Sharpham House People

Rachel Probert

Assistant House Manager

Rachel loves meeting the retreatants when she's looking after Sharpham House.

"It's enjoyable to get to know people from all different walks of life while I'm here," she says.

Rachel completed an 8-week course in mindfulness a decade before she ended up working here. "I felt then that Sharpham was a special place that I felt an affinity with and I hoped one day I'd work at. Now here I am and it has lived up to my expectations."

Sarah Bee

Housekeeper

Sarah Bee takes great pride in caring for Sharpham House and its guests, whilst feeling nourished by the beauty of Sharpham on many levels. Beyond Sharpham she's a reggae singer sharing her conscious, empowering, uplifting message and  an apothecary creating  organic balms and oils!

Georgie Byrom

Housekeeper

Georgie is part of the vital housekeeping team that looks after Sharpham House.

Helen Williams

Sharpham House Manager

Helen is a leader of hearts and hands - supporting the smooth day-to-day running of Sharpham House and its committed and caring team of housekeepers and cooks - ensuring retreatants experience deep nourishment during their time with us. 

Helen is also a Buddhist practitioner of nine years and a mindfulness teacher of four years, and leads a Plymouth-based sangha alongside their work at Sharpham.

Sybille Pouzet

Cook

Sybille is one of the chefs in Sharpham House.

She is French and trained at Ecole Ferrandi in Paris, spending many years in different kitchens in Paris and London: from traditional French bistros to Michelin star restaurants, directors' dining in the corporate world, private catering and yoga retreat work to teaching vegetarian cooking.

Says Sybille: "I feel that cooking and eating well has a direct impact on our minds and bodies and I feel the importance of creating healthy menus and beautiful food to nourish retreatants on many levels during their retreat. I especially enjoy working with the amazing, organic produce we have here at Sharpham from our own vegetable garden and local suppliers. It is a joy to cook with such beautiful ingredients".

Sybille is a practising artist and a mother of two. She has been a yoga and meditation teacher for 15 years and used to run her own retreats.
"All the things I do are interlinked and informed by each other," she says.

"I like to think that cooking and eating in a mindful way can be healing in their own way and I always love seeing people come to the kitchen and spend a moment of mindful veg prep in silence - an experience that can be an important part of the retreat".

Liz Noakes

Sharpham House cook

Liz Noakes has a background of cooking in various different places over the years, interspersed with working in travel and spending many years leading groups through various countries, both cultural tours and hiking in mountain ranges. 

Having decided to settle in Devon, she is now one of the Sharpham House cooks and feels every day is a privilege to come and work at the beautiful estate doing something she loves. 

"To be able to use the fresh garden produce and cook healthy delicious vegetarian food for the retreats is truly a blessing", she says. "I really feel this is so much more than a job for me, I meet and work with such lovely people in a supportive and calm environment surrounded by beautiful nature. Not many jobs can provide this."

David Perkins

Caretaker

David lives here and looks after Sharpham House and grounds (which is a big enough job). But he's also a forest-school leader, bushcrafter, arborist and landworker! Ask him about trees. He'll love that.