WhitePepper Chef Academy  Reviews 

I had the most fabulous day attending the Broader Than Beans course at the White Pepper Cookery school with Lesley Waters. The course was well organised, excellent guidance and preparation from Lesley, Steve and Tim. The content was exactly as described, we had a full and busy day and got to take home lots of the rewards from our hard work, in our Tupperware pots. Highly recommended!

Fantastic day doing a French Patisserie Course at WhitePepper. Facilities are great and what a lovely team of chefs to help out during the day. I will be back for sure.

Brilliant day, with some excellent instruction. We cooked a good range of dishes accompanied by covering the basics and some more.advanced techniques. WhitePepper are great hosts, keeping you fed and watered throughout in a really friendly environment!

I had an amazing day. The instructor and helper were both excellent. The instructor was very knowledgeable and helpful. He also put everyone at ease from the outset, which ensured the whole group joined in the conversation, which helped the questions flow. I believe everyone enjoyed the day and also learnt a lot. My son and I have already started looking for our next course to do. Cheers Al.

Such an excellent day the time just flies by …. The whole day was great fun and educational I learnt a lot and will definitely be going back

Had the best day ever! So well planned and run.
Would love to come again
10 out of 10

Thoroughly enjoyable because our trainer and all the various helpers were professional and enthusiastic to provide an excellent service. The recipes were challenging and successful, encouraging me to try more. Good value for money too.

Fantastic day and I can now make and cook pasta! great recipes to take home. Love this school, so easy, so friendly. thanks

My husband and I attended the 'Beside the Sea' one day course on 29 Jan and we found it great fun as well as being very informative. Al was superb in his teaching style and made us feel very welcome and we thoroughly enjoyed our day. We covered filleting fish to opening oysters and ate the delicious food we made. Definitely would recommend a course with Al and will be revisiting soon.

Great day in the kitchen and learned so much.Enjoyed every minute and will be back.

I completed the one-day Beside the Sea cooking course on January 29th and loved it. Al taught us a bunch of delicious dishes with mackerel, lemon sole, mussels, and calamari - all in an accessible and fun way. Because it was seafood we cooked, ate, cooked, ate, and so on - which was ideal. Over lunch we had some delicious wine and local beers. The school and setup is professional, and in a beautiful part of the country. Highly recommend - can't wait to do another one! Many thanks.

As a teacher myself, I do not say lightly that the teaching of the Level 2 CTH Award in Culinary Skills has been faultless - and so much fun. We covered so many skills in three weeks, which have transformed me from a recipe-bound cook to a culinary experimenter - with so much more confidence. Not least that I can finally make a glamorous tart.

Claire and Al’s dedication to giving us the best experience possible is obvious, as is their warmth and kindness.

I feel very privileged to have spent three weeks at White Pepper and thank everyone in the team who works so hard to make it so brilliant.

I attended the Thai cookery day and thoroughly enjoyed it. Fully interactive and fun, made our own lunch and took some food home too. Small numbers and not rushed. The tamarind prawns I will definitely be making again. It has made Thai cookery less daunting, thank you.

My husband and I attended the One Day Indian Cooking course on Saturday which was a gift. Brilliant day - well organised, informative - both around recipes but also areas such as knife skills - and great fun with Al a super engaging teacher. Group of 10 great people to cook alongside in a friendly, supportive environment which meant a lot given we're enthusiastic rather than experienced cooks. I'd thoroughly recommend it and am already planning which course to do next.

When I rang I was sent to voicemail, but when I emailed I was given a very prompt, clear and friendly response!!

Really enjoyed our Christmas bake course. We were made to feel very welcome, great instructions and live demonstrations led to some wonderful tasting food. I've already booked the next course!

I had an amazing day on the Lesley Walters Xmas Baking session and have recreated some of the things we learnt already. Great experience will do it again.

Such a brilliant day baking festive treats. We baked and took home lebkuchen, mincemeat tarte and stollen muffins. Lots of treats for Christmas and no weighing out or washing up. Will certainly return again.

Thank you to Al and his team.

I have recently book a1 day course as a gift. The person I spoke to over the phone was very knowledgeable in helping me to decide what was suitable for the person it was for.
I then booked online which was straight forward. Printing the brochure to go with the voucher was a good idea to make more of the gift.
Thank you

I’ve had the most inspiring experience at WhitePepper. I’ve grown in confidence and excited to cook classic dishes. I loved the butchery module and really surprised myself at how much I enjoyed it. Actually, I’ve enjoyed every single minute & made amazing friends that I hope to follow on our future journeys. Al & Claire are THE most fantastic tutors…they encourage and guide and fill you with confidence. They truly are an asset to white pepper. Thank you x