Another popular returning speaker is Mark McCulloch, founder & CEO of WE ARE Spectacular. He’s hosting two sessions this year, including the first ever live recording of the hugely popular Spectacular Marketing Podcast at the show (22 Sept); featuring Charlotte Adams (Krispy Kreme), Romy Miller (GAIL’s Bakery’s), and Sophie Barton (SOHO Coffee Co).
Our next Q&A features Beth Taubner, founder of NY and London-based Mercurylab. In her opening day session, she’ll be sharing strategies for UK brands looking to expand into the US, including expert analysis into selling and marketing over ‘the pond’.
Next up in our Q&A series is Charlotte Adams, senior marketing manager — special occasions at Krispy Kreme UK. She’ll be appearing in the first ever live recording of the hugely popular Spectacular Marketing Podcast (hosted by Mark McCulloch).
Meet Shereen Ritchie, LEON’s operations director with a difference. In her lunch! Keynote she’ll be discussing how to lead by example and create results that can exceed expectations. We caught up with her to find out more…
Our next Q&A features Marco Arrigo, director and co-founder of Bar Termini — a multi-award winning coffee and cocktail bar with two sites in London. He’ll be taking part in the ‘Coffee Shop Legends panel’ on Friday 21 September sharing his extensive insights alongside representatives from Caffè Nero, Taylor St Baristas, Kaffeine and Abuelo.
Aggie Morrell is head of food at Pod. A new speaker for 2018, she’ll be taking part in the show’s first ever ‘Head of Food panel’, alongside Martyn Clover (Tortilla), Arnaud Kaziewicz (EAT) and Aubrey Thomson (Taylor St. Baristas).
Next up in our Q&A series is Tristan Dooley, owner of Hells Kitchen. A new speaker for 2018, he’ll be appearing on The Sandwich Shop Heroes Panel, alongside the founders of Trade, Philpotts, and Max’s Sandwich Shop.
Next up in our Q&A series is Romy Miller, marketing director at GAIL’s Bakery. She’ll be appearing in the show’s first ever Food-to-go Marketers Panel — Spectacular Marketing Podcast Live, hosted by Mark McCulloch and also featuring Charlotte Adams, senior marketing manager at Krispy Kreme.
Alan Tomlins, MD and co-founder of Small Batch Coffee Roasters, will be taking part in two lunch! Keynote panels this year, including The Coffee Cup Debate on Friday 21 September. He’ll be appearing alongside Sam Roberts, CEO & co-owner of Boston Tea Party, and Ollie Rosevear, head of environment at Costa Coffee, sharing their strategies for reducing single use disposable items from their businesses.
Inspiring, informative, and interactive are the words that Anya Marco – one of the UK’s leading authorities on coffee trends and former executive director at Allegra World Coffee Portal – uses to describe lunch! in this exclusive lunch! speaker Q&A. She’ll be making her show debut this year, with two opening day Keynote appearances.
This year’s speaker highlights include an exclusive Keynote by John Upton, chairman of healthy restaurant chain The Naked Deli and street food brand Mother Clucker. Up until recently he was the MD of LEON and, prior to that, a senior director at McDonald’s UK.
Lynette de la Vega, director of Abuelo, is widely credited as a key player and pioneer of the original, disruptive Antipodean coffee movement. Named one of the “Coffee Kings” of Sydney, at her height, Lynette had five restaurants, 1,750 strong staff and celebrity clientele, who would queue round the block for a cup of her coffee. She even created the ‘babyccino’, the warm frothed milk drink now favoured by hipster toddlers worldwide.