In Great Company for Cooking
Our team is small but dedicated. We’re proud of our cookery school and committed to providing you with a memorable stay.
We always try to accommodate our guest’s requests no matter how unusual!
Jono Seward
Resident Tutor/Head Chef
Jono, originally from Hampshire, has been cooking and tutoring professionally since graduating from Manchester University with a History of Art degree. With cheffing experience in British, Italian and French cuisines he brings professional catering and home cooking together. Based in the Ski Tourism industry he has worked extensively in France, Switzerland, Austria and Finland and also taught as Cookhouse Chef and Senior Tutor at Cookery schools in the West Midlands. Jono has taught courses at all levels from confirmed beginners to working professional chefs.
More recently, Jono has relocated to Beverley, East Yorkshire and completed a Teaching Degree with the University of Hull and a professional placement teaching NVQ Professional Catering at East Riding College.
Agnieszka Trzeciak
Housekeeper
Originally from Poland, Aggie is an irreplaceable part of the team. With a smile for everyone she works at the speed of light and keeps us all on our toes!
Lynne Dodgson
Supervisor
Lynne has been part of the team since 2010. A talented cook, Lynne is responsible for the catering at Highfield Farm and has fed 100's of guests in her 10 years at the School!
Georgina Renfrew
Household Manager
Georgina has been part of the team since 2012 and has recently taken on the position of Household Manager. Born with a stones throw of the Cookery School, George now lives in Beverley but loves travel and the great outdoors.
Rachel Kirkwood
Tutor
Rachel’s love of cooking began as a child helping her mother make a range of delicious cakes and pastries for the family. Before teaching at Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School, Rachel completed Pru Leith's short advanced course and Bishop Burton's "School of Food and Wine" and the City and Guilds courses where she was taught by another of the schools tutors, Linda Latus!
Sally Gardner
Tutor
In addition to working as a cook for private clients in lodges and houses around the country, Sally also works as a chef in an Edinburgh-based catering company. She works as a freelance cookery teacher at the Edinburgh New Town Cookery School, which is where she trained in 2015.
Prior to embarking on her cooking career, she worked as a secondary English teacher for ten years, so teaching is very much part of who she is and something she loves doing.
Alison Johnson
Business Development Manager
Alison has been part Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School since opening in 2010. Although having no previous experience in the catering or food industry she has always held a passion for fine food and is delighted to be helping run this increasingly popular venue for families, friends and business colleagues.
