Steve Osborne has led an exciting career in the food industry, working for manufacturers, and research groups. He is now the joint owner and Commercial Director for Aurora Ceres Partnership. A company dedicating to helping and supporting the growth of food businesses around the world.

Steve talks about making you stand out from the crowd in order to land your first job and kickstart your career.

In this interview, Simon talks with Tee Sandhu, the Operations Director for Samosa Co. Tee talks about working in a fast paced ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook Indian snack food company that his parents started.

Tee has looked at a lot of CV's and offers some great advice to get your career going.

In this episode, Simon interviews Peter Littleton, Technical Director for Klenzan, an international cleaning chemical company. Peter talks about how he got into the industry, from being an Environmental Health inspector to advising companies on cleaning chemicals, methods and use to ensure companies are producing foods in a safe, hygienic area.

In today's episode I get to talk to Mehdi Adjiri, a Senior Technologist from Marks and Spencer. Mehdi has extensive knowledge of working in a retail environment and is sharing his experiences in this podcast.

In this episode, I interview Dale Jones, a recent graduate of Cardiff Met who is now a food safety auditor for NSF International. Dale is back at Cardiff Met studying a part time MSc degree.

In this episode, I get to talk to Suresh Chander, a food scientist from an Indian based start up company called Aboreal. This company make stevia based sweeteners.

Suresh discusses his role, working for a start up company and how to succeed in a similar role.

To change things around a bit, instead of interviewing a food professional, today I thought I would talk to an employability Officer. Listen to Naeem Amir discuss his role and how he supports students into their career. This session doesn’t just cover food, but all types of careers and it ain’t just for students either!

Please listen and let me know what you think?

In this interview, I get to talk to Martin Sutherland, the Commercial and Marketing Director for the Zero2Five Food Industry Centre. Martin has a wealth of senior management experience having come from senior management within retail. A great podcast to listen too!