Monthly Archives: July 2024

Rukmini Iyer, MasterChef contestant 2013

Rukmini Iyer, former student on Three Month Intermediate Certificate Course and MasterChef contestant 2013. Originally from Cambridgeshire, Rukmini studied English Literature at Edinburgh University and went to law school in London.  After two years working as a trainee solicitor, she realised that cooking was her real passion and decided to pursue a career doing what she loved. […]

Jenny Haigh

Jenny Haigh attended our Six-Month Diploma Course in 2014. Since she graduated, Jenny has been working as a freelance chef. She is very busy and always travelling but she managed to find time to answer some questions about her time at Edinburgh New Town Cookery School and to tell us what she has been doing since she […]

Peter Gayford

Peter Gayford attended the Edinburgh New Town Cookery School (ENTCS) for the Three-Month Beginners Certificate Course between September and December 2020. Since leaving, Pete has set up a successful catering business FieldFireFork where he uses amazing Scottish produce and a very special barbecue. We caught up with him to find out how things were going […]