River Cottage

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Coordinates: 50°46′59″N 2°45′04″W / 50.783°N 2.751°W / 50.783; -2.751 River Cottage is a former weekend and holiday home that was originally a game-keeper's lodge in the grounds of Slape Manor, Netherbury, Dorset. It featured in a number of television series presented by television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. The name is also used as brand for some of Fearnley-Whittingstall's business ventures, including a restaurant in Bath.

Television series

River Cottage brand logo

From 1998 it was used by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as a setting for three television series: Escape to River Cottage, Return to River Cottage and River Cottage Forever, in which viewers follow Hugh's adventures as a downsized smallholder. The River Cottage brand left the holiday home to follow Hugh's progress as he set up a new business from old dairy buildings near Broadoak, Bridport, Dorset in the later series Beyond River Cottage. In September 2006, the show would leave those buildings, then known as River Cottage H.Q., to move on to the Park Farm location near to Uplyme in Devon. Here at the new River Cottage H.Q., the team would film the 2006 series The River Cottage Treatment where Hugh would attempt to convert junk food lovers' eating habits. The 2007 series, River Cottage: Gone Fishing, saw Hugh travel to fishing locations throughout the British Isles in order to promote the culinary benefits of sustainable fishing cultures. An additional series, The View from River Cottage, was a combination clip show and retrospective of the previous series.

In 2008, Channel 4 began broadcasting River Cottage Spring, later followed up by River Cottage Autumn, which shows Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall using home-grown produce in recipes. The series also tracks a group of families in Bristol who attempt to convert a large bramble patch into a small-holding, now known as Bramble Farm, growing vegetables, and rearing meat. A five episode series River Cottage: Summer's Here began airing in June 2009.

On 12 November 2009 a new series of four episodes started at 8pm on Channel 4, titled River Cottage - Winter's on the Way. In 2011 he made a series River Cottage Veg about vegetarian cookery.^[1]

Other business ventures

The River Cottage team opened a local produce store and canteen, River Cottage Stores Ltd, which is located in the centre of Axminster, Devon. In April 2009, the restaurant River Cottage Canteen opened in Bath.

In early February 2012, River Cottage's events barn was largely destroyed by a fire; its future is uncertain.^[2]

DVD releases

These DVD's are distributed by Channel 4 DVD.

References

External links

• The River Cottage - contains recipes, news and features.
• River Cottage at Channel 4 - contains information on all shows.
• Beyond River Cottage at TV.com
• The Internet Movie Database