Helen Vass

 from 3* Michelin restaurant, L'Osteria Francescana in Italy. Furthermore, she recently cooked with the Roca Brothers and their team from 3* Michelin restaurant, El Celler de Can Roca at the opening week of the new Macallan distillery. This year Helen was a winner of a Les Dames d'Escoffier Legacy Award and she was the winner of the Callebaut Patisserie Chef of the Year award at the 2017 CIS Excellence awards. Furthermore, she won the Dessert Gold Medal for her work at the Scottish Food Awards & Academy in 2017. 

Helen has worked with some of the best pastry chefs and restaurants in the business in both Spain and the UK. This year, she worked in London with Claire Clark MBE at her bespoke patisserie business, Pretty Sweet, producing high-end patisserie for clients such as Fortnum and Mason and Selfridges. Previous to that, Helen collaborated with the Award winning restaurant, The Three Chimneys, on the Isle of Skye. In May 2016, Helen was part of the winning team on BBC’s Bake Off Crème de la Crème hosted by Tom Kerridge.