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This year Plates became the first UK plant-based restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, after siblings Kirk and Keeley Haworth opened in July 2024 in Old Street, East London. After speaking to Keeley about how Kirk & herself built up their success, Women In the Food Industry Ambassador & Writer, Antonia Lloyd, interviews Plates, Head of Wine, Alex Price, about her creative approach to the wine list.

We have teamed up with our friends at Cookery School at Little Portland Street to bring you discounted tickets to their brand new series of monthly events. In Fermentation & the Gourmet Gut you can enjoy discounted tickets for an expert panel of chefs, doctors and producers discussing the history of ferments and their culinary uses alongside health.  Enjoy the panel with kombucha, organic red wine and fantastic fermented nibbles to match

We have teamed up with our friends at Cookery School at Little Portland Street to bring you discounted tickets to their brand new series of monthly events. In All I want For Christmas is Artisan Cheese you can enjoy discounted tickets for an expert panel of artisan cheese makers and retailers discussing making, maturing and selling cheese at Christmas.  There will of course be a great selection of artisan cheese to taste along with canapes and organic wine.

Elise Lane is the head winemaker and CEO of The Winery by Laneberg Wine. It’s the first winery  on Tyneside and the furthest north in England. She moved to the wine world from corporate finance and set up Laneberg Wine whilst pregnant with their second son. Her winery is one of the suppliers to the Local Heroes North East a Virtual Market set up to help safeguard regional food and drink businesses in the North East of England. We spoke to her about the Covid-19 crisis, her plans for survival and hopes for the future.

Women in the Food Industry and The Chefs Forum teamed up with one of West London’s largest catering colleges – West London College – Hammersmith & Fulham Campus, for an evening of canapés, Christmas drinks and insightful fireside chats. Guests enjoyed delicious canapés prepared by catering students working with our chef community, plus wine & delicious non alcoholic drinks. There was also sampling of food, drink gifts and party food ideas from a range of award-winning female founders.

We have teamed up with our friends at Cookery School at Little Portland Street to bring you discounted tickets to their brand new series of monthly events. Their next event takes place on Monday May 20th 2024 from 6pm-8.30pm and we will be discussing the British cheese industry and what it might look like in the future.

For the first time ever, on Saturday 29th June, Le Cordon Bleu London will throw open its doors for a very exciting Summer Food & Drink Festival. The world famous cookery school will host a fabulous array of Chef demos including Asma Khan; Olivia Burt and Anna Hansen, to name just a few.

Award Winning Wine Presenter, Author, Writer and Videographer aka WineBird

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.

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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We held 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 brought you another sustainable and healthy breakfast club event at the social impact private member’s club The Conduit in Covent Garden! It was the place to discover how to optimise your hormonal health across different decades of your life.

The Biskery create bespoke, to order, handmade, artisan biscuits for businesses and consumers. Saskia Roskam shares the story with Women In The Food Industry of how she and Lisa Shepherd (a fellow digital marketeer), came to set up the company, which now offers other mothers flexible work at their award-winning sustainable business.