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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Cooking space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Myles Hopper
Founder, Director of Mindful Chef
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About Mindful Chef: Mindful Chef delivers all the fresh ingredients you need to create delicious, heathy meals.
Sam Tierney
Co-Founder & Managing Director of SimplyCook
Sam Tierney is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at SimplyCook.
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About SimplyCook: SimplyCook offers home recipe kits with easy step-by-step guides to cook restaurant-quality food in less than 20 minutes.
Stephen Argent
Managing Director of Soupologie
Stephen Argent is a Founder at Soupologie.
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About Soupologie: Soupologie was founded by Master Soupologist, Stephen, who discovered his talent for making soups while cooking for his family.
Daniel Blignaut
Managing Director of UCook
An articulate and passionate entrepreneur looking to utilise my unique background in management, finance and software engineering by taking on a role that challenges me to innovate business and drive value creation
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About UCook: UCOOK is a food and beverage platform that offers meal kit delivery service.
Hilary Masin
Director And Co-Founder of Sgaia’s Vegan Meats
Hilary Masin is a bilingual (Italian and English) and bicultural media, art and design graduate, interested in visual communication and creative writing. Fascinated by European cultural heritage, bookmaking and expanded photography, loves to research and write about things and to work with creative people in stimulating environments, to learn and improve both as a practitioner and as an individual. Passionate about purpose-led communication, specifically in regards to social, environmental and health-related topics and equally interested in food culture. Enthusiastic about nutrition, health and learning about the cultural significance of food in relation to current social systems and environments.
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About Sgaia’s Vegan Meats: Sgaia Foods is at the heart of a new, innovative approach to plant based living and dining.
Alberto Casotto
Business Director of Sgaia’s Vegan Meats
Alberto Casotto is an italian born and bred photographer/videographer, interested in new communication technologies and innovative solutions to customer alienation and lack of enthusiasm arising in modern consumer society. Fascinated by the power of positive thinking and motivation on lifestyle, self-perception and entrepreneurial opportunities; in constant search of creative ways to approach problems, and purpose-led strategies to achieve lifetime goals. A promoter of community spirit and motivation, strongly believes in the power of the individual to initiate and develop self-growth and in the importance of sharing this knowledge within social ventures and contexts that involve cooperation. Enthusiastic about fitness, health and nutrition, as well as Italian food heritage and traditions. His mum makes the best aubergine parmigiana in the Country.
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About Sgaia’s Vegan Meats: Sgaia Foods is at the heart of a new, innovative approach to plant based living and dining.
Paula Wilkinson
Director of Mums Bake Cakes
Paula Wilkinson is director of Mums Bake Cakes.
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About Mums Bake Cakes: Mums Bake Cakes is Quality cakes, created by Local Bakers across the UK.
