The Chef's Room

Lindy runs The Chef’s Room fish and cookery school in Blaenavon in conjunction with Franco Taruschio OBE - patron of the Abergavenny Food Festival and founder of the legendary Walnut Tree restaurant. They aim to teach the importance of cooking from scratch, using good ingredients, supporting local shops and producers whenever possible, the pleasure of cooking for family and friends and the joy of sitting around the table eating.

The aim of their classes is to get as many people as possible, of all ages and abilities, cooking at a recreational level. Since moving to Blaenavon they have also become involved with many projects to promote cooking in the region’s schools and in the community.

Having an experienced and renowned consultant chef on board like Franco means they are able to extend their range of classes to include catering and industry training, niche corporate and team building events and client and staff rewards for local and national businesses.

They run cooking events for private parties, to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, hen and stag do’s. Any excuse is good to gather people together to cook. You don’t even need an excuse; one-to-one or small group classes can also be arranged.

In order to offer the same high standard of teaching in other culinary fields Lindy has invited expert guest tutors in Oriental, French and Indian cuisine plus bread making.

The school is now coming up to its fourth birthday and was recognised with the award for Best Cookery School in Wales last year. Lindy and Franco have actually been working together since Franco and his wife Ann sold the Walnut Tree around fifteen years ago.

When the Hill (their previous school) closed in Abergavenny, John Sullivan invited Franco and Lindy to use the state of the art teaching facility at his Vin Sullivan (www.vin-sullivan.co.uk) premises in Blaenavon. This has turned out to be a blessing as the school has access to Vin Sullivan’s wide range of fresh fish and produce sold in-house, and to the expertise of their award winning fishmongers.

“FRANCO AND I WELCOME YOU TO THE CHEF'S ROOM AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THE PLEASURES OF THE KITCHEN WITH ALL OF YOU - WE LOVE TO COOK AND SHARE WHAT WE PRODUCE AND WANT TO PASS ON OUR ENTHUSIASM AND KNOW-HOW.  COOKING, SITTING AT A TABLE AND EATING TOGETHER IS SO MUCH MORE THAN FEEDING OURSELVES - IT IS A WAY OF LIFE.”
Cookery classes at The Chef's Room Fish and Cookery School in Blaenavon | Lindy Wildsmith 

For more information please visit www.thechefsroom.co.uk or use the links below

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Cookery classes at The Chef’s Room fish and cookery school in Blaenavon