Guest Host Rachel Mallows talks to some of the winners of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022

Paul Hewer from Hibiscus Fine Dining, Gold Award winners for both Booker Dining of the Year and Whitco Chef of the year with Head Chef Bart Polinski. Set in the beautiful Billiard room of Delapre Abbey, an AA rosette awarded restaurant that showcases the very best seasonal and locally sourced produce. Our judges said ‘exquisite flavour and presentation of dishes with some of the best food we’ve eaten’. This would be a place to come for a special occasion. https://tomhewercatering.com/hibiscus

Originally broadcast on Open4Business on NLive Radio 22nd November 2022

Guest Host Rachel Mallows talks to some of the winners of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022

Paul Hunt of The Curious Vegan Company won our Gold Award with their Oinkin’ Pattie in our Artisan Local Vegetarian/Vegan Product sponsored by Daily Bread. Based in Horton, this company is growing in the range of products available and their customer base. The judges said ‘tastes like pork, smells lovely and sagey and one judge said “This is a really innovative vegan product as I haven’t seen or tasted any other sausage meat type products this good. Fab product.” www.syanfarms.com

Originally broadcast on Open4Business on NLive Radio 22nd November 2022

Guest Host Rachel Mallows talks to some of the winners of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022

Artur Dzerins from Electric Pavilion One of four Gold Award Booker Dining Venues of the Year and Silver Award winner in the Whitco Chef of the Year category. Electric Pavilion opened earlier in the year and with their passion for pushing great local produce and supporting community it is one to visit. Electric Pavilion wowed judges with their simple yet skilfully executed menu, not forgetting the delicious cocktails. http://www.electricpavilion.co.uk/

Originally broadcast on Open4Business on NLive Radio 22nd November 2022

Guest Host Rachel Mallows talks to some of the winners of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022

Katie Steele from Towcester Community Larder Gold Award winners of Local Food Hero sponsored by Moulton College. Established in January 2021, they are passionately led with an ethos that food poverty must not stand. Their work with Silverstone Circuits to rescue food that would be wasted, with their ambition to highlight rural food poverty was commended. Their membership programme provides access to groceries at heavily discounted rates. Rescuing across a number of businesses and outlets about 100 tonnes of food this year. www.towfood.org.uk

Originally broadcast on Open4Business on NLive Radio 22nd November 2022

Guest Host Rachel Mallows talks to some of the winners of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022

Echo Morris, one of the Gold Award winners of the F&D College Student of the Year sponsored by The Mallows Company. Currently studying Level 3 Supervisory and Management course with a passion for Cocktails. The judges commented on Echo’s confident, infectious energy and her natural and warm ability for hospitality. They can’t wait to see her as a mixology Queen.

Originally broadcast on Open4Business on NLive Radio 22nd November 2022

Guest Host Rachel Mallows talks to some of the winners of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022

Raman Pathak from Mewar Haveli, Gold Award winner in the World Cuisine Restaurant of the Year sponsored by British Pepper and Spice based in Northampton. A fine dining Indian restaurant on the Wellingborough Road with a team with experience of five-star hotels and other continents. Chefs have travelled miles of rural and urban India in search of traditional and homemade cooking recipes. The judges said ‘It delighted from the start. It was elevated above the norm with fun, finesse and know-how by a team who clearly love what they are doing.’ www.mewarhaveli.co.uk

Originally broadcast on Open4Business on NLive Radio 22nd November 2022

Guest host for Open4Business Jay Baughan - Social Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Northampton speaks to The Reach for Health Centre.

The Reach for Health Centre Ltd has been a registered charity since 2010 but located and operating within Daventry since 1994.

For over 28 years, The Reach for Health Centre model has evolved, specifically focused upon working with those experiencing various minor to major health conditions and providing extensive prehabilitation and rehabilitation services to members who have reached the end of available NHS care provisions. This is enhanced by community health facilitation which reduces NHS costs, by focusing upon use of its leading-edge methodology and practice to support community Active Healthy Ageing.

With the strategic support of the University of Northampton’s social entrepreneur in residence, having established the scalability of the Daventry Centre as a viable “social business model”, the Trustees seek to create geographic clusters of 5 centres within  five areas of England. Here how they see more communities can benefit from a Reach for Health centre support, and how this will transform community health and save the NHS millions of pounds in future years.

Originally broadcast August 2022

Guest editor, Ivna Reic, welcomes an alumna of the University of Northampton's MA International Tourism Development programme to talk about the management of nature-based tourism in the Nene Valley and opportunities to engage in upcoming wellbeing activities in this area.

Originally Broadcast April 2022 on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Guest editor, Ivna Reic, talks to Hulda Adao, Programmes Officer at Church of England (Education Office) about how the University of Northampton Events Management degree course helped prepare her for her current role.

First broadcast on NLive Radio on the 10th May 2022.

Guest editor, Ivna Reic, talks to Nina Gandy, Lead Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser at the Northamptonshire-based Cynthia Spencer Hospice charity, about her career in running small and large scale events in Northamptonshire and how the University of Northampton Events Management degree course supported her in achieving her career goals.

First broadcast on NLive Radio on the 10th May 2022.