insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 05 - July 2015 | Page 34

food+drink

Q&A with

Jethro Carr
of Kitchen Academy at Kingscote
Kingscote Estate is set in the beautiful Kingscote Valley near East Grinstead
between the historic Bluebell Steam Railway and Weir Wood Reservoir. The estate
offers quintessential English country pursuits in a valley steeped in history.

Jethro Carr

It has a vineyard, orchard, winery, 15th-century
meticulously restored tithe barn visitor centre
for corporate hospitality and events, holiday
cottage and shop.

set up my own business, which was Kitchen
Academy, a mobile cookery school.

Activities available on-site include vineyard
tours, clay pigeon shooting, fishing, truffle
hunting, birds of prey experience events and the
newly added cookery classes.
This summer, insideSUSSEX’s Donna Martin
caught up with chef Jethro Carr to find out
more about his Kitchen Academy courses at
Kingscote.
Tell us a bit about your experience in the
food and drink industry, and what led you
to launch Kitchen Academy 13 years ago?
I have been working in hospitality since my
first job as a teenager in a country house
hotel in Devon. Over the years I have done

different types of chef work from hotels, pubs,
restaurants and event catering. I have loved
working in the food industry and miss the rush
of working in a hectic kitchen; however, wh [