Meet the Team

The combination of formal qualifications and years of experience in the fields of education teaching and as working chefs and cooks gives the staff at the Cooking School at Dean Clough an enviable range of skills.

An expert chef does not necessarily make a good teacher. Knowledge of how to pass on your skills requires teaching know-how and experience.

The teaching team at the Cooking School at Dean Clough not only has industrial experience at the highest culinary level, but all are also qualified teachers and home economists.

This enables us to provide courses based on high standards of teaching, which will engage and stimulate through carefully structured sessions – whether people are looking to cook for pleasure or need specific skill sets with clear objectives and outcomes.

The combination of professional chefs and hands-on teaching experience means courses can offer creative cooking, with innovative recipes delivered in a professional, structured way.
The staff at the Cooking School at Dean Clough are thus in a position to offer an unparalleled range of courses.

Anita Cormac OBE

Matthew Benson-Smith

Jessica Atkinson