Monthly Archives: July 2024

Emma Louise McGettrick

Emma Louise McGettrick attended the Six Month Practical Cookery Diploma in September 2012. Since then she worked in an Edinburgh restaurant as their baker and then moved to a position with Edinburgh Chef Mark Greenaway. Emma Louise recently moved to London and is now working for chef Robin Gill. Here Emma Louise tells her story. Where did […]

Kelley Terlip

Kelley Terlip came from the United States of America to attend our Three Month Beginners Certificate Course in September 2012. Since she left us she has been very busy building a successful career in food. We asked Kelley to tell us about her time at ENTCS and what she has done since. Where did your passion for […]

Isla Cruickshank

Isla Cruickshank attended the Three Month Beginners Certificate at Edinburgh New Town Cookery School in September 2012. Since then she has used her qualification to find work during gap years and university holidays. We asked Isla to talk to us about herself, her training and what she has been doing since she left us. What encouraged you […]

Roly Simpson

Roly had a 12 year career in estate agency prior to coming to Edinburgh New Town Cookery School to undertake our 6 Month Diploma Course. He completed the course in early September 2016 and has been working in a central Edinburgh cafe since then. He then set up his own supper club and bespoke catering business […]

Rukmini Iyer, MasterChef contestant 2013

Rukmini Iyer, former student on Three Month Intermediate Certificate Course and MasterChef contestant 2013. Originally from Cambridgeshire, Rukmini studied English Literature at Edinburgh University and went to law school in London.  After two years working as a trainee solicitor, she realised that cooking was her real passion and decided to pursue a career doing what she loved. […]

Jenny Haigh

Jenny Haigh attended our Six-Month Diploma Course in 2014. Since she graduated, Jenny has been working as a freelance chef. She is very busy and always travelling but she managed to find time to answer some questions about her time at Edinburgh New Town Cookery School and to tell us what she has been doing since she […]