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I grew up in a family of cooks with a big round kitchen table at the heart of it –  a place where everyone was welcome and there was always room for one more.  That is why I love to cook and that sense of food and togetherness has stuck with me. For me cooking is about community and connection, with people and with the world around us. That is the foundation of the Round Table - a place where people come together through food, whether that is baking with your grandma, sharing a meal with friends or breaking bread with a stranger

I live and breathe cooking - it is what I do for my job but it is also my escape when I am not working - I always have my nose in a cookbook or something in the oven.  For me, learning to cook is a life skill but it is much more than that – it is a way to explore the world, to connect with others and to learn something new.  That is why I teach people to cook – so that you have the skills to escape into the kitchen and cook colourful, interesting, vibrant food and share it with those around you – and to enjoy the immense satisfaction that doing that will bring

I am a classically trained chef (having quit my job as a lawyer in the City but that is a whole other story) and have been teaching cooking for 10 years to people of all ages and abilities.  I trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine and then started out very much as a baker making wedding cakes and fancy iced biscuits for product launches. Over the years I became interested in health foods and now chef at vegan yoga retreats so I literally cook everything.  I grew up in a half vegetarian household and strongly believe that there is no one diet that suits everyone so the way I teach is all about learning to be flexible and adapting recipes to your taste and diet. I have written 3 cookbooks and am a member of the Guild of Food Writers.  I am also the mum of 2 boys.  Over the past 6 years I have specialised in teaching young people to cook, including young people with additional needs.  My teaching style is calm and relaxed, with lots of professional tips and tricks thrown in - I love to cook and I find students always relax when cooking along with me

2 things. (1) We teach you to cook, not to just follow a recipe.  We focus on classic skills which we build up over time - there are key, core techniques that underpin all recipes, whatever the cuisine, and nailing those is what is going to make you a really good cook.  We build classic skills into all of our classes and that is how we teach our students to become really confident and intuitive cooks.  And (2) we offer so much more than just a cookery course.  Our mission is to inspire you to love to cook so we have built a vibrant online community that students can be part of with loads of interesting and inspiring resources to get you cooking