Terms of Service

1. About these terms

These Terms of Service apply when you visit honestharvest.info, use its recipes and cooking guides, submit a contact form, or register interest in the Honest Harvest online cooking course. The website is operated by Honest Harvest from 11 Fernbank Street, Edinburgh EH3 7PX, United Kingdom. You can contact us at [email protected] or +44 1632 960 586. By continuing to use the website, you agree to comply with these terms. If you do not agree, please stop using it.

These terms concern the public website and preliminary course enquiries. Submitting the registration form does not itself create a paid booking or guarantee a place. If you later choose to join a course, we will provide the current session description, dates, any price, cancellation information and further contractual terms before a binding arrangement is made. Nothing in these terms excludes rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under UK consumer law.

2. Website availability and permitted use

We provide the website for personal, non-commercial cooking education and general information. You may browse pages, print a reasonable number of recipes for your household and use the methods in your own home. You must not use the website in a way that is unlawful, fraudulent, harmful, defamatory or disruptive. You must not attempt to bypass security, interfere with hosting, introduce malicious code, overload forms, scrape content at scale or obtain access to another user’s communications.

We may suspend, restrict or withdraw a feature to maintain security, investigate misuse, comply with law or update the service. We aim to keep the website useful and available, but we do not promise uninterrupted access or that every browser will display each feature identically. Planned and emergency maintenance may occur without individual notice.

3. Informational and educational nature

Recipes, articles, FAQs, lesson descriptions and other materials are provided for general informational and educational purposes. They reflect a practical cooking approach and are not individual professional, dietary or health recommendations. You remain responsible for deciding whether a recipe and its ingredients are suitable for you and your household. If you need advice tailored to personal circumstances, seek help from an appropriately qualified professional.

Cooking results vary with ingredients, equipment, technique, temperature and timing. Descriptions and photographs illustrate the intended style but are not guarantees that a dish will look identical. References to approximate preparation time assume ordinary preparation and may differ according to experience, equipment and recipe adaptations.

4. Kitchen safety and user responsibilities

You are responsible for using knives, ovens, hobs, electrical equipment and hot ingredients safely, following manufacturer instructions and maintaining a suitable kitchen environment. Keep devices and cables away from water, flames, hot surfaces and cutting areas. Supervise children appropriately and do not leave active cooking unattended where it would be unsafe.

You are also responsible for checking ingredient labels, storage conditions, use-by information and the needs of anyone who will eat the meal. Ingredient alternatives may behave differently. If you make a substitution, adjust preparation and cooking as reasonably required. Do not rely solely on colour or a photograph to decide whether food has been stored or cooked appropriately.

5. Course registration and communications

The “Register Your Interest” form asks for contact details, cooking experience, preferred timing and learning interests so we can send relevant course information. It is an enquiry only. A place is not reserved until we explicitly confirm it under the separate process described in our reply. We may decline or postpone a session where capacity, tutor availability, technology or other practical circumstances make delivery unreasonable.

You must provide accurate contact information and update us if it changes. Do not submit another person’s details without permission. Course messages may include ingredient lists, equipment notes, joining instructions and reasonable updates to timing. You are responsible for checking the email address you provided, including filtered or junk folders, and for joining through the authorised link rather than sharing it publicly.

6. Course delivery, changes and cancellation information

Course content is described in good faith and may be adjusted to reflect seasonality, ingredient availability, group pace, accessibility or teaching needs. A reasonable substitution of a recipe or activity does not change the overall educational purpose of the course. If a confirmed session must be moved, we will contact affected participants and explain the available options under the terms supplied with their booking.

Where a consumer enters a distance contract for services, statutory cancellation rules may apply. Any applicable cancellation period, request method, early-start consent and refund consequences will be explained before a paid course arrangement is concluded. The website does not process payments, operate a shopping cart or create automatic subscriptions. Do not send payment card details through a website form or ordinary email.

7. Intellectual property

The website design, Honest Harvest name, original text, photographs, course structure, recipe introductions, graphics and downloadable materials are owned by or licensed to Honest Harvest and are protected by applicable intellectual property law. You may use a recipe privately and may print a copy for personal household use. This permission is limited, non-exclusive, revocable and does not transfer ownership.

Without prior written permission, you must not republish substantial website text, reproduce course materials for a group, sell or licence copies, remove ownership notices, use photographs in another publication, record a live session, distribute a joining link, or present Honest Harvest materials as your own. You may link to a public PHP page provided the link is lawful, accurate and does not imply endorsement or partnership.

8. User messages and respectful participation

When you submit a message, you retain ownership of your original content but grant us permission to read, store and use it as necessary to answer the enquiry, administer a course or protect the service. Do not submit content that infringes another person’s rights, contains malicious code, is threatening, abusive, discriminatory, unlawful or deliberately misleading. Do not include confidential material that you do not have authority to disclose.

Participants in live group sessions must communicate respectfully, follow reasonable tutor instructions and avoid recording or sharing information about other participants. We may remove a participant from an online session where conduct creates a safety, privacy or serious disruption concern. Any contractual consequence will be considered fairly and in line with the separate booking terms and applicable law.

9. External links and services

The website may link to a video meeting provider, regulatory information or another relevant third-party service. A link is provided for convenience and does not mean we control or endorse everything on the external website. Third parties set their own terms, availability, accessibility, privacy and cookie practices. Review those materials before creating an account or supplying information.

We are not responsible for loss caused solely by an external service outside our reasonable control. This does not affect responsibility we may have for our own selection, instructions or conduct. If an authorised course platform becomes unavailable, we may use a reasonable alternative and will provide updated joining information.

10. Accuracy, changes and reliance

We take reasonable care when preparing content and correcting identified errors. Seasonal availability, course dates, service hours and external resources can change. The latest website text replaces earlier public versions, but an archived or cached copy may remain temporarily visible. If a detail is important to a planned course session, ask us to confirm it directly.

We may add, revise or remove content without preserving every previous version. Changes to these terms apply from the updated date shown above and do not rewrite a contract already concluded unless the separate agreement or law permits that change. Continued use after an update means the revised public website terms apply to later use.

11. Liability and statutory rights

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Nothing restricts mandatory consumer rights. Subject to those protections, Honest Harvest is not responsible for loss that was not reasonably foreseeable, loss caused by your failure to follow clear instructions, or business loss arising from personal use of this consumer-focused website.

The website is supplied for domestic and private use. You are responsible for suitable equipment, connectivity and safe cooking practice. If digital content or a service is supplied under a separate paid contract, the standards and remedies required by applicable consumer law will apply alongside the specific booking terms.

12. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected and used, and our Cookie Policy explains browser storage and cookie controls. These documents form part of the information provided with the website but do not reduce the rights described in this agreement.

13. Governing law and disputes

These terms and non-contractual disputes connected with the website are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If you are a consumer resident elsewhere in the United Kingdom, you may also benefit from mandatory protections and bring proceedings in the courts available to you under applicable law. Before formal proceedings, we encourage you to contact us with a clear description of the issue so both sides can try to resolve it promptly.

If one provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply. A delay in enforcing a right is not a waiver of that right. No person other than you and Honest Harvest has a right to enforce these website terms unless the law expressly provides otherwise.

14. Contact

Questions about these terms may be sent to [email protected], raised by telephone on +44 1632 960 586, or posted to 11 Fernbank Street, Edinburgh EH3 7PX, United Kingdom. Include the page, course communication or date relevant to your question so we can review it efficiently.