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London, England, United Kingdom

I am leading an ‘innovative and high-priority transformation’ programme to deliver a healthy, sustainable and socially valuable school food system.Working closely with partners across public health, schools, the Council’s Healthy Lives team, catering services and providers, I will help inspire change, boost knowledge, skills and confidence, and make it easier for schools and their caterers to deliver nutritious school food.

Enfield, England, United Kingdom

Working for Enfield Council I work across 45 primary and secondary schools. I'm responsible for chef training, kitchen management, developing healthy & accessible menus for children and driving positive change through food in the borough.

London, England Metropolitan Area

Chefs in Schools are leading a new revolution in school food, recruiting and training chefs to take on food and food education in schools. Having worked as a chef and kitchen manager throughout my career, I joined Chefs in Schools to help transform food and food education in UK schools. I have worked at 5 schools in some of London’s poorest boroughs helping them transition to a menu that focuses on delicious, nutritious and sustainably minded food.

Work includes:Guys & St Thomas’s Charity (2020): Research on nutrition and UK school food standards.UK Urban Agritech (2020): Leading report on food industry attitudes to CEA in the UK and USA. Culture Magazine (2020): Writing an article on innovation and tradition in the UK dairy industry. NYC Healthy School Food Alliance (2019 - 2020): Campaigning for healthy school food in NYC. Eating Better (2017): Article investigating meat reduction strategies in schools. Rare Breed Survival Trust (2015): Policy paper on the UK horse meat scandal a. Children’s Food Campaign (Sustain) (2015): Wrote a report 'Who sets the agenda?' Children’s Food Campaign (Sustain) (2012): Researched and co-wrote The Obesity Games. Slow Food UK (2013 – 2014): Campaigning to protect endangered British produce and producers.

London & New York City

Working both in London and NYC in sales and operations, for a company specializing in British farmhouse cheese. -I have worked across the company including retail, export, maturation and multiple farm visits. -Senior member of staff, leading meetings to communicate and implement data driven strategies including waste mitigation. -A US-based role was created for me; helping restructure the export operations including quality control, inventory management and internal communication. From meeting with our logistics partners to re-engaging our customer base at trade fairs and shops, I had to connect with a diverse range of stakeholders across our supply chain.-Represented the company at events such as The Cheesemongers Invitational.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

-During COVID-19 I was responsible for helping continue the museums programming online. This involved writing copy, organizing newsletters, organizing the logistics of and hosting programming including 300 person zoom conferences and themed dinner parties. -Building and maintaining the website, including a BLM resource page that was featured in The New York Times.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Short term project based role to create infrastructure to rebuild CRM and shipping systems. Designed internal systems for monitoring inventory, reducing waste and shipping as the company successfully launched its e-commerce business.

Greater New York City Area

NATIVE is an end-to-end software solution that accelerates the growth of the local food movement. By leveraging a proprietary inventory and sales management platform at the farm level, NATIVE allows local farms to connect to wholesale buyers in real time.-Built an evaluation framework that analysed qualitative and quantitative data to understand how our product was used. -Initiated and maintained relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders from farms to distributors and buyers. My role was to build a feedback framework with our partner farms to understand how to improve our product. -Built and implemented a strategy for building an initial customer base; lead meetings, initiated and built a detailed CRM database.A large focus of my role was communicating and understanding the nuances of relationships across the supply chain, and being to manage relationships between various internal and external stakeholders.

London, New York

I have worked at a number of kitchens over the last few years across London and New York from private dining to 300 person food waste banquets, as well as running my own catering company in New York City. Positions include: Lemontree (NYC), Meat & 2 veg (NYC), Oh My Nosh (NYC), Harvest & Revel (NYC), Beggars Banquet (London), London Fields Brewery (London) Pillbox Kitchen (London) Quo Vadis (London), Raw Duck (London), Ban hi Mi 11 (London), Thank Cluck (London), Bake with Maria (London),

Greater New York City Area

Working in operations at a food wholesale importer / distributor in Brooklyn, New York with a focus on imported and domestic cheeses. My role was split between processing and receiving orders and providing support for the sales team as well as working in the everyday operations. This included managing incoming and outgoing product and developing systems for improving our service . My background in food, and cheese specifically, has allowed me to provide expert input to the everyday operations and quality control.

London, United Kingdom

I co-wrote ‘The Obesity Games’, a report on the negative impact of Olympic junk food sponsorship on children’s health. I helped with researching statistics and building evidence for the report. The report received coverage in The Guardian (http://bit.ly/MHrQ0w) and The Independent (http://ind.pn/OGQLLT). The focus of my research was policy based looking largely at children’s food policy in party manifestos and how these issues can be brought onto the agenda. – I researched the effectiveness of UK public-private responsibility deals for a future report. I also did initial research into a campaign surrounding the sugar tax in Britain.

London, United Kingdom

I was part of a small dedicated team, running the entire UK network from an office in West London, developing a wide range of skills. I was responsible for developing and maintaining support of a UK wide network of producers, initiating programmes which engaged and supported them, developing online content from blog pieces to maintaining the website, as well as developing social media strategies and event management, including organizing a Slow Food Market at the BBC Food and Farming awards in Bristol.

Master'S Degree, Food Policy, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History And History Of Art, 2.1

Foundation Degree, Fine Art