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Alumni Stories: Sam Pointon
Sam Pointon’s future was all mapped out: school, university, job. Then Covid struck, giving him a chance to press pause on his university studies and explore his passion for food. Now graduated from Leiths with a Diploma in Food and Wine, he tells his story. Read more
Alumni Stories: George Dyer, Ski Famille
George Dyer is executive chef and area manager with Ski Famille, a family ski holiday specialist with chalets in the French Alps. Here he explains why a ski season is the perfect job opportunity for any chef at the start of their career and why a Leiths qualification puts candidates on the front of the queue. Read more
Alumni Stories: Caitlin Walsh
Caitlin Walsh knew early on that she wanted to be a chef. She chose not to go to university after A Levels in order to enrol at Leiths, where she was awarded Student of the Year in 2018. Now a chef de partie in pastry at Harrods, Caitlin was this year crowned Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ Young Pastry Chef of the Year. Read more
Alumni Stories: Louisa Matthews
When Louisa Matthews was planning her gap year she took the opportunity to enrol at Leiths and gain valuable hospitality experience. As she prepares to take up her deferred university place, she tells us what her culinary education and experience has done for her. Read more
Interview: Lorraine Copes on Ben's Original's Seat at the Table Fund with Be Inclusive Hospitality and Leiths
Lorraine Copes is the founder of Be Inclusive Hospitality, which, together with Leiths Food and Wine, is working with Ben’s Original™ on a new scholarship fund Seat At The Table. Lorraine was recently awarded the Veuve Clicquot Innovator award at the GQ Food & Drink Awards and was named among Code Hospitality’s 100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality. Read more
