Food and beverage accelerators can be useful to entrepreneurs who are looking to move their start-ups forward. In addition to mentorship and training, many accelerators will offer funding, co-working space, and introductions to angels and venture capitalists that are looking to fund businesses.

In part one of this three part series Darren Wood spoke with Andrew Ive managing director of Food X, Tara Mei of Kitchen Table Project and Simon Lacey of Grocery Accelerator to talk about the role of accelerators with new businesses and what is being looked for in a start-up.