Alison Cavaliero
Principal

Alison joined Leiths in 1986 as a teacher and became Vice Principal in 1990. She set up and has been running Leiths List since 1995 and in 2000 she took over day to day Leiths Academy business. Alison has been a contributing author to Leiths Cookery Bible and co-author of Leiths Contemporary Cooking and Leiths Vegetarian Bible. She is now Principal of Leiths Academy. She is a regular Academy visiting teacher to partnership schools in the South, South and North West and Central areas
Kitchen gadget: decent knife and a stick blender
Chef most inspired by: Rick Stein and Nathan Outlaw, summer in North Cornwall isn't the same without a meal in Padstow and Rock
Best food memory: the first meal at Menu Gordon Jones, then the second and the third
Guilty pleasure: builder's tea and homemade flapjack
Desert island ingredient: decent oil and vinegar
Top tipple: anything white and chilled