This episode sees Julian Shine, MD of Shine Catering Systems, discussing the opportunities in a busy commercial kitchen project marketplace, and how his company is working around supply chain challenges, while Colette Fox, programme manager at Pro Veg UK, reveals how the organisation is helping school caterers to introduce more plant-based meals.

Neat Burger co-founder and MD Zack Bishti details the plant-based restaurant chain's online and offline restaurant model for consistent success, driven by investor Lewis Hamilton's values, while Winterhalter UK's head of sales, Glenn Roberts, explores how to manage wildly escalating costs in professional kitchens.

Mike Floyd, MD of Lovat's Group, details how he and his wife Pam have taken over the Fife-based distributor with a mission to make it the best service provider in Scotland, while Gary Baker, the founder and MD of Intelligent Appliances, reveals how the Urban Cultivator 'indoor kitchen garden' is helping to minimise food miles.

This edition of Market Talk sees Colleen Costello, co-founder and CEO of Vyv, reveal how her company's antimicrobial LED lighting technology will change the face of foodservice hygiene, while Matthew Merritt-Harrison, immediate past chair of FCSI UK & Ireland, discusses how the association is supporting new consultants and the challenges of swapping to equivalent quality equipment brands when supply chain issues strike.

Ashley Woodhouse, operations director, Bird Restaurants, and Katie Prowse, senior insight manager, Lumina Intelligence, discuss whether small menus are here to stay and how the pandemic accelerated existing foodservice trends.

This episode sees David Bentley, director of Bentley Consulting, and Rob Gibson, sales director, Retigo UK, discuss the founding of the Independent Foodservice & Hospitality Consultants (IFHC) group and how preparing for Brexit was essential to stay ahead of supply chain disruption.

This week's episode is a special on mental health and wellbeing, with Adam Mason, CEDA director general, detailing the motivations behind founding the Together We Will initiative, which is focusing on various aspects of corporate social responsibility, and Matthew Kitchin, C&C Catering Equipment's commercial manager, discussing his participation in Together We Will's recent Mental Health First Aid England's mental health awareness training, and how C&C is taking those learnings throughout the company.

This week it’s the second of two special episodes of Market Talk, in association with Hobart. We have been helping Hobart to conduct The Big Conversation with catering equipment dealers up and down the UK, and a couple of themes that have emerged are aftersales and service. We discussed these subjects with:

Iain Munro, business development director, Hobart UK Equipment Division

Paul Gilhooly, sales director, Gratte Brothers Catering Equipment

Dean Broadbent, managing director, Millers Catering Equipment

Nick Place, sales manager, Advantage Catering Equipment

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It's a special episode of Market Talk this week, in association with Hobart. We have been helping Hobart to conduct The Big Conversation with catering equipment dealers up and down the UK, and a couple of themes that have emerged are hospitality sector recovery and catering equipment value. We discussed these subjects with:

David Riley, MD, Hobart UK Equipment Division

Jack Sharkey, MD, Vision Commercial Kitchens

Andrew Fordyce, group MD, IFSE

David Burnett, director, Fulcrum Commercial Kitchens

Dawn Cheetham, director, Commercial Kitchen Service

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This week's episode sees Oliver Hall, MD at food procurement specialist allmanhall, delve into product shortages and resulting rising prices, while Toby Magness, UK sales director for cooking suite manufacturer Ambach, reports on a busy period at the firm before its Italian factory shuts down over the summer.