Alex Mackay Biography

New Zealand born Alex Mackay is a cook who loves food and the people who want to learn about it. Ten years ago he turned to teaching when a request from Raymond Blanc took him back to Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons to become director of Le Manoir Cookery School and set up a publishing and consultancy department.
In 1999 he opened his own school Le Baou d’Infer in Provence. It was soon placed in the world top ten by the Sunday Times and Conde Nast Traveller as well as being voted one of the Worlds Finest by House and Garden Travel. The cookery school is now finished after fulfilling its five year plan and always being fully booked.
Today Alex concentrates on his writing television training and cookery workshops with Delia Smith at Norwich City Football club. Alex writes a monthly cookery school series in Sainsbury’s the Magazine and contributes to the Saturday telegraph.
He won The Guild of Food Writers Cookery Journalist of the Year 2006/07 and was in a short list of 3 for the same award 2007/08. In 2004 his first book “Cooking in Provence won the Gourmand World Cookbook award for “Best Book on French Cuisine in English” and was in a short list of 3 for “Best First Book” at the Guild of food writers Awards.

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