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Carol joined  the charity firstly in 1977 when she left college as a newly qualified chef, and worked her way up to domestic bursar looking after the day to day running of Rippledown. She left in 1981 to have a family. Since then she has  gained experience in various areas of catering and was lucky enough to get a degree in International culinary arts and management in London and a teaching certificate at a local university. She was also proud to accept a second-place in the country award at the House of Lords in 2001 for the Lord Oxfuird’s Awards for Excellence.

Her main role is as a catering manager helping to provide home cooked food for visitors and  children who stay at Rippledown on our outdoor learning schools, looking after dietary requirements, allergies and liaising with schools. She also helps to manage catering in the Pines Garden Tearooms and The Pines Calyx catering for parties, weddings, conferences and events.

She is a keen walker and loves gardening in her spare time, growing her own fruit and vegetables on an allotment, sharing the fruit to go in the cakes at the tearooms. Her other interests are reading, various crafts and singing with the local rock choir.