Our mission is to empower women, shine a spotlight on what they are doing for the UK food industry and build a community of women who give each other support, confidence and strength.
About
We believe you can’t be what you can’t see. Championing and celebrating women in the UK food industry is at the heart of what we do. This is THE place for conversation, insight, news, events, podcasts, stories, networking and community support across all sectors of the food industry.
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With your help we aim to:
• Increase the awareness of all the roles women play in the industry
• Show the wide range of roles and opportunities for women
• Connect women across all sectors for conversation and support
• Be a resource and a place where women can get the help they need
We want to see a world in which the food industry treats women as equal, champions inclusion and diversity and actively helps women of all ages and backgrounds fulfil their dreams and ambitions to work in food. We also want to help move women up the ranks and become strong leaders and role models in the industry.
Led by co-founder, Mex Ibrahim with the valuable help of Ambassadors: Irini Tzortzoglou, Antonia Lloyd, Shelley Sofier and Emma White, we all share the heart-felt belief that collaboration is better than competition and we welcome the support of both men and women to help our aims.
Women in the Food Industry became a Community Interest Company (CIC) on 18th July 2023 and doesn’t exist to make a profit – we work towards a purpose, reinvesting any surplus money into achieving our goal.
Events
The Status of Sourdough – Conversations Around The Cookery School Table – Monday 30th September 2024
We have teamed up with our friends at Cookery School at Little Portland Street to bring you discounted tickets to their event on Sourdough: “The Status of Sourdough”. Conversations Around The Cookery School Table is the place to enjoy lively discussions, networking with like-minded food lovers, and, as with all events and classes at Cookery School, the opportunity to taste some of their delicious food.
Monday, 30th September 2024
Cookery School at Little Portland Street
15b Little Portland Street
London
W1W 8BW
Balanced Beginnings: Optimise Your Hormone Health x Breakfast Club – Friday 27th September 2024
Join us for an inspiring panel discussion on how to optimise your hormone health with the right diet, exercise and lifestyle habits! Women in the Food Industry, The Ethical Deli Market from Todelli & FUTURE WOMAN are bringing you another sustainable and healthy breakfast club event at the social impact private member’s club The Conduit in Covent Garden! Discover how to optimise your hormonal health across different decades of your life.
Friday, 27th September 2024
The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, London, WC2H 9JA
The Business of Street Food – Women In The Food Industry & KERB – Monday 23rd September 2024
Women in the Food Industry & KERB are hosting a panel event about the business of street food! In the book shop at Seven Dials, discover how to start and promote your own street food stall, the pros and cons of buying a street food truck, how to set up your own food festival, the challenges and benefits of moving on from selling locally to national distribution, and learn much, much more. Men & women are welcome to this insightful panel and networking event.
Monday, 23rd September 2024
Market Bookshop
Seven Dials Market
35 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LX
The Conduit Food Industry Community Drinks – Friday 6th September 2024
Join our supporters The Conduit – a members club for social impact – for Food Industry networking drinks on Friday 6th September! Meet the burgeoning community committed to creating a sustainable, just and prosperous future for food.
Friday, 6th September 2024
Ubuntu Lounge, 3rd Floor, The Conduit, 6 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA
The Conduit Food Industry Community Drinks – Monday 5th August 2024
Join our supporters The Conduit – a members club for social impact – for Food Industry networking drinks on Monday 5th August! Meet the burgeoning community committed to creating a sustainable, just and prosperous future for food.
Monday, 5th August 2024
Rooftop Terrace, The Conduit, 6 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA
Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month – Women in the Food Industry Panel – Monday 15th July 2024
Women in the Food Industry brought you an insightful panel event, with a showcase of South Asian snacks, & soft drinks. You will have met an inspirational panel of women who are leveraging their food businesses to promote intercultural dialogue & also discovered the challenges they faced as South Asian women in the food industry and how they overcame them.
Monday, 15th July 2024
Halifax HQ
First Floor
118-132 New Oxford Street
London, WC1A 1HL
Women Chefs and Cooks on TV : The Realities of Reality TV – Wednesday 3rd July 2024
Women in the Food Industry are bringing you a fascinating panel event, along with snacks, & award-winning drinks looking at the realities of reality TV and how women are portrayed on competitive cooking shows. Being on national TV is the dream of many in the hospitality world. It can boost your career and change your life overnight. We speak to leading cooks, chefs, restaurateurs and an award winning food TV producer to discuss how you can get on TV, what to consider before applying, how to deal with the cameras, how to deal with social media, what success is like and how to make the most of your time in the public eye.
Wednesday, 3rd July 2024
Divertimenti Cookery School
227-229 Brompton Road, London, SW3 2EP
The Conduit Food Industry Community Drinks – Monday 1st July 2024
Join our supporters The Conduit – a members club for social impact – for Food Industry networking drinks on Monday 1st July 2024! Meet the burgeoning community committed to creating a sustainable, just and prosperous future for food.
Monday, 1st July 2024
2nd Floor, Reading Room, The Conduit, 6 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA
News
05/09/2024
Georgia Sommerin – Becoming a mum for the first time and working in a Michelin-star kitchen
Returning to work after becoming a mother is a challenge for many women and particularly for first time mums. We have some advice and thoughts to share on balancing family and work, asking for help and more from Georgia Sommerin. She is Head chef at Home in Penarth and recently returned to its Michelin-star kitchen after having her first child.
28/08/2024
Latest Newsletter from Women in The Food Industry – September 2024 Events
Our latest newsletter from Women in The Food Industry is packed with discounted Early Bird offers for our September events, a competition to win sets of Nisha Katona’s cookery books, FREE tickets for Speciality & Fine Food Fair, free networking events at The Conduit for the food industry. Plus a great opportunity for “free-from” & healthy eating food producers in Greater London looking for export opportunities.
23/08/2024
This November, the Global London team is inviting a group of innovative, London-based free-from & healthy food businesses to join a three-day immersive trade mission to Amsterdam to explore the Netherlands as an export market and the gateway to Europe. The trade mission’s focal point will be the Free From Food | Ingredients Expo in Amsterdam on 5-6 November. Find out how you can apply.
14/08/2024
Uyen Luu’s ‘Quick & Easy Vietnamese’ – Review by Mex Ibrahim
Quick and Easy Vietnamese: Everyday Vietnamese Recipes for The Home Cook is the latest book from multi-talented writer, cook, food and prop stylist, and photographer Uyen Luu. When Uyen is not writing or taking photographs for a number of best-selling cookbooks she runs supperclubs and Vietnamese cooking classes in her London home. Our co-founder Mex Ibrahim, reviews Quick and Easy Vietnamese after Uyen’s joyous launch party on 9th August.
11/08/2024
Latest Newsletter from Women in The Food Industry – August 2024
The latest newsletter from Women in The Food Industry includes discounted Early Bird offers for our September events, recaps of our events in July, FREE tickets for Speciality & Fine Food Fair, AND a free networking event at The Conduit for the food industry. Plus our latest cookbook reviews and more!
07/08/2024
Kamala Harris’s Cookbooks – What her cookbooks say about her – Esquire & Diana Henry
You can tell a lot about a person by the cookbooks they own. Our co-founder Mex Ibrahim discovered through Bee Wilson, that Esquire magazine had published in-depth look at Vice President Kamala Harris’s cookbooks. Bee noted that British food writer Diana Henry’s book From The Oven to the Table was not only included amongst the pile of cookbooks, but that Diana Henry had also given her thoughts on the books. Mex took a look at the women food writers who feature in Kamala’s kitchen.
02/08/2024
Meet the Women Young National Chef of the Year Finalists for 2024
There are two female chefs competing in Young National Chef of the Year (YNCOTY) finals and both are new to The Craft Guild of Chefs’ competition. Keira Carolan and Rosie Welch both work in restaurants by Simon Rogan in the Lake District. They were part of twelve talented young chefs who received a special delivery on July 31st 2024. The exclusive YNCOTY chef’s jacket from Continental Chef Supplies (CCS) confirmed the chefs had done enough to impress the judges and earn one of the much sought-after spots in the final which takes place on Tuesday 8th October.
01/08/2024
Speciality & Fine Food Fair, is the UK’s leading showcase of artisanal food and drink. Now in its 25th year is returning from the 10th – 11th of September at Olympia, London. It’s a free industry event, designed as a food festival. Our co-founder, Mex Ibrahim, is delighted to be chairing a session in the Trends Theatre on 10th September called Diversity: More Than Just Ticking Boxes. Read on to find out about the inspiring women in the food industry on the panel and what you will take away from the panel and the event.
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