People

The fine food industry is full of inspiring professionals with a wealth of experience and expertise under their sleeves – find out what makes them tick and discover their take on the ever-changing market right here

  • “Trust your gut”

    21 September 2018 Start-Ups
    It’s all about trusting yourself, says Cecily Mills, founder of organic, dairy-free ice cream brand, Coconuts Naturally. As an entrepreneur, you need big reserves of self-belief if you’re going to ask others to believe in you

  • “Brexit – six months to go”

    17 September 2018 Speciality Bites
    I haven’t talked about Brexit for a while, but it can’t be avoided this week as there is now just 6 months to go until deadline day. The next few weeks will be key for the UK’s deal with Europe and will make a massive…

  • “Brands taking a stand”

    10 September 2018 Speciality Bites
    Despite Mr Trump criticising both Nike and Mr Kaepernick last week following Nike’s new advert, sales of the brand soared after the ad was aired last week. The markets’ initial response after the showing of the ad was to devalue the company by 3.16% but…

  • The Independent Shopper: Danilo Cortellini

    07 September 2018 News
    Danilo Cortellini, head chef at the Italian Embassy in London and MasterChef: The Professionals finalist, discusses the Italian deli scene in London

  • The Interview: Simon Anderson, Market Halls

    30 August 2018 News
    The co-founder of Market Halls talks community, new concepts, and what’s to come in food and drink

  • “Going green”

    28 August 2018 Speciality Bites
    With the end of the summer seemingly upon us after what was a shockingly cold weekend, now is a good time to look at how you can green up in terms of your energy and fuel usage

  • “Seeing stars”

    28 August 2018 Town Crier
    I love food awards. I enjoy helping organise them and judging at them; I spend about 30 days a year on awards-related activity

  • “Summer Report 2018”

    27 August 2018 Expert Eye
    So far this summer for us at Partridges it’s been about 1 Royal Wedding, 2 heatwaves and 3 Lions and apologies yet again for being about to use the W word (that is weather by the way)

  • “The sun has got his hat on”

    27 August 2018 Fine Food
    It has been an unusual summer

  • “Leadership is team”

    20 August 2018 Speciality Bites
    We had a management away day recently, which is something I recommend every team does regularly. It is always good to get away from the day-to-day of a busy business to gain perspective and talk honestly without interruptions

  • “Trust: key to all business relationships”

    13 August 2018 Speciality Bites
    The older I become, the more I think that trust is the key of all relationships – business or otherwise

  • The realities of life as a start-up founder

    07 August 2018 Start-Ups
    Ever wondered what is really going on behind the scenes of a foodie start-up? Nick Briggs, co-founder of In The Buff, explains
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