Country House Cookery

Our Masterchefs

	Sophie Braimbridge
	After being classically trained as a chef by the Roux Brothers, Sophie has worked in some of the top international restaurants in the world and so has a vast experience of cookery styles. She now runs "Sophie's Cookery Cube" in Wimbledon, is a writer and a television chef appearing with GMTV, Granada and UKTV's Good Food Live. Hardly surprising then that visitors to Country House Cookery give ecstatic reviews… "That was such a tremendous day – Sophie AND Fermyn Woods Hall… what more can anyone ask for" "It was so easy to learn – and the recipes were really good!" "A brilliant masterclass from a brilliant chef".

	Emma Crowhurst
	A past headteacher at Leith's School of Food and Wine in London, Emma is a superstar of a chef. She is well known to television audiences throughout the UK having appeared on a whole series of programmes including BBC's Food and Drink presenting with Oz Clarke and Anthony Worrall Thompson and on Ready Steady Cook. Today she is a leading chef at The Cooking Experience in Hadleigh Suffolk and, as ever, is humorous, informative and believes cooking should be fun! The Fermyn Woods visitors' book tells its own story… "I never thought cooking could be this much fun – and serious at the same time! Emma is an amazing teacher" "Learning has never been this good and what a feast we had afterwards" "An exhilarating day with a fantastic masterchef in one of the most wonderful kitchens I've ever seen."

	Lucy Young
	For over 17 years Lucy has been assistant to Mary Berry who describes her as “a truly exceptional cook”. She helped set up the very first AGA workshop in 1990 and has played a key role in recipe development for all Mary’s books and television programmes where she was also the home economist in charge. Today Lucy is a regular guest on UKTV food channel and has now produced three of her own books, the latest of which is “Secrets of Aga Cakes”. Her cooking is all about being hassle free, a calm kitchen and a calm cook.