SPILL THE BEANS-Street food- Start your own street food business

NO REFUNDS

SPILL THE BEANS-Street food- Start your own street food business

Join us for an engaging panel discussion bringing  together leading founders within streetfood. 

Whether you're a food entrepreneur, an established brand, or simply passionate about starting a foodie business  this  event is for you. 

This panel will be chaired by Mecca Ibrahim (Co-founder Women In the food industry.) discussing  how to build your streetfood business 

Host

Mecca Ibrahim (Co-founder Women In the food industry) 

Women in the Food Industry, known for championing gender equality and professional development, brings its wealth of knowledge and commitment to empowering female entrepreneurs. 

Their involvement further strengthens the event's mission to create an inclusive environment where minority female food producers can shine.

Rose Wilk-Mullis -Sales & Events Lead at Mission Kitchen

Rose Wilk-Mullis is the Sales & Events Lead at Mission Kitchen, she works with a diverse group of food entrepreneurs, many of whom are driving innovation in the food industry. 

With previous experience working for community food halls like Pop Brixton, Peckham Levels & Hackney Bridge.

 She brings a wealth of knowledge about how street food can serve as a platform for cultural expression, community building, and sustainable business practices.

Jess Warden, Membership Manager, KERB 

Jess has been immersed in London's food and drink scene over the past five years, having worked at Brewdog, Truman Brewery and KERB. 

As Membership Manager at KERB, she works closely with and champions hundreds of London's most brilliant independent food businesses at lunch markets, events and of course, Seven Dials Market. 

In January 2024, Jess worked on KERB's first-ever women-only incubator cohort - an industry-leading programme that has mentored and accelerated the growth of dozens of independent food businesses. 

Jess will share her perspective on London's food scene - including the opportunities and challenges facing many of the brilliant women-owned businesses she's worked with.

Tieyan Co-founder of Jollof Mama

Tieyan is co-founder of Jollof Mama established in 2016 due to the lack of representation at the time in street food.  

She and husband Sam wanted to see more diversity and inclusion of African food in mainstream locations, festivals and events, with their mission being to make good Nigerian food accessible in high footfall and central locations across London and the UK.

The Jollof Mama brand has become one of the leading African Street food brands in London and have worked and collaborated with brands such as YouTube, Snapchat and Taste Uk.  They have collaborated on a campaign with Just Eat for Business for BAME businesses and have  featured in Time Out, Buzzfeed the Sunday times and also appeared on ITV’s V Festival and the Lateish show with Mo Gilligan.

What to expect? 

• How street food can serve as a platform for cultural expression, community building, and sustainable business practices.

• Finding a niche in the market and identifying popular trends.
• Building connections with other local vendors and small businesses.
• Challenges insights, pitfalls and successes from foodie founders 
• Building your brand identity

About these Panel Talks:

Join us for some lively discussion about the highs and lows of making it in the street food business world.

At these talks, the UK's leading voices will be sharing their food business stories and  valuable lessons they learned along the way.

This is an open session for aspiring food founders where we encourage participants to get involved, ask questions and apply ideas to their own projects and businesses.

Ticket includes post-panel talk networking drinks and refreshments 

Please note that this is an in-person event.

Photography and Video Disclaimer

Food Sauce Media (Spill the Beans)will be capturing photographs and videos during the event for promotional and archival purposes. 

By participating in this event, you grant  Food Sauce Media the right to use these images and videos for such purposes.

About STB 

Food Sauce Media, formerly The Food Sauce, is a fast-growing online platform that uses social media to showcase great products and support independent brands and start-ups.

Food Sauce Media exists to connect food fans, businesses and bloggers. We are the home of good food online.

We run Spill the Beans, UK’s only event for Black/ethnic minority FMCG producers to get in front of supermarket buyers. 

The events are attended by 100+ people and  supermarket buyers from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Ocado etc 

Find out more at: https://foodsaucemedia.co.uk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefoodsauce/

Twitter: https://x.com/TheFoodSauceUK

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mission Kitchen, New Covent Garden Market, London SW8 5EL, London, United Kingdom