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
Vishal Madhu, Qwrkee Foods, on time, sleep and his spirit animal
‘My first job? Selling gas and electricity contracts door to door’
Alison Ordonez, Roberts Bakery, on grazing and frogs
‘If I could have one dream perk? I’d bring my border terrier Alfie to work’
Fiona Esom, Product Chain, on tigers and Stacey Dooley
‘For my first job I was paid in part with the most wonderful clotted cream’
Ben Branson, Seedlip, on time travel and David Attenborough
‘I work for a company that makes distilled non-alcoholic spirits to try and rid the world of horrible sweet mocktails’
Kirsteen Campbell, Edrington, on the 1990s & Christmas dinner
‘The one thing I’d change in grocery is the excise system – scotch should be taxed at the same rate as beer and wine’
Carly Taylor, Real Handful, on PJ & Duncan and Jamie & Jimmy
‘My first job was in my local newsagent – I used to read all the foodie magazines!’
Emile Bernard, Smith & Sinclair, on Nando's and clowns
‘We make being adult more fun by creating new and exciting ways of eating and drinking’
Andrew Howie, Shaken Udder, on stunts, spaniels and beef
My first job? Stunt man for FHM. No, really!
Raissa de Haas, Double Dutch, on dogs and heights
My first real job was as a real estate agent in Belgium
John Perry, SCALA, on public speaking and Nuno Espírito Santo
‘As I was about to leave university, I had an interview with Unilever. I turned up dressed in jeans and a t-shirt’
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