Oh For Food's Sake
179 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago -Oh For Food’s Sake unravels the challenges faced when working in the food industry whether you are in an employed role or a business owner.
We are your hosts, Amy Wilkinson and Lucy Wager and offer you a new discussion drawn from our own experiences in the industry from stress, burnout and resilience to working with retailers, setting up on your own and much more.
There will also be guest interviews from our food industry network to explore these challenges further giving you a comprehensive offering of stories, tips and advice through this rewarding industry.
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#12 Tips For Starting a Career in Food
September 02, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB12. Tips For Starting a Career in Food In this episode we take ourselves back to the beginning of our careers in the food industry. If you are just starting out in the industry and are not sure where to begin then this is the perfect listen for you. If you want to support others starting out, it’s also worth a listen. Lucy opens up about her leap from the Midlands, having grown up and attended Uni there to landing her first job working in a concept development role in Lincolnshire to next ...
Tips For Starting a Career in Food
September 02, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB12. Tips For Starting a Career in Food In this episode we take ourselves back to the beginning of our careers in the food industry. If you are just starting out in the industry and are not sure where to begin then this is the perfect listen for you. If you want to support others starting out, it’s also worth a listen. Lucy opens up about her leap from the Midlands, having grown up and attended Uni there to landing her first job working in a concept development role in Lincolnshire to next ...
#11 The Things We Wished We Had Known With Gail Francis
August 19, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB11. The Things We Wished We Had Known With Gail Francis In this episode we invite Gail Francis, a fellow food industry creative expert, to join the conversation. After connecting with Gail on Linkedin, we quickly discovered she had followed a very similar path to working her way up the ladder in the food industry, taking on roles with more responsibility but this ending up being to the detriment of her own health. We talk about how she overcame these hurdles and carved out a career doing wh...
The Things We Wished We Had Known With Gail Francis
August 19, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB11. The Things We Wished We Had Known With Gail Francis In this episode we invite Gail Francis, a fellow food industry creative expert, to join the conversation. After connecting with Gail on Linkedin, we quickly discovered she had followed a very similar path to working her way up the ladder in the food industry, taking on roles with more responsibility but this ending up being to the detriment of her own health. We talk about how she overcame these hurdles and carved out a career doing wh...
#10 Innovation Mindset with Simon Allison
August 05, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBWelcome to Episode 10 of the Oh For Food’s Sake Podcast Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we’re talking with Simon Allison. Simon began in the food industry as a retail food technologist in 1996 and has worked for Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, ...
#10 Innovation Mindset With Simon Allison
August 05, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB10. Innovation Mindset With Simon Allison Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we’re talking with Simon Allison. Simon began in the food industry as a retail food technologist in 1996 and has worked for Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, Innocent drink...
Innovation Mindset With Simon Allison
August 05, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB10. Innovation Mindset With Simon Allison Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we’re talking with Simon Allison. Simon began in the food industry as a retail food technologist in 1996 and has worked for Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, Innocent drink...
#09 Why Your Mindset Matters At Work
July 22, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB9. Why Your Mindset Matters At Work Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we’re talking about the Growth Mindset. The concept was created by Carol Dweck in the 1980s, a growth mindset is having the belief that your intelligence and talents are always growing an...
Why Your Mindset Matters At Work
July 22, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB9. Why Your Mindset Matters At Work Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we’re talking about the Growth Mindset. The concept was created by Carol Dweck in the 1980s, a growth mindset is having the belief that your intelligence and talents are always growing an...
#09 Why your mindset matters at work
July 22, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBWelcome to Episode 9 of the Oh For Food’s Sake Podcast Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we’re talking about the Growth Mindset. The concept was created by Carol Dweck in the 1980s, a growth mindset is having the belief that your intelligence and talents ar...
#08 Filling Your Innovation Tank Up
July 08, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB8. Filling Your Innovation Tank Up Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode we’re talking about innovation and how important it is in the food industry, this word is thrown around so often in our industry sometimes its meaning is a little lost. Innovation is often ...
Filling Your Innovation Tank Up
July 08, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB8. Filling Your Innovation Tank Up Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode we’re talking about innovation and how important it is in the food industry, this word is thrown around so often in our industry sometimes its meaning is a little lost. Innovation is often ...
#08 Filling your Innovation Tank Up
July 08, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBWelcome to Episode 8 of the Oh For Food’s Sake Podcast Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode we’re talking about innovation and how important it is in the food industry, this word is thrown around so often in our industry sometimes its meaning is a little los...
#07 Failing forward with BBC Apprentice finalist Camilla Ainsworth
June 24, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWelcome to Episode 7 of the Oh For Food’s Sake Podcast Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we talk with Camilla Ainsworth who was a finalist on BBC’s The Apprentice in 2018, making her the youngest finalist ever, aged just 22. Following her success on t...
#07 Failing Forward With BBC Apprentice Finalist Camilla Ainsworth
June 24, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB7. Failing Forward With BBC Apprentice Finalist Camilla Ainsworth Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we talk with Camilla Ainsworth who was a finalist on BBC’s The Apprentice in 2018, making her the youngest finalist ever, aged just 22. Following her success...
Failing Forward With BBC Apprentice Finalist Camilla Ainsworth
June 24, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB7. Failing Forward With BBC Apprentice Finalist Camilla Ainsworth Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we talk with Camilla Ainsworth who was a finalist on BBC’s The Apprentice in 2018, making her the youngest finalist ever, aged just 22. Following her success...
Stop Imposter Syndrome Holding Your Career Back
June 10, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MB6. Stop Imposter Syndrome Holding Your Career Back Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we discuss imposter syndrome and all the avenues in which it can disrupt your life. One of the big problems that comes with imposter syndrome is procrastination which Amy h...
#06 Stop Imposter Syndrome Holding Your Career Back
June 10, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MB6. Stop Imposter Syndrome Holding Your Career Back Every fortnight, Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, we discuss imposter syndrome and all the avenues in which it can disrupt your life. One of the big problems that comes with imposter syndrome is procrastination which Amy h...
#05 Build Your Confidence to Build Your Career
May 27, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB5. Build Your Confidence to Build Your Career Each week Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode ‘Build Your Confidence to Build Your Career’ we discuss our inner confidence, how we’ve lost it at times and how we approach different situations to increase our confidence. ‘Fake it ti...
Build Your Confidence to Build Your Career
May 27, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB5. Build Your Confidence to Build Your Career Each week Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode ‘Build Your Confidence to Build Your Career’ we discuss our inner confidence, how we’ve lost it at times and how we approach different situations to increase our confidence. ‘Fake it ti...
Bouncing Back with Foodie Founder Jayne Hynes
May 13, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB4. Bouncing Back with Foodie Founder Jayne Hynes Each week Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, “Bouncing Back with Foodie Founder Jayne Hynes” we discuss resilience and hear her story of starting Kiddyum, a food brand focused on healthy frozen ready meals for children. Jayne ...
#04 Bouncing Back with Foodie Founder Jayne Hynes
May 13, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB4. Bouncing Back with Foodie Founder Jayne Hynes Each week Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode, “Bouncing Back with Foodie Founder Jayne Hynes” we discuss resilience and hear her story of starting Kiddyum, a food brand focused on healthy frozen ready meals for children. Jayne ...
#03 Five Top Tips For Building Resilience
April 29, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB3. Five Top Tips For Building Resilience Each week Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode “Five top tips for building resilience” we discuss the perils of burnout and the best practices to prevent you ever reaching this point in your working life. Having burnt out in my professio...
Five Top Tips For Building Resilience
April 29, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB3. Five Top Tips For Building Resilience Each week Lucy and I talk through the trials and tribulations of working in the food industry. This is to help you find new ways of coping through the daily stresses and potentially avoid some of the mistakes that we have both made along the way. In this episode “Five top tips for building resilience” we discuss the perils of burnout and the best practices to prevent you ever reaching this point in your working life. Having burnt out in my professio...
#02 Reframing Resilience
April 15, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB2. Reframing Resilience In today’s episode, Amy and Lucy talk about what resilience means. Although widely thought to be the ability to soldier on through difficulties, regardless of how you feel, resilience is something much softer. Resilience is looking after yourself, asking for help, and voicing when you feel overwhelmed. Being resilient means having emotional awareness, having support around you, noticing the negative thoughts, and taking a step back to ask yourself what another perso...
Reframing Resilience
April 15, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB2. Reframing Resilience In today’s episode, Amy and Lucy talk about what resilience means. Although widely thought to be the ability to soldier on through difficulties, regardless of how you feel, resilience is something much softer. Resilience is looking after yourself, asking for help, and voicing when you feel overwhelmed. Being resilient means having emotional awareness, having support around you, noticing the negative thoughts, and taking a step back to ask yourself what another perso...
Meet Amy and Lucy
April 01, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBIn our very first episode we open up about our own personal journey’s and careers in the food industry so you can get to know us better from the get- go. We explore from where we first met as colleagues to the high’s and low’s and ultimately to where we are now co-hosting this podcast for you. Lucy discusses her experience, having left her career in product development, to set up a new plant-based business, which is now closed, but has led her to a fantastic new path in consulting for other...
#01 Meet Amy and Lucy
April 01, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBIn our very first episode we open up about our own personal journey’s and careers in the food industry so you can get to know us better from the get- go. We explore from where we first met as colleagues to the high’s and low’s and ultimately to where we are now co-hosting this podcast for you. Lucy discusses her experience, having left her career in product development, to set up a new plant-based business, which is now closed, but has led her to a fantastic new path in consulting for other...
Hello and Welcome!
March 26, 2021 11:55 - 2 minutes - 1.91 MBIntroducing our brand new 'Oh For Food's Sake' podcast co-hosted by us, Amy Wilkinson and Lucy Wager. Bringing you fortnightly episodes on Thursdays, launching on 1st April 2021.