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09/06/2020

Listen to Dawn Davies of The Whisky Exchange Podcast with Women In the Food Industry

Dawn Davies is Head Buyer at The Whisky Exchange. Women in The Food Industry co-founder Mecca Ibrahim, caught up with…

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07/12/2019

Listen to Nicola Matthews of Tony’s Chocolonely Podcast with Women In the Food Industry

Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, chatted to Nicola Matthews UK and Ireland Marketing Manager of Tony’s Chocolonely who are working toward 100% slave-free chocolate

Our friend James Haywood from OpenKitchen made part of our interview into a short podcast where you can hear Nicola discuss Tony’s story and mission to make the chocolate industry a fairer place, who she finds inspiring in the food and business world  and how she markets the product with no above the line advertising.

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03/11/2019

Interview & Podcast with Lesley Stonier CMO of Forward Fooding

One person who is working constantly on innovation in the food and foodtech industry is Lesley Stonier, Chief Marketing Officer of Forward Fooding. The organisation works to help create partnerships between established food organisations and startups to create a brighter future of food.  Our co-founder Mecca Ibrahim caught up with Lesley to find out more about her work, the Food Tech 500 and what we can learn from big food brands.

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03/10/2019

Ruth Hansom on competing in Bocuse d’Or National Selection – Podcast & Interview

We had the wonderful opportunity to catch up with Head Chef, Ruth Hansom, of Pomona’s on Hereford Road in Notting Hill who  joined the line up of chefs who competed in the Bocuse d’Or National Selection on 30th September at The Restaurant Show. The Bocuse d’Or,  is the world’s largest and most prestigious cooking contest and Ruth was the only female chef to make the finals to represent the UK. Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, spoke to Ruth about the competition behind the scenes at London’s busy Olympia Exhibition Centre in our podcast and interview.

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01/08/2019

Listen to Gemma Colao of OTO CBD’s Podcast with Women In the Food Industry

Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, chatted to Gemma Colao Managing Director & Co-Founder of OTO CBD, a wellness company whose mission is to help people discover the power of CBD through thoughtful and effective products which can easily fit into their everyday lives.

Our friend James Haywood from OpenKitchen made part of our interview into a short podcast where you can hear Gemma discuss the challenges of marketing a product associated with cannabis, who she finds inspiring in the health, wellness and drinks industries and who is in the market for CBD infused drinks.

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23/07/2019

Listen to Renée Elliott’s Podcast with Women In the Food Industry

Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, chatted to Renée Elliott, the founder of Planet Organic about her mission to push organic and natural food out of the niche it was in back in 1995. 

Our friend James Haywood from OpenKitchen made part of our interview into a short podcast  where you can exclusively hear Renee’s views on the organic food market, whether being a women in the food industry has its advantages and her new mentoring and coaching business, Beluga Bean.

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16/07/2019

Listen to Katie Chesney’s Podcast with Women In the Food Industry

Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, chatted to Katie Chesney, Head of Marketing EMEA of The One Group, who moved  from restaurant management to marketing the STK Steakhouse group of restaurants in EMEA.

Our friend James Haywood from OpenKitchen made part of our interview into a short podcast  where you can exclusively hear Katie’s views on hospitality, working as a women in the food industry and advice to people wanting to move into restaurant marketing.

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05/07/2019

Listen to Stosie Madi’s Podcast with Women In the Food Industry

Our co-founder, Janie Ash, spoke to Chef Patron, Stosie Madi from The Parkers Arms about her being the only woman in the north of England to win a place in the Estrella National Restaurant Awards Top 100. Our friend James Haywood from OpenKitchen made part of our interview into a short podcast  where you can exclusively hear Stosie’s views on working as a women in the food industry and why we need more female role models in food.

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17/06/2019

Listen to Luciana Berry’s Podcast with Women In the Food Industry

We got the chance to speak to chef Luciana Berry about her experiences championing Brazilian food, cooking for Prince Edward, braving the critics and what happened after MasterChef The Professionals. Our friend James Haywood from OpenKitchen made part of our interview into a short podcast  where you can exclusively hear Luciana’s views on how she has found being a woman in the food industry.

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05/03/2019

Mex’s Podcast

Listen to Mex talk about how Janie Ash and her came up with their new incarnations and how Chantelle Nicholson caught Marcus Wareing’s eye.

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05/03/2019

Listen to Anita Kerai’s Podcast

Listen to the Podcast from chef, author and television presenter, Anita Kerai.

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04/03/2019

Helena Nicklin Podcast for Women In the Food Industry

Chris Osburn continues with his Women in the Food Industry podcast miniseries and features a discussion with Helena Nicklin, an award-winning wine and spirits writer and one-third of The Three Drinkers on Amazon Prime.

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