Archive of all profile articles – Page 11
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Higgidy’s Rachel Kelley on sustainability and deep breaths
‘There needs to be more collaboration on the big industry issues, including things like soil health, to support a sustainable food supply chain’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: George Phillips, digital product & e-commerce lead, Minor Figures
Minor Figures’ digital product and e-commerce lead discusses his journey from footballer to coffee enthusiast to digital lead
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Whitebox Cocktails’ Ben Iravani on Tupac and brutal honesty
‘There needs to be more support for up and coming brands that can show traction. The big boys always dominate financially which makes it very hard to get seen’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Rahul Vora, senior brand manager, Jacobs Douwe Egberts
Rahul talks about his journey from applying on LinkedIn to having ’an impact on a global level’ at coffee powerhouse JDE
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: The Flower Farm’s Marcel van Wing on palm oil and family
‘I lived in Indonesia and saw with my own eyes the damage to the rainforest for palm oil’
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ProfilesMy food and drink job: Louisa Dodd, sustainability manager, Little Moons
‘Raymond Blanc once made me eat compost from his garden at Le Manoir, which was pretty disgusting but I’m sure very nutritious as freebies go’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Re:Nourish’s Nicci Clark on soup and spiders
‘Things never ever go to plan so always be prepared to adapt’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Kristian Sharp, foodservice channel manager, Weetabix
’Growing up only 10 minutes away from the Weetabix factory as a child, I could always remember that delicious smell wafting across the garden’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Rowcliffe’s Sunit Mehta on cheese, quality and the M25
‘My friends jokingly call me ‘Cheesus’ as I often provide a good spread of cheese for social events’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Emma Detain, sustainability manager, Mindful Chef
Sustainability manager Emma talks all things B Corp, career progression and food’s carbon footprint
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: VFC’s Adam Lyons on racing, heights and chicken lives saved
‘We have a chicken life saved counter on our website. If I am ever having a bad day and feeling a little overwhelmed I just look at that’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Emily Morgan, product & customer experience manager, CafePod
’It would be amazing to run my own brand one day where I can develop a product that consumers can’t live without!’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Remedy Drinks’ Anna Dominey on sugar, Starbucks and Taylor Swift
’Launching in Starbucks was a career highlight, taking kombucha mainstream’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Alice Maramotti, senior brand manager, Mars Wrigley
‘I’m a firm believer that food brings people together, and there are so many ways to make memories associated with food’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ginsters’ Emma Stowers on cartwheels, Simon Cowell and home cooking
‘The most rewarding part of my job is helping people to grow as individuals and achieve their goals’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Aimi Wilder, supply lead, The Felix Project
‘We save as much food as possible that can then be redistributed to our thousands of community organisations and schools across London’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Organix’s Nikki Barry on sustainability, glass doors and David Attenborough
’The first music single I bought was Kylie and Jason – ‘Especially For You’. I was their biggest fan!’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Oliver Gilding, exclusive brands manager, Iceland
‘Whatever the uncertainties about the years ahead, people will always want to eat and drink’
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: ManiLife’s Stu Macdonald on bartending, babies and Braveheart
’I was a bartender, but I didn’t last very long – after about two hours I told the boss my real age… 15’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Laura Nelson, research manager, GrowPura
‘This work really feels like an opportunity to do something good for the planet and make a noticeable positive difference’