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Radio Walks & Sound StoriesHeritage Stories 2024 at Chiltern Open Air MuseumEverything we do at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) is about bringing history to life and stimulating the senses of our visitors. In our exhibits you can see, smell, and touch history, and storytelling is integral to our mission.
Listen to the latest edition of Campfire Heritage Stories – an annual event when we gather to hear about the heritage and life journeys of people who have made the Chilterns their home.This year’s Storytellers include Karen Bonner (Chief Nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, a descendent of the Windrush generation), Elizabeth Dench (Jamaica), Sejal Sechdav (Ugan...2024-03-2648 min
Scale of One to TechMindful Chef: Breaking Tradition at the UK’s #1 Rated Recipe Box with Co-Founder & CMO, Giles Humphries #21Mindful Chef is a healthy food subscription revered as the UK’s top healthy recipe box, an accolade achieved through fostering innovation rather than obeying tradition…Bringing his marketing experience from Betfair and M&C Saatchi, Co-Founder & CMO at Mindful Chef Giles Humphries joins us for a dive into adapting channel mixes to reach new audiences, creating laser-focused branding, and why you should break the ‘business by textbooks’ approach.This episode coversAdvice for bringing hungry, driven talent into your businessWhy it’s often worth valuing innovation over traditionShifting channels as your target demographic growsThe s...2022-05-0553 min
People Doing ThingsDays Brewing - Duncan KeithSay hello to Duncan Keith. He co-runs Days, a truly alcohol-free brewing company. Launched back in October 2020, this Scottish 0.0% beer startup is riding the wave of moderation. Starting as mainly a direct-to-consumer brand they're now in over 500 physical locations, having sold over 1/4 million bottles to date. Having recently raised £1mn to help fuel their growth with investors such as Mindful Chef's Giles Humphries, Propercorn's Ryan Kohn and Camden Town's former MD Adam Keary, they are preparing themselves for hoppy greatness. However, the world of alcohol-free is fighting over way more than just Dry January and Sober October. Indeed, the NoLo category is worth...2022-01-0528 min
The Office Providers Talking Office Space and Flexible WorkspaceCan We Vaccinate Our Businesses, Too?This is an audio version of a blog post written and published by Managing Director, Mike Gardener, on 29th June 2021. Apologies for the newsjacking-style title, however, the mainstream press has been running with clickbait headlines such as ‘the office is dead’ and ‘will we ever return to the office?’ and so on, since the Covid-19 pandemic triggered lockdowns in March 2020, so, we thought it was fair game. In our last post, we spoke about how businesses are once again examining how they can best make themselves recession-proof and how adding flexibility to office space occupancy agreements may make businesses less vuln...2021-07-1513 min
True Talks: Rich Anson meets...True Talks: Rich Anson meets...Giles Humphries.Giles Humphries, CMO and Co-founder of health-focused food box, Mindful Chef, talks to Rich about how he and his Co-founder built their business to put purpose, people and planet at the heart of their operations. Giles also shares his founder journey from the early stages through to its acquisition by Nestle and discusses some of the challenges faced during the pandemic, which included how to deal with a trebling of demand over a very short period.2021-05-1937 minTrue Talks: Rich Anson meets...True Talks: Rich Anson meets...Giles Humphries, Mindful Chef.Giles Humphries, CMO and Co-founder of health-focused food box, Mindful Chef, talks to Rich about how he and his Co-founder built their business to put purpose, people and planet at the heart of their operations. Giles also shares his founder journey from the early stages through to its acquisition by Nestle and discusses some of the challenges faced during the pandemic, which included how to deal with a trebling of demand over a very short period.2021-05-1937 min
True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny FontanaAshley Beedle interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 037 (Part 2)TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ASHLEY BEEDLE # 037 - PART 2
In this second part Ashley Beedle takes us behind the scenes of meeting Norman Jay at The Notting Hill Carnival and starting to be booked at his first solo DJ gigs. He explains how “New Jersey Deep” was created and the feeling of hearing his records played at Sound Factory in New York City with DJ Frankie Knuckles thanking him for making such a great record. He also has his first chart super hit with Talking Heads lead vocalist David Byrne with the song called “Lazy” and being invited to perform on...2021-04-071h 29
Tiger Heart ChatsTiger Heart Chats: Episode 19 - Archie WilkinsonThis is the nineteenth episode of the Tiger Heart Chats podcast featuring Tiger Heart CEO Sanj Surati and The Lifesaver CEO, Archie Wilkinson recorded on Wednesday 11th November 2020. Lifesaver is a UK certified B Corp providing power as a service across live events and venues. In the first 18 months of trading, they have seen revenues grow 390%, secured investment, reached over 40k customers in 11 countries, worked with Google, Nissan, Three Mobile, Network Rail, Ryder Cup, AEG, Live Nation & Formula 1. On this podcast Archie and Sanj talk about how to be an entrepreneur in the current Covid landscape and offer advice for...2020-11-1552 min
DeclassifiedDC19 Episode 15 - Giles HumphriesThe Mindful Chef.
Today we speak with Giles about the start of his business, why doing what he is doing is having a positive impact and why the way we consume and buy food has changed forever.
mindfulchef.com2020-05-0631 min
Happy PlaceMyles Hopper & Giles HumphriesStarting a business can take its toll - so what can you do to make the process that bit easier? The founders of Mindful Chef join Fearne to talk about the highs and lows of working together to deliver healthy ingredients and tasty recipes to your door.For 25% off your first 4 boxes at Mindful Chef, plus a free recipe book from founders Myles & Giles, go to mindfulchef.com/HAPPYPLACE or use the code HAPPYPLACE at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-03-0941 min
How I Grew My BrandMindful Chef Co founders Giles Humphries and Myles Hopper interviewed by Mary NightingaleHow I Grew My Brand: The Piper Podcast Season 3: Mindful Chef. Giles Humphries and Myles Hopper, two of the three Mindful Chef co-founders on relinquishing power – and a soggy box disaster…
Interviewed by Journalist and ITV News Presenter, Mary Nightingale, How I Grew My Brand is a series of one-on-one podcast interviews with inspiring, high-profile British founders and brand leaders.
From Pitcher & Piano to Monica Vinader, Piper has been helping to build and support brands for nearly 40 years. In each interview we dig into ‘7, 17, 70’, the three critical stages Piper believes businesses will encounter, whether that be number of employees, sales or sites...2020-01-0938 min
Conversations of InspirationS6: Revolutionising the way we eat with Mindful Chef founders Myles Hopper and Giles HumphriesHolly meets Mindful Chef Founders Myles and Giles this week for a wonderfully inspirational interview. This episode hear's these two founders openly discussing their business highs and lows over the last 5 years, but also how a ‘giving’ mentality can transform a weekly recipe box into a true force for good.
In this conversation you'll hear how these two went from packing their boxes to navigating a successful round of crowdfunding. And how exciting it is as a small business, using the power of your customers and community as your biggest and most powerful marketing tool.
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The Startup Blueprint#17 Giles Humphries: It's All About MVP ... and a "Fuck It, Let's Do It" Attitude!In this episode, I am joined by Giles Humphries, the Co-founder of Mindful Chef. Giles runs a healthy recipe box business and, in his own words, is “building a brand that is a force for good whilst maintaining a premium position in the market”. The market he is talking about is expanding quickly and there are already a number of established players with very deep pockets. Nevertheless, he and his team have scaled quickly largely thanks to the fact they have identified and focused on a single USP, tapped into key consumer trends and implemented a successful fundraising strategy. Whet...2019-10-251h 40
Dare to DreamThe Mindful Chef. Roots & Wings“If we’re going to take this leap, it has to be for a company and an idea we truly believe in” Welcome back to Exeter Real; a brand new Podcast featuring the tools, tricks and stories from our greatest entrepreneurs, business leaders, adventures and elite athletes, from right here in the city of Exeter and across the globe. Delving deep into their growth mindsets we aim, through the art of great conversation, to find out just exactly what it takes to thrive in a world full of both challenge and opportunity. In episode #7 we’re chatting with Myles Hopper a...2019-04-1038 min
Strength MattersEP 23: Healthy Eating Made Easy With The Mindful ChefMyles Hopper and Giles Humphries are the co-founders of Mindful Chef a health-focused food box company based in the UK. They launched in 2015 and have since shipped over 500,000 healthy recipes from small farms in Devon where they grew up. The recipes are 100% gluten and dairy free. Mindful farming is important to them […]
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