As Senior Director of Innovation & AI Strategy at Huxly, I'm a trained chef and MasterChef finalist who builds the platforms that make food and drink development faster and more repeatable for senior R&D and C-suite teams.
I've always worked where culinary craft meets technology — from confectionery lines at Marks & Spencer to co-founding a start-up whose machines personalised chocolate bars in minutes.
Sensational experience
My first bite of real baklava in Istanbul - an understated example: crisp, buttery pastry, vivid green with pistachio and gilded with a not-too-sweet syrup; the top removed, a hefty dollop of kaymak (a cultured clotted cream) spooned on for a perfect bite.
