Student Video: Marie Wiik

Marie Wiik is no stranger to travel or cooking. As a Scandinavian living in France she has a broad range of culinary influences to draw upon.

Marie has been an avid home cook for years, completely self-taught but also shaped by her long experience working alongside chefs in the hospitality industry and it has been a dream of hers to become confident in professional cooking.

We were delighted to welcome Marie to the Chefs Academy at the start of the year to take the 4 week Certificate in Culinary Arts, a foundation course in professional cooking skills.

A trained florist, Marie left Norway for a more slow-paced and calmer life in rural France. She lives at Chateau de La lande, a beautiful 16th- and 18th-century chateau in the Indre region of France which is well known for its regular feature on Chateau DIY on Channel 4 as well as the popular YouTube channel ‘The Chateau Diaries’, created by Chateau owner Stephanie Jarvis.

Marie will be stepping in as the house chef for the B&B season, which starts in April next year.

You can follow Marie's journey on her YouTube channel here.
And follow her on Instagram here.

And you can see her in the regular videos on The Chateau Diaries here.