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is also one of the founding members of SWIFT, Sodexo’s global body that embeds the development of women across the organisation. Nigella Lawson, Food Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster Nigella started work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, later becoming the deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times in 1986. She then embarked upon a career as a freelance journalist. In 1998, Nigella brought out her first cookery book, How to Eat, which sold 300,000 copies and became a bestseller. She went on to write her second book in 2000, How to be a Domestic Goddess, winning her the British Book Award for Author of the Year. In 2000, she began to host her own cookery series on Channel 4, Nigella Bites, which won a Guild of Food Writers Award. Olga Polizzi, Designer and Hotelier Olga is the eldest daughter of the late Lord Forte, arguably the world’s best-known hotelier. She is the director of design for the Rocco Forte Collection, which owns hotels worldwide including Brown’s in London, the Savoy in Florence and Tresanton in Cornwall. Patricia Yates, Director of Strategy and Communications, VisitBritain Patricia has been with VisitBritain since 2005 heading up a division formed as part of the VisitBritain restructure at the end of 2007. She is responsible for research, tourism affairs and communications. Prior to her time at VisitBritain, Patricia was editor of the Consumers’ Association magazine Holiday Which? for over 10 years and the editor of the annual Which? Hotel Guide since its launch in 1991. Paula Rogers, Managing Director, Admiral Group Paula has owned Admiral for 16 years, previously being managing director at Drake International. She is also a partner at Furze Rogers Associates. She has built a leading recruitment business in the hospitality industry with a core base of 800 candidates, all of which have completed health and safety/hygiene training prior to going out into the workplace. Penelope Cobham, Chair, VisitEngland Lady Cobham became chair of VisitEngland in 2009 and was previously deputy chair of VisitBritain from 2005-2009. For 20 years she was responsible for restoring, and opening to the public, Georgian Hagley Hall in the West Midlands. She has served on the boards of the English Tourist Board, English Heritage, the Countryside Commission, Historic Royal Palaces, the V&A, British Waterways and the London Docklands Development Corporation, where she led on tourism. Penny Moore, Chief Executive, Hospitality Action (HA), the Hospitality Industry Benevolent Organisation Penny has been the chief executive of the charity since 2004 and, during this time, has helped to raise in excess of £10 million. Penny’s creativity has been essential in the development of HA’s PR and marketing strategy which has included respected industry figures such as Heston Blumenthal, Anton Mosimann and Marco Pierre White. Prue Leith CBE, Broadcaster and Writer In 1960, Prue started a business supplying quality business lunches, which grew to become Leith’s Good Food Limited. In 1975 she founded Leiths School of Food and Wine which trains amateur and professional chefs. She chairs The Hoxton Apprentice and 3Es Enterprises and has received many honours, including the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in 1990, and seven honorary degrees or fellowships from UK universities. Prue is a judge on the BBC television programme Great British Menu and from 2006 to 2010 was chair of the School Food Trust. Rachael Fidler, Managing Director, Hospitality Training Partnership Rachael established Hospitality Training Partnership in 2000. Since the formation of HTP in a tiny office on the Isle of Wight, Rachael’s determination, business flare, enthusiasm and drive for quality has enabled HTP to grow and grow. HTP now operates from four training centres in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight and provides support to businesses and their staff across south east England. Rachel Humphrey, Head Chef, Le Gavroche Rachel, formerly senior sous chef at Le Gavroche, was recently named head chef, the first woman to gain such a position in the restaurant’s 42-year history. She joined the restaurant as an apprentice straight out of school in 1996. Encouraged by chef-patron Michel Roux, she quickly rose through the ranks, despite a three-year absence when she left the restaurant to work in the RAF catering corps. Rita Beckwith, Managing Director, City Cruises Alongside husband Gary, chairman of the company, she runs a firm that employs 150 at summer’s peak, ferrying around two million tourists a year up and down the Thames. Until last year she also chaired the Docklands Business Club and is currently chair of UKinbound. Robyn Jones OBE, Chief Executive, CH&Co Robyn founded CH&Co in 1991 on a Government Enterprise Allowance. Within two years, the company had won the Booker Prize for Excellence as Best Young Business and Best Caterer. CH&Co now has a multi-million pound turnover, employs almost 2,000 people and holds 140 contracts nationwide. Robyn is a patron of the Association of Catering Excellence and a trustee of the PM Trust. She is a guardian member of the charity, Hospitality in Action, a winner of a Catey Award and was named the Credit Suisse Most Outstanding Woman in Business 2007. Ros Pritchard, Director General, British Holiday and Home Parks Association The British Holiday and Home Parks Association is the only UK organisation founded with the exclusive objective of representing and serving those who own or manage holiday, residential, tenting and touring parks. As director general, Ros is instrumental in lobbying and representing BH&HPA members’ interests to government and policymakers at all levels. Ruth Rogers MBE, Co-Founder, River Café Since opening the River Café in 1987, Ruth established herself as a leading figure on the London restaurant scene. River Cafe was also one of the first sites to use an open-plan kitchen, creating a unique and popular atmosphere, and was awarded a Michelin star in 1998. The restaurant spawned a number of chefs, most notably Jamie Oliver. Ruth’s first cookbook, Italian Country Cookbook (authored with business partner Rose Gray, who sadly died in 2010), won both the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year and the BCA Illustrated Book of the Year awards. Saipin Lee, Regional Manager UK and Europe, S&P Restaurants The network of London Patara fine dining Thai restaurants, operated by S&P, was rated as offering the top Thai cuisine by Zagat and Hardens in 2005 and 2006. Saipin’s determination to invest in her own staff and lead other Thai restaurants has resulted in her
commitment to support the development of Thai chef apprenticeships and the setting up of an infrastructure to develop skills within the UK. Sandie Dawe MBE, Chief Executive, VisitBritain Sandie Dawe was appointed chief executive of VisitBritain in 2009, having joined the organisation in 1991, and became director of strategy and communications in 1996. She has led marketing, business development and publicity strategies to grow the value of tourism to Britain, including cruise, culture and heritage, business and sports tourism and the UK’s celebration of the Millennium. She chaired the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group (TIER) during a period which covered issues such as SARS, the Iraq wars and the terrorist bombings in London. Sandra Russell, Chair, Local Authority Caterers Association Ltd LACA Ltd is the leading professional body representing 750 catering managers in local authorities, private contractors and individual schools who are providers of school meals services. With 135 local authorities represented in the membership, 80% of the education catering service is provided by LACA members with around 3 million lunches being served every day in 22,000 schools. Sandra is also head of catering at Warwickshire County Caterers. Sara Edwards, Director of HR Worldwide, Orient-Express Services Ltd Sara is an experienced board level HR professional who has operated in the luxury sectors of retail and hospitality with a focus on employee engagement, turn-arounds, business transformation, creating value-based cultures, talent retention and driving world-class service. Sara was listed among the Top 30 Most Influential HR Practitioners 2010 by HR magazine. Sara Jayne Stanes OBE, Director, Academy of Culinary Arts The Academy of Culinary Arts is Britain’s leading association of chefs and restaurant managers whose principal aims include raising the standards of food, cooking and service through education and training. Sarah is also a food writer and author of Chocolate – the Definitive Guide, and chairman of the Academy of Chocolate, launched in 2005 to encourage chocolate lovers to ‘look beyond the label’. Sharon Glancy, Director, People 1st Training Company Sharon is the founder of Women 1st and is responsible for overseeing the People 1st Training Company, which develops solutions to ensure there is a collaborative approach to growing skills and productivity across the industry. Sharon joined People 1st as a regional manager in 2004, having spent the early part of her career with Investors in People and the Prince’s Trust. Sharon received a special commendation from the Shine Awards in 2008. Stella West Harling, Owner, Ashburton Cookery School Stella has managed to galvanise different sectors of the Dartmoor food and drink industry to understand the value and importance of good quality, local food, well cooked and presented, and recognising its contribution to a healthy lifestyle. This has been delivered through innovative training at Ashburton Cookery School, free or subsidised courses for those most in need and successful food and drink festivals on Dartmoor. Su Cacioppo, Personnel and Legal Director, JD Wetherspoon Su joined the company in 1991 and was appointed to the board in 2008. She previously worked for Courage Ltd and Allied Leisure. Su worked in several operational roles in J D Wetherspoon, before being appointed as personnel director in 1999 and personnel & legal director in 2006. Sue Hurdle, Chief Executive, The Travel Foundation Sue’s greatest achievement is the establishment of the Travel Foundation – the only UK charity dedicated to engaging the tourism industry in practical actions for sustainability. The creation of the charity in 2003 generated a new funding source for sustainable tourism and a stepchange in the involvement of the industry in initiatives to improve the well-being of destination communities and protection of the environment. The Travel Foundation has raised over £7 million for sustainable tourism initiatives, predominantly from travel companies and their customers. Sue Kavanagh, Regional HR Manager Europe, Qatar Airways Sue has had an extensive career within the travel industry over the past 25 years beginning as a management trainee for Lunn Poly and progressing to Carlson Wagonlit where she became HR Director. Not only did she help shape her own organisation globally, she also revamped the ITT (Institute of Travel and Tourism) where she is now a director, and the Guild of Travel Management Companies. Tea Colaianni, Group HR Director, Merlin Entertainments Tea has over 16 years experience in HR management in different sectors at European and international level. Prior to joining Merlin in 2010, Tea worked at Hilton for seven years and was responsible for the HR function in a region comprising more than 20,000 employees, 180 hotels and operating in 25 countries. Merlin has 60 attractions in 13 countries and almost 15,000 staff worldwide. It has also announced plans for eight new attractions to open in 2010-11, including a Legoland Park in Florida, a Madam Tussaud’s waxworks in Bangkok and in Vienna. Teresa Walsh, Managing Director, Club 18-30 Teresa’s career has grown over the past few years from Med Hotels to Lastminute and now in her current role as managing director of Club 18-30. She has been involved in the industry for a long time, mostly in sales and operation roles, and has shown that she can influence and make decisions that impact the industry, as well as her organisation and immediate team. Tessa Bramley, Chef Patron, The Old Vicarage Tessa is a fellow of the Institute of Master Chefs of Great Britain. Her innovative modern style, which mixes British and Mediterranean influences with those from further afield, has earned her recognition from all the major food guides. The restaurant was voted Newcomer of the Year in the 1988 Good Food Guide, Northern Restaurant of the Year in 1991 and, in 1995, The Old Vicarage was awarded two stars from the Egon Ronay Organisation. The restaurant has also achieved its first Michelin star. Tracey Rogers, Managing Director, Unilever Food Solutions UK Tracey uses her experience and portfolio of skills gained in the retail sector to further Unilever Food Solutions as a market leader. She has led initiatives including a new on-trade strategy for pubs and the KNORR 4 Promises campaign: better taste, better ingredients, better planet and better efficiency, which brought Unilever’s sustainability credentials into sharp focus and included reformulations of recipes and repackaging of the range. Ufi Ibrahim, Chief Executive, The British Hospitality Association Ufi has extensive experience in policymaking with governments and industry across the world thanks to her previous role as chief operations officer at the World Travel and Tourism Council. She was appointed chief executive of the BHA in 2010. Her understanding of international tourism and skill in negotiation with a variety of governments is already being used to raise the profile of hospitality above the clamour of competing sectors.
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