[2] He attended the local art school before gaining a place at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, a fashion school in Paris founded by the great couturiers to carry on their most treasured traditions.
[2] Graduating with a master's degree with Distinction, Cawley was invited to work at the fashion house of Bellville Sassoon, designing couture and ready-to-wear collections, and clothes for many famous and royal ladies, especially Diana, Princess of Wales, for whom they designed many outfits including her engagement sailor suit and her going away outfit.
He decided to leave Bellville Sassoon, and when in 1984 he won the Mouton Cadet cookery competition in The Observer newspaper, he overnight exchanged a career in fashion for one in food.
He has appeared occasionally on Granada's This Morning, Six o'Clock Live and on Children's Saturday television Parallel Nine.
He has appeared on the Travel Show, The Big Breakfast and cable television and had a weekly spot for six months on GMTV’s Top of the Morning.