The unique cookery school was established at Parkdale in 1982. The school offers an excellent working environment and accommodation in single, double or twin en suite rooms.

The Cordon Vert School has an unrivalled reputation for excellent, imaginative and innovative vegetarian cuisine, drawing on the variety of international flavours and ingredients reflecting current trends in world cuisine with ideas that are fresh and imaginative.

Courses run throughout the year and are taught by our team of highly qualified and enthusiastic tutors. A relaxed, friendly approach ensures an atmosphere in which individual talent and creativity are positively encouraged.

Training for Professional Chefs

The course introduces caterers to a wide range of products and ingredients, encouraging them to experiment with taste, texture, and presentation of vegetarian food.

One Day Workshops


One Day Workshops run from 9.30am to 3.00pm. If you love to learn how to cook by practical methods, then these one day workshops are just for you. Our team of experienced tutors will demonstrate dishes on a particular theme and then help you recreate a selection which will be enjoyed by everyone as an informal buffet lunch - all washed down with a well earned glass of organic vegetarian wine, of course!

Two Day Workshops

Enjoy a two day break with a difference. Learn a new skill, meet interesting people and make the most of the Cordon Vert School's excellent facilities.

Cordon Vert Two Day Courses are an ideal opportunity to explore new tastes whatever your level of expertise. They cover a wide variety of recipes, techniques and styles of vegetarian food.

Team Building Days

Which team will be first to finish cooking their meal? Who has been cleanest in the kitchen? Who has presented their dishes to the best restaurant standards? And, finally, whose meal tastes the best?

Here at the Cordon Vert School, we offer a unique package for up to 12 delegates at £150 + VAT each. What better way to build up Team Spirit than cooking a meal together and then sitting down to eat the fruit of your labour with your team mates!

For more details, please contact Jane on 0161 925 2014 or email jane@vegsoc.org

Food & drink articles
Dozens of articles about ingredients, food production and catering. All the background information you need to make the most of the recipes and your cooking skills.

Vegetarian Food for Friends
A tantalising selection of recipes from The Society's recipe book by Lyn Weller.

Life as a Vegetarian MBE
Isabel Wilson, ex-President of VegSocUK and a founder of the school recalls how it all began.