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January 2025 WIFI Newsletter – Latest news from Women In The Food Industry

January 2025 WIFI Newsletter

Our latest newsletter from Women in The Food Industry has news of upcoming events for January, plus save the dates for International Women’s Day Events for 2025. News of how to get a year’s free membership of The Craft Guild of Chefs.  Plus awards to enter in January and February. 

Newsletter January 2025

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Women of A Certain Age - 20th January 2025

We have a few tickets left to join Women in the Food Industry in the events room at The Lucky Saint for an essential panel discussion on “Women of a Certain Age“. We will bring together industry leaders and experts to explore the critical issue of an ageing population and how older women are regarded in hospitality, the media and the food industry. This event aims to foster dialogue, share best practices, explore lived experiences, and develop actionable strategies so that women of ALL ages have the opportunity to thrive in the sector.

Find out more and book your tickets here.

Dates for your Diary

We will be holding a number of events in the week leading up to International Women’s Day to celebrate what women have achieved but also to raise awareness that there is still a long way to go!We are finalising our first two events in March and hope to announce full details in early February. For now save the following dates for two daytime events:

Tuesday 4th March London –  Halifax Bank, New Oxford Street, WC1
Wednesday 5th March Yorkshire – The Grand Hotel York 

We are already in discussion with a number of other organisations & supporters to put on more events for International Women’s Day so always keep an eye on our social media, this newsletter and our events page for the latest.

Also if you have a great venue and would like to talk to us about hosting an event for International Women’s Day, or an event later this year, please contact us by emailing our co-founder.

Lorna McNee Great British Menu

Tuesday 28th January 2025

New series of Great British Menu starts – as usual we will be interviewing all of the women taking part. The series is now in its 20th year and Michelin-starred Lorna McNee joins the judging panel. There’s also a brand new book to celebrate the series, look out for our review and your chance to win a copy!

A Year’s Free Membership to The Craft Guild of Chefs

We have teamed up with The Craft Guild of Chefs to offer our subscribers A FREE YEAR’S MEMBERSHIP of the leading chefs association in the UK. You can join at Chef, Associate or Student/Trainee level.

Visit our feature to discover the benefits and find out more.

AWARDS TO ENTER

There are a number of major awards to enter in January & February which could further your food business or culinary career. Take a look at the following:

The Roux Scholarship 2025
The premier cooking competition for young chefs in the UK
13th January: Deadline for registrations.
20th January: Deadline for applications.

Find out more about entering The Roux Scholarship here.

The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2025
Recognising outstanding achievement in areas where food writers, podcasters & broadcasters work and have influence. You do not need to be a member of The Guild of Food Writers to enter
20th January: Deadline for applications.

Find out more about entering The Guild of Food Writers Awards here.

International Salon Culinaire 2025
The International Salon Culinaire is one of the most esteemed culinary competitions in the world with a rich heritage of 122 years. The competition takes place alongside IFE Manufacturing, IFE, The Pub Show and HRC as part of Food, Drink & Hospitality Week on 17-19 March 2025 at Excel London.
14th February: Deadline for applications.

Find out more about entering International Salon Culinaire here.

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