Gate Gourmet
Nutrition and food allergies are hot strategic topics for all airlines and for the specialised catering companies that supply their food. Bringing both my business and nutrition skills into play, this project helped the UK’s best-known airline caterer to market the nutritional quality of their menus and recipes, to give accurate allergen declarations and to offer tempting options for those on special diets. All part of the new Food Information Regulation (EU) 1169/2011.
Living Gluten-Free for Dummies (Wiley)
Extensively revised and updated for 2013, the book includes details of the many conditions that demand a strictly gluten-free diet, which nowadays in the UK affect up to 10% of people of all ages. It covers how to get started on a gluten-free lifestyle and how to do it healthily, easily and enjoyably. It includes over 100 gluten-free recipes, lists what foods can be eaten and which should be avoided; explains prescriptions for gluten-free basics and shows what to look out for on labels, menus and in promotions. All in the Dummies‘ readable, easy-to-grasp tone.
Merlin Entertainments Group
Sole nutritionist for the group, including Legoland, AltonTowers, Chessington, Thorpe Park, Warwick Castle and sites in Continental Europe and USA. Projects include nutrition audits, strategy, staff training, menu design and analysis, recipe adaptation, nutrient and allergen information, media releases, display and website-writing, helping to meet commitments to the Responsibility Deal.
TuGo Food Systems
Pizza and pasta recipe design and analysis, advice on ingredients, claims, traffic-light labelling and allergen-declarations, brochure-writing and support for their products in the Children’s Food Trust and Food For Life Partnership concepts.
Ministry of Defence
Designed and delivered nutrition courses for military chefs at Europe’s largest catering training establishment. Managed all nutritional and health-promotion elements of a fitness-trial, including a re-design of mess menus and food services.
Bidvest 3663
Recipe and menu analysis for their care home division
Bupa
Recipe and menu analysis and a nutrition chapter in their chef’s manual.
Coeliac UK
Manning advice lines for consumers and health professionals. As I’m coeliac myself and eat a completely gluten-free diet, I’m personally and professionally involved with the coeliac condition and gluten-free lifestyle.
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Approved trainer and ‘centre’ for accredited one-day Level 2 courses ‘Healthier Food and Special Diets’ and ‘Food Allergen Awareness’
Pizza Trading
Helping to develop their tomato product range and specifications
Retailers
Dietary advice in Boots stores for Seven Seas; parent-and-baby advice in Asda for SMA Nutrition; staff education for Tesco stores and head office; PR for River House; menu analysis for Maa takeaway
Alnwick South First School
School lunch menu analysis and adaptation to meet School Food Trust standards
Royal Bank of Canada
Online branding resource
Chartered Institute of Marketing
Management research on their Chartered Marketer initiative, which earned an MBA distinction
Russam GMS
Online survey design, analysis and report of interim management
Grown-up Green
Website launch and PR
Digital Vision
Full-time 5-month assignment as interim marketing director. Turned around a tactical, sales-run marketing and design department into one with effective influence throughout the value chain.
Ramesys Software
Website design for their construction division