The Beginning

I would like to be able to say I had an epiphany and woke up one morning aged 10 thinking “I’m going to be a cook”, but I’m afraid nothing as clichéd as that happened.

I do, however, remember tucking into mum’s dinners with delight and I have many fond memories of licking the bowl after a burst of her baking.

Basically, my culinary skills were passed down by my mother who spent numerous hours in the kitchen. Added to the fact that I was never going to make it academically (surely you can’t be academic and creative!), cooking school seemed like the natural choice for me.