Food Innovation Solutions

Get to know our wonderful team! 👋

Meet Olly, one of our superstar Innovation Consultants. Here's a few fun foodie facts to know about him!

🍴 Desert island meal? "Tom kha g*i with lots of fish sauce, followed by mango sticky rice. Deliciously refreshing, and rather fitting for the scenery of an island..."

🍴 Favourite ingredient and why? "Garlic – similar to salt, it has the ability to totally transform and enhance dishes and is so versatile with a rightful place in nearly all cuisines."

🍴 Favourite restaurant and why? "There is a restaurant called Cha Cha Cha in Olhoa in Portugal. Every time I go, I leave inspired. It's small and unassuming, using ingredients from the market over the road. You can tell it’s a passion project."

🍴 An unusual food pairing that you love? "I had instant noodle-infused ice cream the other day at Supa Ya Ramen, it was surprisingly delicious."

🍴 A food you keep trying to like, but just can’t? "I’m all for eating every part of the animal, but I do struggle with tripe. I’m yet to have a pleasant experience of it..."

We’re celebrating by spotlighting some of the inspiring women leading food and drink innovation in the UK! 👏

Is there anyone you would like to recognise? Tag them below!

1. Jenny Costa – Founder of Rubies in the Rubble

Rubies in the Rubble is an award-winning condiments brand on a mission to create delicious products from ingredients that would otherwise go to waste, working within the food supply chain to create a market for rejected crops. Now a certified B-Corp, Jenny's brand is one of the pioneering voices in food sustainability, and has saved over 351,000 kg of surplus fruits and vegetables from going to waste to date!

2. Julianne Ponan – CEO of Creative Nature Superfoods

Food and drink brands can sometimes struggle to offer products that anyone can eat without allergy concerns. Creative Nature create and manufacture raw superfoods, snacks and food mixes that do just that! None of their products have any ‘may contains’ and are entirely Top 14 Allergen Free, so no one has to be left out!

3. Olivia Ferdi – Co-founder of TRIP

Liv is one half of the driving force behind TRIP, the innovative CBD lifestyle brand on a mission to transform mental wellbeing. Designed to help consumers "find calm in the everyday chaos", the premium range of CBD drinks and oils come in a variety of delicious flavours and are gluten-free, vegan, low calorie and made in the UK in 100% recyclable cans! With TRIP holding an 88% share of the UK CBD drinks market, Liv is instrumental in bringing the burgeoning CBD trend to the mainstream.