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03/07/2023

Meet Prison Food Reformer Lucy Vincent

CEO Lucy Vincent is a firm believer in the power of food to change lives in prison.   Ambassador of Women In the Food Industry, Antonia Lloyd, finds out more about how Lucy came to found Food Behind Bars, the UK’s only registered charity dedicated to transforming the food served in British prisons, and why she is on a mission.

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26/06/2023

Introducing Todelli’s Ethical Pop-Up Deli: Planet-Friendly Pop-Up Store Celebrates Food Diversity and Sustainability

This summer, Todelli, the sustainable food & drink marketplace, and passionate advocate of sustainable living, is thrilled to announce the opening of the Ethical Pop-Up Deli in Notting Hill. Join them for a series of engaging chef cooking demos, tastings and exclusive cookbook announcements. You’ll discover some of the most innovative, ethical, and sustainable food and drink brands that are making a positive impact today.

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18/06/2023

Meet Clare Smyth MBE – new President of Bocuse D’Or UK

Ambassador of Women In the Food Industry, Antonia Lloyd, talks to Clare Smyth MBE, the first and only British woman with 3 Michelin stars, at her London restaurant Core by Clare Smyth, and the new President of the Bocuse D’Or UK.

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13/06/2023

Chef To Watch: Meet 2023 Roux Scholar April Lily Partridge

Ambassador of Women In the Food Industry, Antonia Lloyd, interviews 29-year-old sous chef April Lily Partridge from The Ledbury (2*) on her recent triumph winning the coveted Roux Scholarship.

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10/06/2023

A Puff Pastry Extravaganza at The Cookery School at Little Portland Street

Women in the Food Industry Ambassador, Antonia Lloyd, gives us the lowdown on a half-term workshop at one of London’s leading cookery schools  where the art of puff pastry is demystified and they whip up all things buttery and flaky: sausage rolls, Provençal tart, Portuguese ‘pastel de nata’, mini croissants: you name it, they made it!

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30/05/2023

Celebrating Migrateful: A Joyful Chef Migrant Initiative

As Refugee Week looms (19th-25th June 2023) Ambassador of Women In the Food Industry, Antonia Lloyd, takes us behind the scenes at award-winning charity and social enterprise Migrateful that supports asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in their journey to integration through cookery classes.

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02/05/2023

Meet Michelin Green Star Chef Chantelle Nicholson

One of the superstars in the UK’s hospitality industry is multi-award-winning Chantelle Nicholson, Chef Owner of Apricity, that just received its Green Michelin sustainability star a year after opening. In a conversation with Ambassador of WIFI, Antonia Lloyd, we discover more about the exceptional benchmark Chantelle is creating for restaurants today.

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13/04/2023

Meet the Clink’s Superwomen Head Chefs – Part Two

In this second part of our feature about The Clink Charity, now in its 13th year, Women in the Food Industry Ambassador, Antonia Lloyd, talks to the exceptional women Head Chefs transforming prisoners’ lives through patisserie and gourmet event catering.

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30/03/2023

Meet the Superwomen Head Chefs at the top of the Clink

Women in the Food Industry Ambassador, Antonia Lloyd, talks to the exceptional women Head Chefs transforming prisoners’ lives.

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24/03/2023

Top of the plants on Great British Menu

Women in the Food Industry ambassador and Great British Menu Series Editor, Antonia Lloyd, tells us about how the chefs rose to the challenge of the brand new plant-based starter on GBM.

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19/03/2023

Interview with Marianne Lumb representing Central region on Great British Menu 2023 – Women In the Food Industry

At Women in the Food Industry we are interviewing the strong female line-up of chefs from across Britain competing in Great British Menu serve their dish at the final banquet. To continue our series, our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, interviewed chef and restaurateur Marianne Lumb who is representing the central region.

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12/03/2023

Interview with Gemma Austin representing Northern Ireland on Great British Menu 2023 – Women In the Food Industry

At Women in the Food Industry we are interviewing the strong female line-up of chefs on Great British Menu from across Britain competing to serve their dish at the final banquet. To continue our series, our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, interviewed Gemma Austin chef patron of A Peculiar Tea, in Belfast.

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