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She got her start under head chef and owner Paul Pitcher at the Woodhouse while still at school around two and a half years ago and has never looked back.<\/p>\n
“I started there as a work placement and after that they offered me the apprenticeship, so I took it and started working every Saturday,” Daley said.<\/p>\n
“When I finished school they offered me a full time apprenticeship and I leapt at it.”<\/p>\n
As her experience has grown, Daley said her tasks at work now involve a mix of everything.<\/p>\n
“I started off on larder and as I progressed they put me on harder stages, so as of now I can complete most of the things at Woodhouse,” she said.<\/p>\n
The best thing about being a chef for Daley is “the thrill of it.”<\/p>\n
“Also the experimentation. If you’re cooking at home you can try a little bit of this and a little bit of that. You never stop learning in the kitchen,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
STRATHFIELDSAYE apprentice chef Lucy Daley has been handed the opportunity of a lifetime after being named as one of thirty-two finalists in the national Proud to be a Chef 2025 program. Daley currently works at the popular Woodhouse Bar & Grill in Williamson Street. As part of becoming a finalist, she’ll attend an all-expenses-paid four-day […]<\/p>\n