Event series 2024
Tastes of Better: Insights speakers
16 – 17 April | Ascot

Gail Stevenson
Head of Product Insight, Tesco

Robert Lawson
Managing Partner, Food Strategy Associates

Dominic Teague
Executive Chef, One Alydwych

Megan Van Someren
CCO, Jamie Oliver Group

Edward Bergen
Senior Analyst: Food & Nutrition, FutureBridge

Natasha Maynard
Sustainability Programme Manager, IGD

Ollie Rosevear
Sustainability Director, Fuller Smith & Turner

Bertrand Emond
Culture Excellence Lead, Campden BRI

Richard Neish
Global Futures and Global Tastepoint, IFF

Michael Adams
Product Innovation Lead, Campden BRI

Jamie Robinson
Executive Chef, Tesco

Ramsey Baghdadi
Food and Foodservice Analyst, GlobalData

Peter Cross
Senior Lecturer, University of West London

Vanessa Henry
Research Director ‑ Shopper, Walnut Unlimited

Sterling Crew
President, IFST

Marie Lewis
Associate Professor of Gut Immunology & Microbiology, University of Reading

Juliane Caillouette-Noble
Managing Director, Sustainable Restaurant Association

Fiyin Makinwa
Senior Diet and Health Executive, Food and Drink Federation

Caroline Childs
Associate Professor in Nutritional Sciences, University of Southampton

Mikaela Linden-Ibrahim
Senior Researcher, New Nutrition Business

Sophie Atkins-Ward
Group Head of Innovation, Hilton Food Group

Claire Baseley
Industry Nutritionist and Regulatory Expert, CLB Nutrition Ltd

Sophie Medlin
Chair, Director and Specialist Dietitian, British Dietetic Association for London

Jules Greene
Qualitative Specialist, Good Sense Research

Caroline Benjamin
Founder, Food Allergy Aware

Amy McDonnell
Senior Sustainability & Social Innovation Manager UK & Ireland, Danone

Dini McGrath
Co-Founder, The Wonki Collective

Millie Diamond
Food & Drink Trend Strategist, WGSN

Carolina Pinto
Thematic Analyst, GlobalData

Rob Easton
Head Of Environmental Health, Shield Safety

Rick Miller
Food & Drink Associate Director for Specialised Nutrition, Mintel

Louise Durrant
Nutrition Communications Manager, Quorn Foods

Ryan Panchoo
Founder, Borough 22 Doughnuts

Tim Sheed
Head Chef, 1215 Restaurant at Fairmont Windsor Park

Stephen Humphries
Executive Development Chef, Vacherin

Geraldine Gilbert
Food System Transition Lead (UK/Europe), Forum for the Future (UK)

Bernhard Strauss
Director of Research, Camrosh Limited

Dominique Woolf
Foodwriter, Author and Founder, Woolf’s Kitchen, The Woolf’s Kitchen

Peter Noy
Associate Director, Food Systems Institute, University of Nottingham

Natascha Gaut
Director, Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations, DWF Law LLP

Jonny Bingham
Co-Founder, Bingham & Jones Ltd

Chris Baber
Chef and Author, Content Creator