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Simon Stenning

With a 30+ year career founded in operational management, with Forte, Hilton and Pret A Manger, Simon moved to a development & strategic marketing role with Compass Group, before developing Allegra Foodservice into the leading source of market intelligence, selling this to William Reed where Simon created and led MCA, merging the data, insight, news and events businesses.
Acknowledged as the leading analyst of the market and expert in making sense of all the data and insight available, Simon stepped down from MCA to launch Future Foodservice, providing unique foresight into the future.

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John Hutson

Biography: John Hutson, Chief Executive of JD Wetherspoon

John was born in July 1965 and is a graduate of Exeter University (1983-1986) and City University (1986-1987). He began his hospitality career with Taylor Walker, then part of Allied Domecq, as an area manager in London. He joined Wetherspoon in 1991, when the company operated around 20 pubs. He became Operations Director in 1994 and was appointed to the Board in 1996. He was appointed Managing Director in 1997 and has been Chief Executive since 2004. John is married to Susan and has three children.

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Simon Wright

Simon has worked in the world of sustainable food and drink for his entire career ,supporting manufacturers, retailers, NGOs and government. He drafted the UK’s very first organic legislation and I am currently working with Defra as part of EGOP (Expert Group on Organic Production) to help narrow the gap between UK and EU organic legislation. Simon also sits on the board of the Fairtrade Foundation and the Standards Board of the Soil Association. And he sells chocolate. More here www.ofplus.com

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James Knappett

James Knappett is chef patron and co-founder of Kitchen Table. Originally from Soham, Cambridgeshire, James trained at catering college before building his career at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, The Berkeley and The Ledbury in London. James later worked at Rick Stein’s The Seafood Restaurant in Padstow, followed by acclaimed international kitchens including Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York and Noma in Copenhagen. In 2012, James and his wife, Sandia Chang, opened Kitchen Table in Fitzrovia, earning its first Michelin star in 2014 and a second in 2018.

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