The Old Dairy Kitchen is an educational kitchen based on Great Trill Farm in East Devon. Created in 2014, we teach cookery skills and producing a range of products using ingredients from the farm’s cultivated and wild larder. Please note we are no longer open as a restaurant for lunches, feasts or takeaway.

ABOUT THE CHEF

The Old Dairy Kitchen is run by Chris Onions. He is a classically trained chef from Islay, Scotland and has worked in kitchens from Australia to Norway. Before arriving at Trill, Chris spent three years in Sweden offering care and training for a variety of disadvantaged groups as part of a Care Farm Cooperative. This project provided him with a new vision and vital training on how cooking and the garden can be used for rehabilitation and practical learning. On return to the UK, Chris became sous chef and tutor at Trill’s neighbouring farm, River Cottage HQ, where the sourcing of local and organic ingredients strengthened Chris’s belief that chefs must take responsibility for the social and environmental effects their cooking has both locally and as part of the food system as a whole.