Alumni
Alumni Stories: Civan Er
Turkish chef Civan Er is the chef patron of Yeni Lokanta in Istanbul and its sister restaurant Yeni in Soho, London.
Turkish chef Civan Er is the chef patron of Yeni Lokanta in Istanbul and its sister restaurant Yeni in Soho, London.
Alice Staple is executive chef of five-year-old Maremma restaurant in Brixton.
Leiths alumnus Oliver Gladwin runs the London-based restaurant group Local & Wild with his brothers Richard and Gregory.
Leiths graduate Katja Tausig must have one of the most coveted jobs in the business – that of recipe developer at Ottolenghi Test Kitchen. We spoke to Katja about her unusual career path and how it helped her get her dream job.
Leiths graduate Sandy Jarvis (ex Culpeper, Terroirs, Racine) and his sommelier husband Clément Cousin (Brawn, the Buxton) open their neighbourhood bistro Bavette in Horsforth, Leeds in February 2024. Here, Sandy tells us how an encounter with fellow Leiths alumnus Henry Harris decided the course of his career.
St Andrews graduate Isabella Stuart, 23, is a student on the Three Term Diploma at Leiths School of Food and Wine. She reflects on her experience so far.
Former fashion-buyer and triathlete Kendra Marsh tells us how she changed her career to freelance chef and meal planner with the help of Leiths’ Nutrition In Culinary Practice course.
Grace Truelove, 22, started her Leiths journey as a sixth-former, doing a cookery option with Leiths Academy alongside her A Levels. She went on to do the Three Term Diploma at Leiths School of Food and Wine, graduating in 2023 as ‘Student of the Year’.
Jodienne Ball is the founder of Bake Yard, a social enterprise in south east London, established to meet the ‘kneads’ of young people through cooking, baking, and community building. Last year, she was one of the first cohort of Black hospitality workers to be awared a study scholarship on the Ben’s Original™ Seat at the Table™ programme in partnership with Be Inclusive Hospitality.
Leiths graduate Ayesha Kalaji is executive chef and co-founder of Queen of Cups, a 17th Century coaching inn turned Middle Eastern restaurant in Glastonbury.