Ben Carmichael Email & Phone Number

Henley-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Wide range of roles in a small start-up company:- Using my strong scientific background to run 2 hour courses guiding customers through the distillation process. Gained 5 star reviews on TripAdvisor, Groupon, Facebook, etc.- Producing up to 100 litres of gin each day for a variety of clients which often included recipe development, as well as maintaining the working order of the stills and the health and safety requirements that comes with distillation of spirits. - Selling and marketing our products, including single-handedly running multiple social media accounts, telephone sales to prospective clients, and selling to the public at trade shows.- Taking the lead on maintaining a database containing duty number codes for every bottle produced, needed for compliance with HMRC.- Problem-solving any complications that arise during the gin sessions or distillation process, which often needs immediate solutions with limited resources.

Newton Abbot

Duties included: - Working to UKAS requirements. Personally, audited in May 2018 and again in November 2018.- Following set methodologies for testing of different microbial food contaminations.- Responsible for ELISA machine testing for Salmonella and Listeria with a high throughput.- Completing a large volume of work, resulting in frequent 12+ hour shifts.