Hilary Finney Cordon Bleu
trained head of Harmony House Cookery School has professional qualifications from The Hotel, Catering &
Institutional Management Association, Intermediate Certificate in
food hygiene from the Royal Institute of Public Health & hygiene,
and a City & Guilds certificate in teaching adult education.
Hilary started her career at the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough
as 3rd chef, before being employed by Bateman now Compass
Catering, managing staff restaurants and events for many companies
in the City of London and then managing the catering for ICL in
Wakefield and Wendy Wools in Guiseley.
Hilary
has been honoured to work at, Hovingham Hall, Burton Agnes Hall,
Everingham Hall, Mulgrave Castle, York Minster, Selby Abbey,
Yorkshire Gents Cricket Club and York Medical Society. After 15
years, Hilary continues to cook for the Duke of Norfolk’s family at
Carlton Towers for their weekend and holiday entertaining, She has
also spent many years teaching adult education courses and also
tutoring students through City & Guilds 706/1 at Selby College.
Hilary started Harmony House Cookery School in 2007 so that she
could share her passion for simply prepared healthy food. Where
possible all the ingredients used in the cookery school are sourced
locally.
Courses
are available for private individuals and for businesses as
staff incentives or team building through preparing meals together.
I've just returned home from a lovely
evening expertly hosted by yourself. Once
again the food was delicious but the
demonstration and explantion of how to
prepare and vary dishes was excellent. And
all done at such speed too. Your husband
also cooked up a splendid barbeque for us.
We were thoroughly spoilt. What can I say -
lots of ideas, certainly full to bursting
and the merinque roulade with lemon curd and
the white chocolate
desserts......................oooooooohhhhhhhhhh
I'm still drooling! Food Solutions cookery courses have proved to be very popular with my members. They especially enjoy splitting into two teams to prepare and cook their evening meal under the watchful guidance of Hilary who has introduced them to new dishes and menus. The bonus is to sit down to eat their evening meal with a glass of Harmony House wine! This is a fun and entertaining evening and my members can’t wait for the next event in March! Anne Ma’aye Arts Liaisons & Gourmet Liaisons
Thanks for your contribution last week, it was one of the best cookery slots we've done, the listeners loved it. we've sent out 50 of your recipe sheets. Radio York
‘Thank you for a wonderful day. The venue was lovely
the food delicious and the tuition gentle but very useful. I particularly
liked sitting down to enjoy the food we had made while discussing how our
day had gone and how we could develop the recipes we had used.’ Ann Brown
Driffield
'We thoroughly enjoyed the fish
course last week and are looking forward to doing another with you soon'
Lynda Murphy
'I loved my day at your cookery school. Delicious
recipes in a beautiful setting. Many thanks for the hints and tips you gave
us. We still talk about that delicious tiramsu cheescake! Maureen Devison
Driffield
What a fun and informative morning, project management while getting cooking lessons from a cordon bleu chef! I had a great time and am proud to have West End Training associated with Corporate Cuisine. (And I learned how to make asparagus soup too!!)’
Michael Prescott - Principal - West End Training
Thank you so much for the day with you – I enjoyed it immensely. And I have
already put some of it into practice!
