An Academy Of Chocolate Evening, July 12th 2018 To The Library above L’Escargot in Soho’s Dean Street, a suitably erudite venue for a fascinating evening spent discussing and tasting the art of the specialist chocolate-maker. In the Academy we spend a great deal of time and care identifying and promoting chocolate made from great quality […]
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Five Things I Liked At The London Allergy Show 2018
Friday was hot, hot, hot at Olympia but even so a great, buzzy show. Here are some of the things that made a strong impression on me Everything You Know Is Wrong Yes, I did organize and Chair this seminar but I genuinely believe it was a highly informative and entertaining 75 minutes thanks to […]
Red Bull Goes Organic!
Yesterday’s announcement that Red Bull are launching a range of organic mixers made me sit up and take notice. This is the most high-profile organic brand launch in the UK for many years. In market terms it makes sense. Organic sales have been in sustained growth for the last six years and have now passed […]
Re-imagining Free From : Everything You Know Is Wrong
For the last few weeks I have been working hard with Tom Treverton at F2F to design a seminar which will take a radical look at the Free From sector. Full details below. The event is on July 6th at London Olympia. I am very much looking forward to the seminar, which will feature […]
Plant Power! Seizing Opportunities from the Vegan and Plant-based Sector
This was the first Food & Drink Innovation Network seminar I have chaired since Fresh Montgomery took over, following the death of the much-missed Jeffrey Hyman last year. Soraya and her team delivered a well-organised, smoothly run day that very much took the best of what Jeffrey had achieved and built on this, not least […]