Masterchef contestant cooks up immersive experience
Yorkshire chef and MasterChef: The Professionals contestant, Michaela Hanna has launched an immersive food and activity experiences in the UK, With M.
The business offers immersive getaway experiences which combine with activities such as cycling, running, and walking – guided by professional coaches, with eating and learning about delicious food to expand your culinary knowledge and cooking skills.
Based in North Yorkshire, With M also offers private and group cooking lessons, bespoke events and retreats, corporate away days, masterclasses, and demonstrations.
Hanna, a former head of branding and events at Welcome to Yorkshire and events project manager at Help for Heroes, with over a decade of experience managing and organising events alongside experience as a freelance private chef noted that it was the natural next step in her professional journey.
“After many years working as a professional chef and in hospitality and events management, I was seeking more purpose and freedom, and working for myself has enabled that. After establishing a reputation as a private chef, the next step was to create situations where I could spend time with the people I was cooking for, and enthuse them with the same joy I have for food.”
The With M Experiences will provide a range of getaways in beautiful, secluded locations across the Yorkshire Dales, allowing guests to switch off and get away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, whilst enjoying some of their favourite activities.
The gourmet food and activity retreats, will also see Hanna cooks delicious meals for guests and provides cooking demonstrations that guests can make requests for when booking their place.
Hanna added: “I moved to Nidderdale in January and this is where I feel most at home. The people, countryside and spectacular produce make it such a special place, and that is why I am focusing on hosting the experiences in the Yorkshire Dales. I want to showcase the beauty and hidden gems of Yorkshire, that even locals don’t always get to experience. I’m enjoying collaborating with other local businesses and entrepreneurs, there is a lot of appetite to create opportunity in Yorkshire, and working with like-minded people is a real inspiration for me.”
Its first event is a Run & Brunch event in January, with other events planned for March and April so far and more to announced in the new year.
