Meet
the
Team
Andrew Lipscomb
Your Operations Director
Favourite Food:
Pan fried sea bass with black butter and capers
Interesting Fact:
I’m a qualified chef with a hotel background
Favourite Celebrity Chef:
Rick Stein, I was lucky to meet him at his fish restaurant in Padstow
Best Thing About My Job:
Helping in the education of children through nutritionally balanced food
Describe Your Job in 3 Words:
Rewarding, sociable, fun
Melanie Hides
Head of Catering Operations
Favourite Food:
Middle Eastern inspired food especially Falafal!
Interesting Fact:
I have trekked the last 110kms of the Camino de Santiago in Spain!
Favourite Celebrity Chef:
James Martin for just good old fashioned comfort food.
Best Thing About My Job:
Knowing what we do has an impact on the daily lives of residents in our Care Homes.
Describe Your Job in 3 Words:
Rewarding, challenging, enjoyable.
Clare Jordan
Your Marketing and Brand Manager
Favourite Food:
Pretty much any form of cake!
Interesting Fact:
I got married in a windmill!
Favourite Celebrity Chef:
Michel Roux Jr – my dreams came true in 2015 when I actually met him!
Best Thing About My Job:
Seeing the menus, concepts and branding I work on ‘behind the scenes’ proudly on display in our schools, care homes and business sites.
Describe Your Job in 3 Words:
Inspiring, fulfilling, interesting,
Mark Gallant
Your Business Development Manager
Favourite Food:
Toad in the hole or anything with sausages.
Interesting Fact:
I once met George Harrison and asked him if he liked music!
Favourite Celebrity Chef:
Michel Roux Jr
Best Thing About My Job:
Seeing the difference our wonderful team and their dinners make to the children and young adults that eat them.
Describe Your Job in 3 Words:
Busy, exciting, rewarding.
Kitchen Team
Our amazing kitchen teams are the reason why we have so many happy customers! Their passion and talent for serving great food is what makes us deeply proud of our business.
In achieving happy customers, our main priority is to support our great cooks and catering assistants; support in terms of training and development opportunities from our award-winning Training Academy, support through our Cook’s Cluster Meetings and annual Roadshows and support through regular visits and written updates from our Head of Catering Operations.
To us our kitchen teams are more than just great cooks, they are superheroes!
Support Team
None of what we do is possible without the professionalism and know-how of our Support Team. Made up of super-organised Administrators, eagle-eyed Accountants and determined Procurement and Health & Safety experts, our support team are always at the end of the phone. They are empowered and able to respond to all types of queries from our Kitchen Staff, Operations Team and current, as well as prospective, customers. Support Team, we salute you!
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