Testimonials
“Lilly is an authentic foodie with an infectious curiosity for all things tasty, healthy and innovative. Lilly worked at innocent during a period of change with us saying goodbye to our Founders and hello to Coca-Cola. While with us, Lilly’s interpretation and delivery of projects demanding both value and creativity stood out as did her understanding of sensory through the design and delivery of our expert sensory panels. Lilly’s energy and positivity was enjoyed by everyone in the team and I would have no hesitation in asking Lilly back to innocent for a role suited to her skills and experience.”
Sam Simister, Innovation Research and Development Director, innocent drinks
“When working with Lilly I was completely inspired and motivated each step of the way. Lilly’s energy and passion is infectious - she is determined, creative and committed. She’s an irreplaceable leader and team player. Lilly holds a wealth of knowledge in all areas of product development including operational and technical considerations and can take a concept all the way to a commercially viable finished product through robust procedures and processes she has created. She is always on hand to attack any challenge in an outside the box way of thinking, ensuring to always deliver an achievable, speedy solution. She has a natural flair and love of all things food and sensory and has a keen eye on food trends. Her sensory development training was invaluable to our team! Her ability to benchmark a product through its quality attributes and ensure consistency is remarkable - she explores all the detail, becomes proficient in whatever process it may be and will continue to optimise this.”
— Jamie Jones, Technical Manager, Rebel Kitchen
“Lilly’s amazing energy for leading an NPD project from start to finish has helped Nurture Brands launch some incredibly innovative yet complex products into the marketplace. Lilly’s sensory wizardry helps us win Great Taste awards as well as catapult our brands forward as leading players in the UK health food sector.Beyond launch Lilly has helped the team set up systems and processes to monitor ongoing quality which has been an invaluable tool for product consistency. If you are looking for someone to take on an NPD project then Lilly is your person!!”
- Ben Arbib, Founder, Nurture Brands
“Olivia and her team took our team through a comprehensive learning exercise that as a food company is essential for understanding the science and subtleties of taste. We continue to use some of those learnings on the product development we carry out even now. They were very helpful and easy to work with.”
- Ryan Kohn, Co-founder, Proper
“Lilly is a creative and vibrant individual, with a passion for new product development. She was always professional and carried out her work to a high standard.”
— Lucy Thomas, Head of Innovation, Graze
“Working with Lilly was a joy. We had developed our products to a point we thought was good and wanted to draw on Lillys vast experience to tweak and refine things further.
The difference between what we turned up with and ended up leaving with was vast, and the drinks we took home were wonderful. Lilly used ingredients we had not thought to try and in doing so created a much more rounded flavour profile and we couldn't be happier.”
— Jamie Chapman, Founder, M*lkman
“Olivia has helped Purearth develop, trial and launch multiple delicious and nutritious recipes across the portfolio including cleanse juices and milks, fermented drinks and shots. Since Olivia worked on our nut milk range, there has been a significant improvement in the taste and texture. This has been proven by 30% increase in sales and 5-star ratings on trust pilot reviews since the re-launch, and due to the demand we have now launched milk multi-packs. She also worked to make the new recipes more commercially viable, and developed a simpler method at the factory for more efficient production. Olivia helped source and connect us with high quality ingredients such as fruit, veg and botanical extracts, from trust-worthy supplies, whilst also bearing in mind MOQ’s and annual volumes. She has also given in-depth sensory analysis on our products, and given constructive feedback. She is easy to get in contact with, personable and reliable with delivering her work load. We will be continuing to use her consulting services for the foreseeable future.”
- Tenna Anette, Co-founder, Purearth
“Finding any company to help you with your business is always a bit tricky. You need to make sure they understand what you are trying to achieve and are on the same wave length in terms of the goals you are trying to achieve. Lilly has been a breath of fresh air and has assisted my business in just the way I needed. Understanding exactly what my aim was and appreciating the stage I am in my business. Her industry knowledge has certainly helped Freesties with their project and helped us gain further insight into the world of food!”
- Elise Chownes-Dove, Founder, Freesties
“We couldn’t have found a better consultant to launch our drops range. From brainstorming initial flavour combinations, sourcing of suppliers and the taste development process, Olivia was invaluable. In terms of recipe development, she has an unmatched taste palette, offering unique and creative flavour combinations. Olivia also assisted us in ensuring that our ingredients & packaging was always kept to a high standard.
Our mission is to create bold, sugar free and unique flavour combinations, and Olivia has been crucial in our journey to delivering this.
Always a positive presence and readily available when we had any queries, we would highly recommend Olivia for anyone looking to launch new recipes or tweak existing ones!”
Pratima, Casey & Ruby - Co-founders, Chhabra
“It was a pleasure working with Olivia on our recent project. She has a deep understanding on what flavour profiles worked well for our shots and took our brief to heart, delivering on flavour, colour and function as well. We look forward to working with her again!”
Nathan Clemes, Founder, Unrooted