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Food Founders Interviews

Food & Cooking Podcasts

Stories, experiences and advice from people who've started and scaled a food or drink business.

Location:

United Kingdom

Description:

Stories, experiences and advice from people who've started and scaled a food or drink business.

Twitter:

@foodtechmel

Language:

English


Episodes
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Helping people remove ultra-processed foods from their diet

3/27/2024
Shocked by the additives and unrecognisable ingredients in so many products, Hunter & Gather help people cut out ultra-processed food.

Duration:00:48:43

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Honestly Tasty: Plant-based cheese loved by vegans and non-vegans alike

2/27/2024
Learn how Mike Moore of Honestly Tasty created products like Bree, Shamembert and Blue and got listed with M&S, Ocado, specialists and more.

Duration:00:29:35

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‘Venomous’ products that taste good and do good

1/31/2024
Find out how Black Mamba founder Claudia Castellanos is creating products that are good for you, the planet and the people that make them.

Duration:00:32:55

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Juspy’s Great Taste-ing functional goodness

12/29/2023
Hear how Juspy founder Leonie Lynch created the product, built the brand, pivoted, found funding, got listings, won a Great Taste Award + more.

Duration:00:29:26

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Growing, funding and listing Nix & Kix’s refreshingly different drinks

12/11/2023
Nix & Kix, the refreshingly different soft drinks, give people better options for the 3pm slump. Hear how founder Julia Kessler is doing it.

Duration:00:28:11

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Inside the Free From Food Awards

11/30/2023
The Free From Food Awards are the UK’s only awards dedicated to free-free food and drink products and innovation. Hear all about the awards, how the free-from landscape has changed in that time and lots more with Cressida Langlands and Nicki Clowes.

Duration:00:33:52

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Better Nature Tempeh: Nutritious, tasty, sustainable and listed

11/16/2023
Hear how Better Nature's range of tasty, nutritious tempeh products has won listings in Tesco, Planet Organic, Selfridges, foodservice and more.

Duration:00:38:05

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Oatsu: From home kitchen to Holland & Barrett

10/31/2023
Hear how Oatsu’s Lauren O’Donnell took her plant-based overnight oats from idea to Shopify, Holland & Barrett and a successful crowdfunder.

Duration:00:29:46

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Grow With Iris: Innovating for children with severe allergies

8/1/2023
Grow With Iris founder Amy Langfield's innovation and business journey began when her daughter Iris was born with multiple severe allergies.

Duration:00:28:02

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Riddim Snacks: Caribbean-inspired, Vegan and inclusive

7/4/2023
Jared Spencer founded Riddim Snacks to authentically represent the stories, flavours and ingredients of the Caribbean. Listen in to discover how he’s achieving that goal.

Duration:00:22:45

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Buzz with or without the booze: GOOD KOFFEE’s social mixers

5/30/2023
Inspired by the tastes and experiences he'd had travelling the world, Chris Crocker has created a range of exotic, delicious coffee mixers. Hear all about his journey and how the business is doing good too.

Duration:00:27:45

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Rummy, Rummier, Rummiest: The evolution of Vie’s Jamaican Rum Cakes

5/3/2023
Turning a beloved family recipe into a product was deeply personal for Elaine Rémy, founder of Vie’s Jamaican Rum Cakes. Baked in small batches in Cumbria to a traditional recipe, they’re generously infused with the finest Jamaican white rums. Listen to find out how the business came to be, how Elaine has balanced the business […]

Duration:00:24:46

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Innovative drinks that put health and wellbeing first

3/27/2023
Established by England rugby legend Jonny Wilkinson, No 1 Living creates delicious, living drinks for gut health and overall wellbeing.

Duration:00:29:17

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Buyers, Selling and Buyer-ology with Karen Green

2/28/2023
Being comfortable, even confident, with buyers and selling is key for founders. Karen Green has been on both sides and shares her experience. Find out more at www.buyerology.co.uk.

Duration:00:29:58

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Secrets of the shopper stalker

1/30/2023
What is 'shopper stalking' and what does it tell you about consumers, their habits, preferences and how they buy? Hear it all from Tessa Stuart.

Duration:00:30:01

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Snacks that boost gut, brain, and immune health

12/21/2022
Monica Martini left a career in architecture to launch Be100% - delicious snacks that boost gut, brain and immune health.

Duration:00:33:18

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The wellbeing drink with a serious mission

11/29/2022
Cornel Sampson founded Revive after turning to nature to boost his well-being and treat his aches and pains.

Duration:00:28:18

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Launching Luxwells’ Great Taste Award-winning drinks

10/30/2022
Luxwells Great Taste Award-winning infusions combine wellbeing, taste, refreshment and luxury. Hear from founder Kristal Baker on the podcast.

Duration:00:35:41

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Scaling-up plant-based deliciousness

8/15/2022
Find out how Origin Kitchen has gone from kitchen table to commercial kitchen with their delicious plant-based products.

Duration:00:30:21

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Building a Borough Market Biscuit Business

7/14/2022
Launched at Borough Market in 2008, Cinnamon Tree Bakery has been trading there ever since and selling in South London and beyond.

Duration:00:34:11