Laoise Casey Email and Phone Number

While studying at Leiths I started working part time in a gastro-pub. I then fell into the world of restaurants which I absolutely loved – it felt like I had finally come home and I thrived on the fast pace and adrenalin of service! I was lucky enough to get an amazing opportunity to work with Robin Gill and worked at his flagship restaurant, The Dairy in Clapham. I learnt so many skills there which I use all the time in my current role of recipe development. Whilst working in restaurants I started exploring food styling and recipe development. I secured a weekly column in the London Evening Standard, The London Lunchbox, where I transformed restaurant dishes into easy lunch ideas. I also wrote a regular cooking essentials column for the Independent. I secured 2 personal face to face interviews with world famous chefs, Alain Ducasse and Michel Roux Jr (I still pinch myself that I got to meet and interview them for The Independent). At the same time I tried to gain as much varied experience as possible, working in pop ups, staging (work experience) in other restaurants. Thanks to my extended network from Leiths I was able to learn about a ton of amazing experiences. When Nuno Mendes wrote his first book about Portuguese cuisine I became his recipe development and food stylist for his beautiful book, Lisboeta. I had a full circle moment when I launched a series of cookery classes at Leiths, where I taught how to recreate restaurant dishes at home in the school, I was so proud to be back at Leiths as a teacher. I made the transition full time into recipe development when I landed a Development Chef role in Marks & Spencer.

I started in Llyodspharmacy (Formerly known as Unicarepharmacy and DocMorris) as a HR Administrator after college and quickly progressed to the role of HR Manager. As a HR Manager I had a wide range of responsibilities in our people strategy. During my final year with the company I was responsible for the people element of our rebranding from Unicarepharmacy to DocMorris.