River Cottage to expand cookery school at Devon HQ plus guest house & events space

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River Cottage has submitted plans to expand the facilities at its headquarters near Axminster in Devon, with the creation of 19 new jobs.

The plans submitted are for a 16-room guesthouse, an extension of the current cookery school facilities, an events space and informal lounge space, allowing it to compete with other major cookery schools.

River Cottage states that the plans for River Cottage Park Farm at Musbury will help secure the ‘long-term viability’ of the business.

The firm continued, “The existing farmyard buildings are the core of the River Cottage operation. This expansion plan allows River Cottage to continue to grow the Cookery School so that it can accommodate increasing demand from overseas visitors and the professional catering industry – who all require on site accommodation, communal areas, and a great range of classrooms and presentations rooms.

“The future offering will include four-day residential cookery courses in line with other major cookery schools like Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Padstow Seafood School and Ballymaloe Cookery School. The expanded development will also enable us to provide safe accommodation to any of the young cooking apprentices who require it.’

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