The school was founded in 1964 by Lesley Faull, Commanderie des Cordons Bleus de France. Over the past 44 years it has earned itself a world class reputation. 

Silwood graduates can be found in the top kitchens of the world from Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck to Jamie Oliver's no 15, Gordon Ramsay's and even the French Laundry has had a Silwood graduate cooking.

Lesley's daughter, Alicia Wilkinson, Commanderie des Cordons Bleus de France, is the present principal of the school, continuing her mothers work-producing chefs of a world class standard.

Silwood offers a broad based culinary education equipping the graduates with the classic skills required in top international kitchens.

The school is surrounded by spacious organic gardens where students relax between lessons and pick and use their home grown herbs and vegetables.

Nationally Silwood Graduates can be found in Kitchens from the Mount Nelson to the Cape Grace, from Londolozi to the Cellars Hohenhort.  Food selectors at Woolworth's, top caterers such as Escoffier, Analize and Free Spirit , food store owners such as Melissa's - we trained them all.

Silwood does not offer a quick fix solution but a complete culinary education. Silwood students have won all the 2008 inter-cookery school, skills competitions- proof that our good basic food training is the best.

Even Woolworths chose Silwood as the school to train the recipient of their Taste Magazine Bursary.