Reviews/Testimonials - Padstow Seafood School - Rick Stein

The Independent {Extra} named Padstow Seafood School in their feature 'The ten best cookery courses'.

Padstow Seafood School has been placed in the number 1 slot in 'The ten best cookery courses' from The Independent feature on Wednesday 14th May 2008: 

'Stein's Padstow school teaches a relaxed approach to preparing seafood.  The chef's aim was to create a course that "revolves around lunch".  Here, cooks enjoy the fruits of their labours beside the seaside.'

The Daily Telegraph

‘Padstow Seafood School – Gordon Ramsay says it’s the only cookery course he can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone.’

Chef Peter Gordon writing in The Caterer

'I learned plenty, I had fun, I ate heaps. The teachers were great and the view brilliant.’

Five Best: British cookery courses

The Padstow Seafood School proves there is more to fish than batter, chips and vinegar-sodden paper. You name it, they teach it - from cleaning, slicing and frying squid to preparing monkfish curry. The diverse courses include French Odyssey (classic dishes recreated with Stein's distinctive finesse, such as Petit Salé aux lentilles) and Mediterranean Fish Cookery (involving lashings of olive oil, saffron, tomatoes and garlic). The days involve cooking various dishes (including your lunch), then relaxing to watch the head chef prepare dishes in the afternoon.
The Independent 2006

Top 10 hot global cookery courses - Something fishy

If you are stir-crazy about seafood, sign up for tuition that will hone your skills. For a hands on course that really gets down to the nitty gritty of scaling, boning and filleting fish, Rick Stein is your man, with one of the many courses that are offered at his school in Padstow. His enthusiasm is always infectious, and he has encouraged many of us to approach fish cookery with more confidence.
4Food

Rick Stein's Padstow Seafood School

If you're going to teach yourself how to sauté a squid, shell a crab or fillet a sardine, why not learn from the master? His cookery school has it all: inspiring teachers, a fabulous location and stylish rooms at several hotels.
Living etc