Teaching work:
As well as working part time as a design lecturer at Kingston University, I have run a number of classes and workshops related to food education during my 10 years in the hospitality industry. If you would are looking for someone to run workshops related to food and design, email me!
Do You Know What You Look Like?
Self portrait classes, 2023
As part of the How to eat alone podcast, I ran a series of evening drawing classes to encourage self reflection and doing things by yourself! Participants were encouraged to draw themselves during excercises designed to improve both drawing skills and a positive self image.
The Bread Companion
Bread making workshops and classes, 2014 - 2020
From 2014 up until the Covid-19 pandemic, I ran a variety of thematic bread making workshops for all levels and abilities as part of my teaching bakery, The Bread Companion. From regular evening classes that taught key bread skills, to more cerebral workshops such as Mindful Baking, which combined baking with mindfulness, the main goal was always to get people baking as a way of connecting with their food. As well as my own private classes, I often collaborated with both corporate and charitable organisations to design and run bespoke and in-house bread making workshops. You can find out more about previous classes on The Bread Companion's website.
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Desert Workshops, Blue Sky Center
Rural bread making and farm to table dinner, 2018
In 2018, whilst on a trip to California, I was invited to run rural bread making classes for some of the women of New Cuyama, a food desert-town in the Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara. Using locally sourced, heritage flour, the classes covered quick, cheap and accessible bread-making skills and tips. I also ran a farm-to-table dinner using locally donated produce for the residents, many of who don't have access to good quality, fresh food despite agriculture being one of the main employers of the area.
Tutor at Kingston School of Art
(2015 - 2018)
I taught on the Masters in Product and Furniture Design course and the Art Foundation part time at Kingston University. Tutoring involved writing and running projects and briefs, overseeing individual and group tutorials for students and supporting students to create work for their final shows.
Grains & Gods
Ancient Greek food workshop for school children, 2015
I ran a workshop for school children in North London about Ancient Greek food and how it was often used as an offering to the gods. The children made the ancient funeral food, kolliva, which is still eaten in the Orthodox Church to commemorate the dead (despite having pagan roots) and learned that each ingredient of the recipe represented a god. As the workshop coincided with the beginning of Autumn, we also made leaf crowns to mimic the laurel crowns worn by the Greeks in ancient times as a symbol of victory.