Setting up this consultancy is the culmination of 30 years’ experience working in Product Development, Scale Up and Commercialisation of Innovative Ingredients and Process Development. I provide consultancy to start-ups through to corporates and can encompass a wide range of Client requirements. My product category expertise includes Canning, Ready Meals, Cultured Dairy, Hard and Soft Cheese, Plant based alternatives (Oat, Coconut, Soya, Pea). Cooked Meats and Desserts (Chill, Frozen… Show more Setting up this consultancy is the culmination of 30 years’ experience working in Product Development, Scale Up and Commercialisation of Innovative Ingredients and Process Development. I provide consultancy to start-ups through to corporates and can encompass a wide range of Client requirements. My product category expertise includes Canning, Ready Meals, Cultured Dairy, Hard and Soft Cheese, Plant based alternatives (Oat, Coconut, Soya, Pea). Cooked Meats and Desserts (Chill, Frozen and Ambient) for privately owned and blue-chip manufacturing companies. Specific areas of consultancy I have offered since establishing B Cotter Consultancy include Account, People and Supply Chain Management; Products, Processes and Technical Standards; and Research & Innovation, Training and Product Development.Please visit my website www.breedacotter.com for more details and contact information. Show less

Mentoring, problem solving and bespoke on-site training as required across a number of projects for various additional dairy, food, industrial chemical and insurance clients, from micro businesses to multinationals.

Industrial based training incorporating dairy and food science and food safety & hygiene. Bespoke training is delivered to all staff in groups of 10-12 across several months in order to ensure the highest levels of best practice.

Member of the College's 'Talent Bank' which they have established in order to complement their staff base with industry expertise. I provide guest lecturing and training across Food & Beverage Science, Hygiene & Safety and Supply Chain modules, on an ad hoc basis.

How Many Beans? is a team of expert food and drink practitioners who provide tailored professional support for new product development, business growth and capability building for all sizes of businesses, from product ideation to post launch through workshops and One-to-One contact.With our 'Thought to Fork Services' we can guide and advise your food and drink businesses on translating concepts into tangible products, avoiding roadblocks in your development journey, building operational… Show more How Many Beans? is a team of expert food and drink practitioners who provide tailored professional support for new product development, business growth and capability building for all sizes of businesses, from product ideation to post launch through workshops and One-to-One contact.With our 'Thought to Fork Services' we can guide and advise your food and drink businesses on translating concepts into tangible products, avoiding roadblocks in your development journey, building operational capacity and capability, and optimising your product offers for target markets. Show less

Reporting to the Cheese Solutions Director. A newly created role, working cross functionally, heading up the UK Technical Support Team focusing on understanding and delivery of Customers’ cheese based solutions

Recruited to increase the profile of this privately owned company. Secured technical approval and generated new business with companies such as Marks & Spencer, Geest, Northern Foods, Bluecrest and Hazelwood’s.

Responsible for the management and growth of business, for the supply of dry blended dairy ingredients to food manufacturers, Associated British Foods, Fredericks Ice-cream, RHM and co-pack business, Kellogg’s and Mars.

Worked with M&S dedicated manufacturing to supply a range of cooked meats