Food Manufacture Podcast

Épisodes

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  Bwblin founder: ‘We will work with the seasons and we’ll work with what’s happening in five years.’ 25.08.2026 36min

  In this episode of the Food Manufacture Podcast we’re joined by Anna Lloyd, founder of Bwblin who shares what she’s learned over her 12-month journey, her concerns over climate change, and why she believes flexibility will be critical to the future of UK food production.
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  PHIZZ CEO: ‘We should embrace competitors. One brand doesn’t build a category’ 28.07.2026 38min

  PHIZZ backed healthy hydration long before the category entered the mainstream. In this latest episode of The Food Manufacture Podcast, CEO Daniel Cray reflects on a decade of building the business, scaling through challenging times, and why competition is a good thing.
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  Bio&Me Co-founder: ‘Make a promise and deliver it, or lose trust for good’ 30.06.2026 46min

  Jon Walsh, co-founder of gut health food brand Bio&Me, talks openly about the ups and downs of his career, building a successful start-up, and his thoughts on the wider health landscape.
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  Founder of BeSmoke: ‘I burned down more than one factory’ 26.05.2026 32min

  In this episode of The Food Manufacture Podcast we hear from Huw Griffiths, founder and CEO of established smoked food ingredients firm, BeSmoke.
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  White Rabbit co-founder: ‘Fear of failure is the biggest driver there is’ 28.04.2026 40min

  Nick Croft-Simon, co-founder of White Rabbit tells Food Manufacture about the gluten-free brand’s journey, what keeps him going, and the lessons he’s learned as he’s scaled the business.
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  ‘We went from 100 to 6,000 units a day’: DoughGirl founders on their explosive first year 31.03.2026 34min

  In this episode of The Food Manufacture Podcast, we hear from DoughGirl founders Emma and Stuart Colclough about managing viral success, why they’re obsessed with TikTok, and what lessons they’ve learned.
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  Fearne & Rosie founder: ‘That naivety and simplicity is a big part of why our business started’ 24.02.2026 41min

  Rachel Kettlewell talks about swapping the classroom for jam making, distrust in the health category, and why it’s ok to drop the ball sometimes in this latest podcast episode.
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  FieldFare MD: ‘You make the unachievable achievable’ 27.01.2026 50min

  In Food Manufacture’s latest podcast, Bethan Grylls is joined by Matt Whelan, managing director at FieldFare - the loose frozen food brand.
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  Small Beer co-founder: Pioneering a category, not just a product 30.12.2025 44min

  In Food Manufacture’s latest podcast, Bethan Grylls is joined by Felix James, the co-founder of Small Beer - a brewery leading the way in mid-strength beer production.
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  Tenzing founder: ‘We’re fighting pure habit and availability’ 25.11.2025 42min

  This month’s Food Manufacture Podcast featured Huib van Bockel, the founder of natural energy drink brand Tenzing.
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  Borough Broth founder: ‘Never be afraid to ask questions’ 28.10.2025 34min

  This month’s podcast sees Food Manufacture’s editor speaking to the founder and managing director of Borough Broth, Ros Heathcote.
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  Frobishers MD: ‘We not only survived, we came through quite strongly’ 30.09.2025 43min

  In the latest episode of The Food Manufacture Podcast, we speak to David Pierce, managing director of beverage brand Frobishers, about his career highlights, navigating a business out of administration and through tough economic times, and the lessons he’s learned along the way.
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  Griddle founders: ‘We’re not here to create another preservative-pumped product’ 26.08.2025 28min

  In this episode of the Food Manufacture Podcast, we welcome Ella Harland and Sophie McGregor, co-founders of Griddle – a frozen bakery brand launched in 2022.
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  Pip Organic founders: ‘We wanted it enough to be patient’ 29.07.2025 35min

  In this episode of the Food Manufacture Podcast we hear from Karen and Patrick O’Flaherty, founders of healthy food brand Pip Organic.
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  Heroes & Heretics CEO: ‘I was so stressed out that I wasn’t present with the people that needed me’ 24.06.2025 35min

  This episode we welcome Craig Chidgey, founder of Heroes and Heretics - an independent whisky and spirit bottler.
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  Better Nature founders: ‘We were told we would never get tempeh on a supermarket shelf’ 27.05.2025 39min

  Food Manufacture meets Elin Roberts and Chris Kong, the co-founders and co-CEOs of tempeh brand Better Nature, to learn more about their journey as young food entrepreneurs in the plant-based space.
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  Good Guys Bakehouse founder: ‘I’ve come into being an entrepreneur in a very calculated way’ 29.04.2025 46min

  Steve Monk, founder of Good Guys Bakehouse a savoury biscuits company, talks about his experience moving from marketing in big blue-chip corporations to operating a start-up on a shoestring budget.
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  Fudge Kitchen MD: ‘The future of the business into the hands of the people who built it’ 25.03.2025 28min

  Fudge Kitchen MD Richard Parson speaks on the importance of building a strong community within the business in this month’s episode of the Food Manufacture Podcast.
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  Pact Coffee CEO: ‘We dominate in subscriptions’ 25.02.2025 37min

  We check in with Paul Turton, the CEO of speciality coffee roaster Pact Coffee, for the February edition of the Food Manufacture Podcast.
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  Modern Baker founder: Birth of the ‘Superloaf’ 28.01.2025 40min

  In this month’s podcast, Food Manufacture speaks with Modern Baker founder Leo Campbell about his fight with depression, the spark that led to the creation of the brand and what makes a loaf ‘super’.