In our week of celebrations around International Women’s Day we held a fascinating panel where the voices of women in food tech shared their journeys and thoughts for the future. Here’s a recap of the night which was part of  The Future of Food Meetup Series from Forward Fooding.

In a week of celebrations around International Women’s Day we were delighted to shine a  spotlight on leading female voices in food sustainability and the future of food. Our outstanding panel shared their journeys into sustainability and their hopes for how we could work towards a brighter future for not only the food industry, but for our health, young people’s education and our planet. Discover some of the big issues these bright lights covered.

We are delighted that Great British Menu (GBM) is returning to our screens on 18th March 2020 for series 15. The BBC Two show puts the nation’s most talented chefs to the test. At Women in the Food Industry we were pleased to see women making up a quarter of the chefs from across Britain who will be competing to serve their dish at the final banquet.  This year GBM has been re-vamped again with more dishes, more chefs and a new presenter.

We have a whole week’s worth of events for International Women’s Day. You’ll discover a whole range of demos, debates, networking, tastings & lunchtime talks to celebrate the day’s theme of #EachForEqual. The week should be wonderful opportunity to enjoy a debates with many inspiring women in the food industry.

Juliet Davenport is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Good Energy – a renewable energy company with a mission to power a greener, cleaner future together with its customers. Join Juliet at our Sustainable Food Futures Event to hear more about her work in showing how energy businesses can be the good guy.

Catherine Flood, curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum and in 2019 she curated Food: Bigger than the Plate, a major V&A exhibition. Join Catherine at our Sustainable Food Futures Event to hear more about her work and extensive research in curating the exhibition and the sustainable, fair, creative and inventive companies she discovered along the way who are working on the future of food.

Olivia O’Brien is Business Development Director at Growing Underground, London’s first underground farm. Join Olivia at our  Women in Food Tech panel where she will share her journey and you can learn more about Growing Underground’s work in helping to reduce London’s carbon footprint. 

Professor Corinna Hawkes  is Director of the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London. Join Corinna at our Sustainable Food Futures Event to hear about her work in moving the world towards a better diet.

Tarryn Gorre is CEO and Co-Founder of Kafoodle the award-winning food technology company providing innovative software solutions to the foodservice sector. Join Tarryn at our Women in Food Tech panel where she will share her journey, experience and offer thoughts and advice on working in the future of food.

Hannah McCollum is the founder of ChicP – innovative hummus dips created from surplus and imperfect vegetables to support British farmers, help to create a circular economy and prevent food waste. Join Hannah at our Inspiring Urban Female Food Founders panel to discover how she turned her passion for food and vision to combat food waste into an award-winning business.

Antonia Lloyd is a BAFTA winning TV Series Producer and Development Exec currently working on Great British Menu as series editor. Antonia will be joining us in our Recognising and Rewarding Success  panel on 1st March 2020 to help  uncover what recognition in the hospitality industry means (whether it is being on TV or getting press) what TV producers are looking for and how being on TV is one of the ways of boosting  your industry profile.

Alissa Timoshkina – Author of cookbook Salt and Time and Founder of KinoVino Events. Join Alissa at our  Inspiring Urban Female Food Founders panel to discover how she turned her passion into a successful business and learn more about her debut cookbook. Get your tickets for our panel here.