More than 40,000 people have passed through Rosalind’s doors, drawn by the school’s accessible approach to teaching, peerless sustainability credentials (a three-star rating from the Sustainable Restaurants Association and then some), and zero-tolerance for pretentious gastro-jargon. Many of its students come in groups from London’s corporate sphere – Rosalind has a reputation for transforming cooking classes into memorable lessons in leadership.

Rosalind has now been teaching cooking for more than 50 years – so there can be few tutors out there who know their (organic, locally grown) onions better than she…