| Escape to River Cottage |
Escape to River Cottage DVD Cover | | Format | Cooking | | Starring | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall | | Country of origin |
 UK | | Language(s) | English | | No. of episodes | 6 | | Production | | Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) | | Broadcast | | Original channel | Channel 4 | | Original run | March 18, 1999 – April 22, 1999 | | External links | | Official website | Escape to River Cottage was the first River Cottage television series in which celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall takes over a Dorset cottage and sets out to achieve a form of rural self-sufficiency. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
Cooking is the act of preparing food. ...
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born January 14, 1965) is a British celebrity chef and TV presenter, noted for his mildly eccentric antics and back-to-nature philosophy. ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
This article is about the British television station. ...
is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the year. ...
is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the year. ...
River Cottage is a former weekend and holiday home in Dorset which, in 1997, 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 Hughs adventures as a downshifted smallholder. ...
In its strictest sense, a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for his/her cooking. ...
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born January 14, 1965) is a British celebrity chef and TV presenter, noted for his mildly eccentric antics and back-to-nature philosophy. ...
Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ...
Sign in a rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China Rural areas (also referred to as the country, countryside) are settled places outside towns and cities. ...
Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ...
Along the way he encountered many challenges largely caused by the weather, pests and his own inexperience.
Every week, he meets up with different members of the Dorset community and gets a different kind of food (eg, fish, pork) from each of them, usually free or bartered.
Local organic vegetable guru Michael Michaud, homecraft expert Babara and experienced vegetable competitor Roy Gunning all make appearances as the series develops into a fascinating insight into country life. Organic may refer to: Look up organic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
For other uses, see Vegetable (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ...
List of episodes
| Ep. | Air Date | Summary | | 1 | 18 March 1999 | Hugh arrives at River Cottage, and immediately digs up the flower garden to make way for his vegetable plot. Next, he builds terraces with railway sleepers to maximize the amount of space he will have. Hugh goes off to Peggy's pig farm and buys 2 pigs from her, then uses Peggy's trailer to transport them back to River Cottage into a shady copse near the cottage that he has prepared for them.
After that, he meets up with Gary, a diving and fishing expert who instructs Hugh on the use of a speargun. Hugh fails to catch anything, but Gary manages to catch 1 mullet and 2 bass, which they promptly cook and eat.
Hugh then visits Micheal and Joy Michaud, who are organic gardeners. Micheal goes back to River Cottage with Hugh to help him with his vegetable plot in return for a ham from one of Hugh's pigs in late fall.
Next, Hugh arrives at the mansion belonging to Anthony and Serena Hitches, who have a severe pigeon problem. Every morning, more than 80 pigeons line up on the roof of their stables. Anthony then teaches Hugh how to cull the birds, and promises Hugh the meat of any bird he culls in exchange for his help. Hugh treats them to Pastilla, a North African treat using the meat of the pigeons he got.
| | 2 | 25 March 1999 | -- | | 3 | 1 April 1999 | -- | | 4 | 8 April 1999 | -- | | 5 | 15 April 1999 | -- | | 6 | 22 April 1999 | -- |
External links - Escape To River Cottage at TV.com
| River Cottage | | Channel 4 TV Series' | Escape to River Cottage | Return to River Cottage | River Cottage Forever
Tales From River Cottage (highlight show) | Beyond River Cottage
The View From River Cottage (highlight show)
River Cottage Road Trip | The River Cottage Treatment
River Cottage: Gone Fishing | | Books | River Cottage Year | River Cottage Meat Book | River Cottage Family Cookbook
River Cottage Fish Book | | Buildings | | River Cottage | River Cottage H.Q. | River Cottage H.Q. (Park Farm) | |
Feeds |
Contact