Caroline Waldegrave runs Dudwell School, a cook school set in the heart of the Mendip Hills in Somerset.
Caroline has an impressive culinary CV having learnt a great deal from Michelin-starred restaurateur and well-known television cook queen Prue Leith.
Caroline was, in fact, the founding principal, and former managing director and co-owner of Leiths School of Food and Wine, on whose board she remains. She is also the author of more than 20 cookery books – many of which were co-written with Leith – including Leith’s Cookery Bible, The Quick and Easy Cook Book for Kids and Leith’s Fish Bible. Caroline says that many of the recipes she still cooks today will be taken from the Leith’s Bible.
Trained at the world-class Le Cordon Bleu cook school, Caroline was soon taken under the wing of Prue Leith (also a former pupil). She quickly demonstrated kitchen and people skills that impressed the cookery queen and became head cook of Prue’s catering business.
When Prue set up Leiths School of Food and Wine, in 1975, Caroline was the obvious choice to help run it; she was just 23 years old. In 2000, Caroline received an OBE or her achievements in catering.
In 2013, Caroline launched Dudwell School with a purpose-built professional kitchen, at Dudwell Field Farm which is the Waldegrave family home. She is married to William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, and has four children.
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Website : Dudwell Cookery School
