The great and the good of academia and the industry got together last month in an attempt to resolve the impending crisis in food science. Rick Pendrous heard what they had to say
Uptake of undergraduate food and drink courses is finally on the increase, but will this lead to an end of the skills shortage? Stefan Chomka assesses graduate job prospects in the food and drink industry
A chef for 20 years, John Roberts had to trawl deep to find the very un-chef like qualities of patience and compromise needed to develop retail products for the likes of M&S. Stefan Chomka traces his career
Companies that employ workers with disabilities are not just fulfilling their corporate responsibility -- they are tapping into a resource of well-trained people, says Stefan Chomka
Rationalisation of the dairy sector is expected to result in further job cuts. Yet career opportunities in new product development (NPD) have never been so good, says Stefan Chomka
Sarah West-Sadler came up smiling when she won two prizes at the Foodex Meatex Student Foodexcellence Awards. But her journey to the podium has not been plain sailing, as she tells Stefan Chomka
Obesity has been in the headlines a lot recently, and quite rightly so. It is the second biggest killer in the world with over 400,000 deaths a year,...