Sign up for the new Know Your North Pennines training programme.

Click here for further details or to request an application pack. Contact the Project Co-ordinator, Kim Pearson.(01661) 852523 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Read about our taster event: Make hay while the sun shines on July 15th 2010

Our next two free taster sessions are:

Woodland Management on the Rock House Estate, Nenthead : Aug 17th and

Conservation work at Low Slitt Mine, Westgate : September 8th

2009-2010 students receive their certificates at Sinderhope 11th April 2010

KYNP Guest Speaker wins Masterchef Great Britain Young Chef of the Year, 2010. A CHEF from Nenthead, Tom Orton (21) who demonstrated his culinary skills to the Know your North Pennine students in March 2010, has been named Great Britain Young Chef of the Year. In charge of the kitchens at the Lovelady Shield Country House Hotel near Alston, Tom is now off to study in America. He was one of eight finalists battling for the inaugural title of Masterchef of Great Britain’s Young Chef of the Year at a cook-off at Westminster Kingsway College, London. The contestants had to prepare a signature starter and main course, one of which had to be a classic dish, from a mystery box of ingredients which were revealed the night before the event. Tom, who is from Nenthead, cooked pan-fried scallops with lemon sole goujons, asparagus carpaccio with garlic puree and chorizo oil, followed by pan-fried duck breast with celeriac puree and a wild mushroom and tarragon cannelloni with Madeira jus. As part of his prize, he has won a trip to study at The Culinary Academy which is part of The Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina.

What Is Know Your North Pennines?

“Know Your North Pennines” is a ground-breaking training programme for people who live and work in the North Pennines.

The programme celebrates everything that makes the North Pennines special, including the area’s geology, heritage, culture and natural history.

“Know Your North Pennines” is for anyone who works with visitors to the area, whether in hospitality and the service industry, tourist information centres, visitor attractions or as guides.

This innovative training programme was designed by Pennine Horizons, an informal cluster of local businesses, and the University of Sunderland to raise the cultural awareness of this region, its visitor attractions, its heritage and natural history.  It is supported by the Centre of Vocational Excellence at Northumberland College.

For more information contact the Project Coordinator, Kim Pearson

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