Our Chefs

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Our Vitality Chefs

Being a retreat chef is a specialist role in cooking, so we make sure our chefs experience our training programme to prepare them to be the best vitality chefs they can be on our bespoke retreats. Meet our fabulous retreat chefs here.

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Carla Florim

Carla believes food connects us all, not only to each other but also to our own memory, past, and to the world at large –…

Nikoleta Koleva

Nikoleta’s philosophy is that the food we eat gives us pleasure in all possible ways – taste, aroma, texture and appearance, with quality wholefood ingredients….

Hayley North

Hayley has worked with food for over 35 years, specialising as a retreat chef since 2006. During this time Hayley has cooked for hundreds of…

Rachel Neat

Rachel has always had a natural love of cooking and nourishing people with food, and has cooked for different community events throughout her life.  She…

Charlotte Hopson

Charlotte’s motivation is to share her passion for seasonal, plant-based ingredients and encourages guests to use their time on retreat to reconnect with their relationship to food. As a Pilates, Yoga teacher and Chef she believes that with a balanced approach to exercise, eating well, and making more mindful choices about how and what we consume, we can live a more nurturing, self-supporting and planet-friendly lifestyle.