In this interview, Simon talks to Karin Goodburn, the Director General for The Chilled Food Association. 

Vivo Life are an aspiring new supplements company focusing on vegetarian/vegan options only. Helen Wakeford, the QA Manager, did not come through the standard school > University > Degree > career route. She missed the university and degree options, however, through hard work, determination and a love for food and quality, took a series of courses and has become highly successful as a result. 

Today I am joined by Debadutta Jayaprakash, the Technical Manager for Artisan du Chocolat, a high-end bespoke chocolate manufacturing company. Debadutta talks about chocolate tasting, and the diversity of flavours and adaptability of chocolate, along with what he looks for in a CV/cover letter.

Chocolate tasting is daily - #nomnom 

Bright Blue Foods are not a very well known company as they do not produce own label products, however, if you have ever bought an ambient cake from one of the UK retailers you will have likely sampled their products.

Mark Izzard, Technical Director for Bright Blue Foods discusses his route into the food industry, some challenges with supplying multiple UK retailers and some advice for aspiring students/graduates wanting to get into the food industry.

A longer podcast than usual, in this episode Simon talks with Sterling Crew, the Chair of the Food Authenticity Network and Food Safety Advisory Board. Sterling looks back on his time in the industry and talks about his degree at Cardiff University in Zoology, then his move to Environmental Health and on into the food industry. 

In this episode, Simon talks to Anita Kinsey, the Senior Technical and Safety Manager for Pret a Manger. Anita talks about some of the challenges working for a global company and some points to make your CV and cover letter excel.

In this episode, Simon talks to Becky Shaw, a flavouring and development consultant who spent the first part of her career working for a number of major food businesses before setting up her own company. Becky discusses her path and the benefits of working for herself. 

In this episode, Simon interviews Rebecca Hall, an environmental health officer from Bristol City Council. Rebecca is a graduate from Cardiff Met University 2013. She studied a BSc (Hons) degree at Cardiff Met and since graduating has moved into a variety of roles prior to working for Bristol City Council.

In this series,Simon Dawson,lecturer from Cardiff Met University, talks to food professionals from a wide variety of stages in their career