March 2018 In April 2005 I celebrated my tenth year as a consultant with an excellent bash upstairs at the White Horse in Parsons Green. The date was carefully chosen to coincide with the Natural Products Show at Olympia, so many of my non-UK friends were in town. I had been doing some consultancy work […]
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Choc’n’Roll
October 2017 For too long rock and roll and chocolate have been kept apart. But no longer! Enter Marinko Biskic from Croatia, addicted to both chocolate and loud music since the age of 16. In !978 he played his first concert as Fon Biskich and the National Treasure, an intriguing blend of new-wave, heavy-duty rock […]
Judging the Free From From Food Awards: What Really Happens
February 2018 This years final judging day is worth recording , not because it was exceptional but because it was business as usual. Effective food judging is about routine and organisation – having enough of everything, making sure products are cooked as per instructions, ensuring judges have a regular supply of drinking water, paper plates […]
A Whole New Thing – Design Your Own Ice Cream!
August 2017 When I was in Colombia in the summer of 2017 I tried a really innovative ice cream format that I had never seen before. The brand is Waves, and the outlet is situated in one of Bogota’s coolest residential districts. Waves provides an infinite number of possible ice-cream flavours, allowing total personalisation. Here […]