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Join our Lancashire Female Food Entrepreneurs Masterclasses and Panel
We are delighted to announce that Women in the Food Industry’s first Northern event will be hosted by Lancaster University. Join us on 30th January 2020 at Lancaster University for a Lancashire pop up food market, two inspiring masterclasses and an insightful and thought provoking panel discussion.
Saturday, 21st December 2019
Lancashire Female Food Entrepreneurs
We are delighted to announce that Women in the Food Industry’s first Northern event will be hosted by Lancaster University. Lancaster excels at understanding and teaching entrepreneurship and is currently ranked 4th out of 50 MBA programmes across the world for entrepreneurship.
Thursday, 30th January 2020
Lancaster University
Spill The Beans – Food Industry Insights for Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs – Monday 22nd April 2024
Spill the Beans is an entrepreneurial, inspirational and motivational networking event aimed at food and drinks start-ups and entrepreneurs from ethnic minority communities. Our co-founder Mex Ibrahim is delighted to be on this panel taking place on Monday 22nd April, 2024 from 7pm-9pm. Find out more and discover how to get discounted tickets.
Monday, 22nd April 2024
Hatcham House
367 Queen's Road, London, SE14 5HD
Why Women Led Food Businesses Work – The Future of Food is Female – IFE – International Food & Drink Event – Wednesday 27th March 2024
IFE- International Food & Drink Event, is the UK’s largest and most successful event for product sourcing for buyers from across the retail, foodservice, hospitality, wholesale, distribution, import and export sectors. It returns to Excel from 25-27th March. Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, is delighted to be chairing a session in the Future Food Stage on 27th March called Why Women-Led Food Businesses Work – The Future of Food is Female.
Wednesday, 27th March 2024
Future Food Stage
IFE - International Food & Drink Event
ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL
Skye Gyngell wins 2019 AYALA SquareMeal Female Chef of the Year
The SquareMeal Female Chef of the Year award was launched in 2018 to celebrate the huge contribution female chefs are making to the UK restaurant industry. On 21st October 2019 Skye Gyngell chef-patron of Spring and culinary director of Heckfield Place became the second winner of the title. Skye was presented with her award at a Champagne reception at The Goring in Belgravia for the shortlisted chefs.
Tuesday, 22nd October 2019
Female Food Founders – Interview with Sonia Mason Founder of Slightly Different Foods
In the tenth of our series of Female Food Founders interviews we look at a producer in the growing area of “free from” and allergy foods. We first met Sonia Mason Founder of Slightly Different Foods who have the largest range of FODMAP Friendly accredited sauces developed and manufactured in the UK at the huge Allergy and Free From Show at Olympia in London. Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, chatted with Sonia to discover what FODMAP is, how Small Business Sunday helped her business and how to scale up from home kitchen to wider distribution.
Tuesday, 27th August 2019
Female Food Founders – Interview with Renée Elliott Founder of Planet Organic
In the fifth of our series of Female Food Founders interviews we were delighted to interview Renée Elliott who had a mission to push organic and natural food out of the niche it was in back in 1995. Planet Organic is now the UK’s largest fully certified organic supermarket and sells over 8,000 product lines in eight stores within the M25. Our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, chatted with Renée about changes in the organic market since the mid nineties, her inspirations and that tricky definition of sustainability.
Monday, 15th July 2019
Recap – Business Growth & Expansion – Panel & Lunch at The Grand, York – 24th June 2025
Our June Women in the Food Industry Yorkshire event was all about business growth and expansion. We explored the realities of scaling up without burning out or risking it all. You will have heard from inspiring female entrepreneurs who are in the thick of growth, have built successful large-scale operations, or have navigated the path to a profitable exit.
Tuesday, 24th June 2025
The Grand, York
Station Rise
York,
North Yorkshire YO1 6GD
Mid June Newsletter – Women In the Food Industry Summer 2025 Events
Our latest newsletter from Women in The Food Industry has news of all our upcoming events for June & July. June is one our our busiest months for events ever including our first collaboration with the US. Plus find out more about our brand new event in July on B Corps.
Monday, 16th June 2025
June Newsletter 2025 – Women in the Food Industry events
June Events Newsletter 2025 – Women in the Food Industry events. Our latest newsletter from Women in The Food Industry has news of all our upcoming events for June – it one our our busiest months for events ever including our first collaboration with the US.
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Tuesday, 27th May 2025
Diversity: More Than Just Ticking Boxes – Join our free panel session at Speciality & Fine Food Fair 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.
Thursday, 1st August 2024
Women in The FoodTech 500: Industry Insights featured our co-founder Mex Ibrahim
The FoodTech 500, powered by Forward Fooding, is the world’s first definitive list of the global entrepreneurial talent at the intersection between food, technology and sustainability. It is also dedicated to celebrating diversity and inclusivity. Forward Fooding recently revealed that out of the 500 finalists, 138 have been founded by women. Their recent feature on The FoodTech 500 threw the spotlight on these remarkable founders and gained insights from Women in the Food Industry co-founder – Mex Ibrahim. Discover what she said and why she believes diversity is vital for the future of agrifoodtech.
Wednesday, 1st May 2024