About Pip Kerslake

Pip Kerslake has been involved in the food industry for over 15 years. She was co-owner and ran the very successful gourmet food company Linfields Farm in Hahndorf, South Australia.

Her products were sold nationally to many food organisations such as David Jones, Daimaru, Myer, Qantas Flight Catering and also she exported her products into New Zealand. Pip has been heard several times on radio in Melbourne and also seen on Channel 31 and Channel 9′s Current Affair specials.

Pip began her teaching career in Melbourne with the CAE in 2000 where she taught for several years before opening her own cooking school where she was teaching from her home. In March, 2010 Pip opened her new cooking school / manufacturing kitchen in Moonee Ponds.   Pip has also conducted classes in Adelaide at several different locations.

Pip has also worked with several large corporations conducting team building events and menu design for functions.

Pip has worked with children teaching them to cook good healthy food.

As Pip’s passion is not only to teach but to manufacture good quality natural food Pip will be opening her manufacturing division Pip’s Fine Foods in 2011 were she will be selling her products and take home meals.

Pip has a team of professional people working with her at Pip’s Cooking School and is proud of what they have helped her to achieve.

Meet the team at Pip’s cooking school!

Lili Franco

Lili discovered her enthusiasm for food while studying Hotel Management and Catering in Oxford.  This led her to Paris, where she completed a Diplôme supérieure de cuisine at L’Ecole le Cordon Bleu.

Since then, she has pursued various aspects of the Food Industry, from gaining working experience in Michelin rated restaurants, developing and designing restaurant and special event menus, to finally forming her own company dedicated to event planning and production, on her return to her native country of Panama.

On moving to Australia in 2000, Lili has been involved in the research and development of numerous food brands, with particular attention to nutritional labelling and product marketing. Her great joy is to share good food and good company, and now to teach the delights of cooking to her students.

Michelle Whittingham

Michelle worked for 10 years as a chef in some of Australia’s best restaurants; wanting to explore the power of healthy food choices she completed a Bachelor of Health Science in Nutritional Medicine.  

She is a passionate nutritionist and foodie and is a firm believer that first-rate health can be gained through optimum nutrition.   Michelle believes taste need not be compromised in the pursuit of a healthy diet. Healthy food can and should taste great.