The Team
Who We Are
Fulden Tur
Founder
Fulden’s story began with a deep love and respect for food and tradition. Inspired by her heritage, her travels and the treasured recipes passed down through generations, she has been cooking and baking alongside her mother and grandmother since childhood. She loves travelling, discovering new flavours, meeting people and sharing the recipes and stories that have shaped her.
Her vision for The Dough House has always been to create intimate, hands-on experiences that feel warm, relaxed and welcoming—bringing people together, building confidence in the kitchen and making wonderful memories around food.
Before founding The Dough House, Fulden built a successful career in training, development and management within the corporate food and beverage industry. Today, she combines that professional experience with her lifelong passion for cooking, hospitality and creating memorable experiences.
To Fulden, The Dough House has never felt like simply a place of work—it feels like home. She and the entire team are incredibly grateful for the warmth, loyalty and love they continue to receive from every guest who walks through the door.
Mike Lok
Instructor
Mike has been cooking from the tender age of 13, beginning with wholesome, simple and homely Chinese food. Throughout the years, he has expanded his repertoire to include South East Asian and Indian cuisine to name but a few. He’s continuously learning new recipes and techniques to serve up humble and deliciously authentic food inspired by memories of his childhood, work, travel and people. For the most part, it's simply his passion for eating delicious food!
Relocating from London to Stratford-Upon-Avon and leaving his old corporate life, Mike is so pleased to have found a home at The Dough House.
Joanna Sanderson
Instructor & Interiors
Jo first got involved with The Dough House 4 years ago when she was asked to create a ceiling floral display. Fulden and Jo had an immediate connection and have been working together ever since.
In 2022 Fulden was looking for someone to run her afternoon tea experience and as a passionate home baker, Jo was the perfect choice! After a year of training with Fulden, she now runs the Afternoon Tea and Cream Tea experiences at The Dough House.
Jo feels that TDH is her second home.
Sofia Gallo
Instructor
Sofia has always been interested in food since she was a child, growing up in Cilento, in Southern Italy. She was lucky enough to be shown how to cook tradition Italian food by her ‘Nonna’ and absolutely loves cooking with fresh seasonal ingredients. Sofia’s passion for food, led her taking part in MasterChef UK 2021 and make the quarterfinals where she wowed the judges with simple ingredients always 'styled with class' (cit. John Torode). She also recently won the ICG Cooking Competition Award, against other National Finalists, cooking for renowned chef judges.
Sofia now lives in Buckinghamshire with her family and will begin running experiences at The Dough House in April. Sofia thinks The Dough House is so beautiful and is really excited about working with the lovely TDH team.
Katherine Attreed
Marketing
Katherine is an experienced marketing professional with over 30 years’ experience. She has been working with The Dough House as a marketing Consultant for over 4 years.
She is originally from Australia but has lived in England for over 13 years now. She will be taking over all the client inquiries soon and become the first contact of The Dough House.
She is excited to be a part of the upcoming projects and eat the delicious food while working :)
INTERVIEWS
Fulden Tur - Founder
Mike Lok - Instructor
Joanna Sanderson - Instructor & Interiors
Katherine Attreed - Marketing
Catering Assistants
We have an amazing team of Catering Assistants helping us with prepping, serving and cleaning. We couldn’t do what we do without them.
Say hello to Lola and Ella,!
