Food for thought, as Farm Stay ladies go back to school
Yorkshire members of Farm Stay, the UK’s largest network of farm-based accommodation providers, went back to school to hone their cooking skills!
Among a group of Yorkshire lady members who attended a specially arranged cookery school at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax were:
Lisa Preston, Pickersgill Manor Farm, Silsden.
Di Elphinstone, Crooklands, Clapham.
Farm Stay Yorkshire regional director Rosemary Hyslop, Layhead Farm Cottages, Rathmell.
Racheal and Catherine Howard, Newton Grange, Bank Newton.
Fiona Clarke, Nethergill Farm, Buckden.
Katrina Gray , Wold Cottage, Wold Newton, Driffield.
Chris Chilton, Westfields Farm, Leyburn.
Alison Barnes, Crakehall Watermill, Bedale.
Viv Campbell, Laneside Farm, Meltham, Holmfirth.
The Cooking School at Dean Clough offers professional development courses for those working in the catering and hospitality industry and chef Mathew Benson-Smith created a tailored course – dubbed ’Brilliant Breakfasts and Easy Outstanding Suppers’ - for the Yorkshire Farm Stay ladies.
They made their own bread, granola, kedgeree, fruit smoothies and hollandaise sauce, and were also shown how to make quick supper dishes and desserts.
Rosemary Hyslop said: "It was a fabulous day in the state-of-the-art kitchen in a very historic setting. We learned a great deal and some wonderful new ideas, which many of us plan introduce in our own farm kitchens to enhance the overall experience on behalf of our guests."
