NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED
A trained chef, cookery teacher, professional caterer and food consultant, Camilla has a wide knowledge and understanding of the food industry. She trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine and has put her expertise and passion to use in the food world for over 12 years. Much of her inspiration comes from working and living abroad in New Zealand and Spain. Her restaurant experience includes working with Peter Gordon and The Sugar Club. In 2002 she set up, from scratch, the successful Divertimenti Café and Divertimenti Cookery School, and more recently the Lemon Tree Cookery School. Camilla is also a food writer and her book, The Divertimenti Cookbook, was published in 2007. Camilla has made several TV appearances including Great Food Live, Great Food Bites, Food Uncut (UKTV Food) and the 2006 series Taste. “I am delighted to take up the challenge of being Managing Director one of the world’s best cookery schools,” comments Camilla Schneideman. “This is an exciting time for Leiths School of Food and Wine in its new premises. I am thrilled to be working with such a strong team and to be succeeding Caroline, who has inspired so many Leiths students, including me, over many years.”Caroline Waldegrave comments: “I am delighted to be handing over to Camilla, who will do a wonderful job at Leiths for staff and students alike. She is full of new and exciting ideas on how to develop the School and I wish her the very best.” “Caroline has done a remarkable job establishing Leiths at the forefront of cookery teaching over the last 37 years,” comments Sir Christopher Bland, Chairman and Co-owner of Leiths School of Food and Wine. “We have found an excellent successor in Camilla, and I am delighted that Caroline’s experience will continue to be available to us as a Non-Executive Director.” Leiths School of Food Wine is the ideal starting point for all aspiring career cooks. Since 1975, Leiths has become renowned the world over for its comprehensive theoretical and practical teaching. Leiths School of Food and Wine, 16-20 Wendell Road, London W12 9RT - Ends - For further information, interviews and photography – or if you wish to visit the school – please contact Annabel Stanes on 020 8749 6400 or email marketing@leiths.com NotesLeiths’ reputation as a first-class training school for chefs attracts students of all ages from all over the world. With its dedicated teaching and friendly atmosphere, Leiths’ guiding principle is to impart enthusiasm for the trade and instil a lasting love of good food and wine. This is not restricted to career cooks – many enthusiastic amateurs attend the varied programme of courses and diverse range of special events, from food and wine matching evenings to chocolate workshops and carving demonstrations. For those with professional ambitions, the Leiths Diploma in Food and Wine is highly respected in the culinary world and can be achieved in three terms, starting in September of each year, or in two terms, starting in January. Students learn menu planning, budgeting and wine appreciation and attend daily demonstrations and practical classes, as well as lectures by leading gastronomic celebrities, famous retailers and head chefs from leading hotels and restaurants. Throughout the year, visits are organised to a variety of establishments involved in the business, including Billingsgate fish market and Smithfield meat market. Students get the chance to undertake work experience in leading London restaurants; visiting chefs specialising in Italian, Japanese and Indian cuisine come to teach at the school and cookery writers and chefs demonstrate their specialities, such as chocolate work.For those keen to learn the basic skills needed to become a confident, capable, efficient cook in just four weeks, the Leiths Basic Certificate takes place late summer every year, making it especially suitable as a summer course for amateur cooks at the start of a gap year. Leiths excels in both the theoretical and the practical, benefiting from over 30 years’ experience, whilst remaining fully abreast of contemporary techniques, styles and methods.For further information about the school and courses available please visit the website www.leiths.com, email info@leiths.com or contact Viv Pidgeon on 020 8749 6400.