All Profiles and QandAs articles – Page 6
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Olly’s Snacks’ Olly Hiscocks on Ronan Keating, penguins and The Office
‘I’m set on climbing Everest at some point. First frozen olives to reach the summit’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Grace Thompson, assistant brand manager, Squeaky Bean
Grace’s role sees her as ’guardian of the brand’ for plant-based challenger Squeaky Bean
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Double Dutch’s Joyce de Haas on dim sum, Britney and twin life
’I believe every day should be celebrated, and the party is where you make it’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Leo Taylor, CEO, Yum Bug
’If you don’t know what you want to do within the food industry I’d suggest mapping out things you’ve enjoyed in the past and try to really get to the bottom of why you enjoyed them’
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: The Lambing Shed’s Justine Fulton on Shrek, fake meat and Busted
’I started working in a chippy when I was 15. Free chips at the end of every shift was great but the greasy hair, not so much’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Jo Jo Anastasiou, food and drink tester, The Good Housekeeping Institute
‘A couple of years ago I hadn’t considered that food and drinks tester was a real job title and now it’s what I do!’
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Profiles and QandAsFortnum & Mason’s Tom Athron wants the grocer to remain relevant – but not through cutting prices
The luxury grocer has revamped the third floor of its Piccadilly flagship store in what is the ‘best expression’ of Athron’s vision for Fortnum’s
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: DryDrinker.com’s Stuart Elkington on strawberries, Steve Coogan and malt loaf
‘We’ve had some amazing customer letters over the years, thanking us for helping them moderate their drinking. That kind of stuff always gets me’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Madeleine Slade, community manager, Hux Health
‘There’s so many different roles out there, some I never even considered would exist. It’s a really fun industry to be a part of, just be willing to get stuck in!’
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Empire Bespoke Foods’ Matthew Moyes on pickles, Beirut and Come On Eileen
’My worst job interview? It was on par with Spud Murphy (Trainspotting fans will know what I mean)’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Lejla Damon, shopper marketing brand manager, Kellogg’s
‘Working with brands which were in my household growing up as a child has been an amazing experience’
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Froneri UK’s Brunhilde van Antwerp on rum and raisin, Harry Potter and scams
‘When I was 12 I bought a Hanson CD for my birthday. I couldn’t resist the blonde locks of the Hanson brothers’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Neel Shah, development chef, Tesco
Development chef Neel dreams of having his own restaurant facing an open tropical beach
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Little’s Coffee’s Will Little on Björk, embarrassment and tiki bars
’Which celebrity would I like to work with? George Clooney and Jack Black. Just to annoy Nespresso’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Paige Wyatt, shopper activation manager, Nestlé
’Inclusion and belonging in the workplace are really important to me as I have a visual impairment. To support creating an accessible working environment, I volunteer as a member of NestAbility, one of Nestlé UK&I’s inclusion and belonging colleague networks’
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Phizz’s Dan Cray on adventures, kangaroos and Slim Shady
‘When someone on LinkedIn messages me that they love Phizz or that their friend swears by it, it feels incredibly real and tangible’
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Shicken’s Satvinder Bains on family, samosas and the Yellow Pages
‘I grew up watching all the John Wayne films with my Bibi-Gi (grandma) who barely understood English but she still loved them’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Beth Alexander, monitor farm programme manager, Quality Meat Scotland
‘Be bold, ask the questions and see where it can take you. Don’t underestimate yourself – age is just a number’
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Profiles and QandAsMy Alternative CV: Adnams’ Andy Wood on David Bowie, football and The Godfather II
’My first job was a paper round. I hated Thursday and Sundays as I used to have to carry two paper bags delivering to blocks of flats in South East London’
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Ania Gancarz, food guardian, Abel & Cole
A language barrier didn’t stop Ania from applying to her role fighting food waste