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River Cottage is 20 years old! Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the team will be celebrating their birthday throughout 2019 with a full diary of exciting events, special guests, unique feasts and their most extensive course schedule to date.

From the first series ‘Escape to River Cottage’ which hit our TV screens in March 1999, Hugh - chef, broadcaster, campaigner and writer has continually championed food provenance and sustainability, not only through his media work but at River Cottage HQ on the Dorset/Devon border. Over the years an incredible team have joined him for some or all of his journey so far and will be an integral part of the year long birthday party.

Hugh says…

"When I began renting the original River Cottage - a tiny lock-keeper’s cottage near Netherbury in Dorset – it was simply meant to be a bolt-hole from London. But that idyllic place soon got under my skin. Before long, I was inspired to leave the city altogether and...

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