"]Sustainability has always been a big part of what we do, but this year we’re really upping the ante. There’s always room for improvement. Here are a few things we’ve been up to lately, and if anyone has any advice or tips that can help us do even better, please let us know.
On the trail for sustainable prawns…
We have found farmed prawns that we think tick all the boxes but we’re doing further research and checking a few other recommended suppliers to see what they stock.
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Why we love Original Beans chocolate
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Just in time for Christmas, we’ve just added Original Beans “The Story of Cacao in Four Bars” chocolate set to our shop window at Rosalind’s Kitchen. Yes, loads of people are pushing chocolate this time of year, but we thing these bars are truly special and that if you’re going to buy chocolate this season, Original Beans is a company well worth giving your money to.
The reason we love Original Beans so much is that they’ve got a fascinating history with impeccable eco-sustainable credentials,
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Ingredients Sustainability
