From first job to worst ever interview, most embarrassing gaffes to desert island must-haves: My Alternative CV lifts the lid on what really makes people in the food & drink industry tick. Want to get involved? Contact features editor Megan Tatum
Udhi Silva, Snaffling Pig, on The Prodigy, elephants and The Shawshank Redemption
‘My dream perk would be unlimited international travel’
John Stapleton, New Covent Garden Soup Co and Little Dish, on Thin Lizzy, Pulp Fiction and Michael Schumacher
‘The most rewarding part of my job is the variety’
Andy Murray, The Drinks Bakery, on Billy Joel, Walter Mitty and being mistaken for the tennis player
‘My one dream perk? Never having to fill in another form. Ever’
Chris Hannaway, Infinite Session, on The Offspring, the Northern line and Ferris Bueller’s day off
‘The animal which most reflects my personality is a dolphin’
Cressida Holmes-Smith, Lucky Generals, on Jeremy Kyle, the Spice Girls and Virginia Woolf
‘The most rewarding part of my job is coming up with a brilliant idea’
Tom Gosnell, Gosnells of London, on Barenaked Ladies, The Running Man and Stormzy
“I once interviewed for a job where they’d clearly mixed up the CVs”
Claire Warner, Æcorn Aperitifs, on Bobby Brown, her first job in Pizza Hut and Okja
‘The celebrity I would most like to work with is Solange’
Damian Soong, Form Nutrition, on Prince, Keanu Reeves and queues at checkouts
“My motto in life is fortune favours the brave”
Bryony Tinn-Disbury, Jack & Bry, on Take That, jackfruit and Anchorman
“The most rewarding part of my job is my ambitious team”
Hannah McCollum, Chic P, on Westlife, labradors and The Sound of Music
‘My first job was in an old-fashioned sweet shop at age 12’
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