The facilities

Leiths Culinary School is located over four floors of a light-filled space on a quiet residential street in London. The school has four kitchens, three of which are used for the Culinary Diploma students, the fourth being used for recipe development, workshops, photography, filming, and bespoke events.

Our kitchens are, fitted out with equipment to a high industry spec. Gas ovens and hobs are just like those you will encounter in a professional kitchen. 

Diploma students also have plenty of opportunities to use up-to-date equipment such as the sous vide, Thermomix® and Pacojets you’ll come across in restaurant and catering kitchens. It is, however, a central principle of our teaching that all students can execute correct techniques even with the simplest equipment, as not every kitchen they’ll work in will be equipped with all the latest technology.

On the ground floor, we have a demonstration kitchen, where Leiths’ teachers, guest chefs and visiting speaker do demonstrations and deliver lectures. The room is fitted with LCD screens and cameras trained on the bench so students can follow every step of the action in close detail. We also have a cookbook library and student dining room, where students can take a break from the stoves and pore over our vast collection of cookbooks, both classic and contemporary.