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12/03/2022

Interview with Olivia Barry representing the South West region on Great British Menu 2022 – Women In the Food Industry

At Women in the Food Industry we are interviewing the strong female line-up of chefs from across Britain competing to serve their dish at the final banquet at Great British Menu. To continue our series, our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, interviewed Olivia Barry chef owner of Adelina Yard in Bristol representing the South West. For the first time in Great British Menu’s history this is an all female line up of chefs.

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07/03/2022

Interview with Liz Cottam representing the North East region on Great British Menu 2022 – Women In the Food Industry

At Women in the Food Industry we are interviewing the strong female line-up of chefs from across Britain competing to serve their dish at the final banquet. To continue our series, our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, interviewed Liz Cottam chef owner of HOME on the banks of Leeds’ river Aire.

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07/02/2022

Winter Magazine Showcase

We were delighted to showcase so many inspiring stories in our Winter Magazine from these fabulous women in the food industry Read our all Magazines for free.

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04/02/2022

Interview with Caroline Martins representing the North West region on Great British Menu 2022 – Women In the Food Industry

At Women in the Food Industry we are interviewing the strong female line-up of chefs from across Britain competing to serve their dish at the final banquet on Great British Menu. To continue our series, our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, interviewed Caroline Martins who runs her pop-up, Sao Paulo Project, showcasing fine dining Brazilian/British fusion cuisine.

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30/01/2022

Interview with Sally Abé representing the Central region on Great British Menu 2022 – Women In the Food Industry

At Women in the Food Industry we are interviewing the strong female line-up of chefs from across Britain competing to serve their dish at the final banquet of Great British Menu. To kick start the series, our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, interviewed Sally Abé, chef consultant at The Pem Restaurant in the Conrad London Hotel in St. James’s.

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28/01/2022

Shout out for contestants for Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars series 2

BBC producers are on the hunt for the UK’s most exciting and innovative small food or drink businesses to take part in the new series of Future Food Stars which will be hosted by Gordon Ramsay on BBC One.

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25/01/2022

Spotlight on Female Head Chefs in Top 50 Gastropubs of 2022

Hundreds of votes from gastropub chefs, food writers, pub-guide editors, top pub industry suppliers and critics were counted to reveal the country’s best gastropubs across the country. This year’s Estrella Damm List of Top 50 Gastropubs shows a number of inspiring women running award-winning pub kitchens including the pub which reached the number two spot – The Parkers Arms.

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20/01/2022

Nisha Katona joins all new judging panel of Great British Menu 2022

We are delighted that Great British Menu (GBM) is returning to our screens on 1st February 2022 for series 17. The BBC Two show puts the nation’s most talented chefs to the test. This year GBM has had its most significant re-vamp with a brand new panel of judges including food entrepreneur, Nisha Katona.

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16/01/2022

Chantelle Nicholson champion of veg-forward cooking

Chantelle Nicholson is a multi-award winning chef, former chef-owner of now-closed and much loved Covent Garden restaurant Tredwells and All’s Well, a ‘pandemic pop-up’. She is opening up her new restaurant Apricity in Spring 2022.

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16/01/2022

Welcome to our Ambassadors

Our WIFI Ambassadors, these three amazing women are offering their expertise to help our cause, and ensure Women in the Food Industry can achieve its full potential.

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07/12/2021

Lorna McNee recognised in global culinary awards, La Liste, as new talent to watch

Lorna McNee, head chef of Cail Bruich has been recognised by internationally renowned industry awards La Liste under the ‘new talents of the year’ category. Lorna is the only British chef to be given this accolade and features alongside some of the UK’s leading restaurant names including L’Enclume and Core, who were included in La Liste’s Top 1000 restaurants in the world.

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08/11/2021

Women in MasterChef The Professionals 2021

Here are the women chefs you’ll be seeing more of on BBC One from 8th November 2021 until Christmas as MasterChef The Professionals returns to our screens for its 14th series.

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