The British Larder Food Consultancy

The British Larder offers a unique consultancy service based on the extensive foodie know-how of its founders, Madalene Bonvini-Hamel and Ross Pike.

Madalene and Ross boast a wealth of food industry expertise and experience spanning the restaurant, pub, food-service, food development, product manufacturing and event catering sectors.

These two passionate foodies are the acclaimed innovators behind the massively popular The British Larder recipe website, which has a worldwide fan base. They have published a cookbook, The British Larder: A Cookbook For All Seasons, and regularly contribute articles to leading publications, including Waitrose Food Illustrated, Homes and Gardens and The Caterer.

Madalene and Ross were also responsible for the highly regarded British Larder Suffolk gastropub, which was a staple of the Good Food Guide and the Michelin Pub Guide and was the recipient of an impressive number of awards. Regularly featured on television and in the media, it received glowing reviews from some of the fussiest food critics and was voted as one of the best ethical restaurants by Observer Food Monthly and one of the best places for Sunday lunch by The Times. It also supplied a range of products to Selfridges.

 

The British Larder consultancy services

New product development

  • Concept-to-launch new product development (NPD)
  • Product innovation
  • Development of unlaunched products
  • Manufacturing process troubleshooting
  • Product/line development using existing manufacturing techniques
  • Product engineering (cost, quality and value)
  • Advising NPD teams, including on product ideas/inspiration
  • New product market gap analysis
  • Innovation day hosting
  • Training
  • Ingredient sourcing and procurement

 

New food concepts

  • Identification of food trends
  • Development and delivery of food concepts

 

Minimum standard development

  • Minimum standard development and delivery
  • Creation of chef manuals
  • Staff training and new process implementation

 

Restaurant consultancy

  • Restaurant set-up consultation
  • Identification and development of concepts and ethos
  • Kitchen planning and design
  • Equipment advice and recommendations
  • Chef manual production
  • Chef training
  • Ingredient sourcing and procurement
  • Menu development
  • Menu assessment and updating
  • Mystery diner
  • Team inspiration

 

Food and product reviews

  • Reviewing ingredients
  • Reviewing products
  • Reviewing cookery equipment and clothing
  • Reviewing recipes, blogs and restaurants

 

Cookery demonstrations and chef training

  • Creation of bespoke cookery classes for chef groups
  • Creation of bespoke cookery classes for non-professionals
  • One-to-one chef training
  • Cookery demonstrations
  • Brand promotion cookery demonstrations
  • The British Larder kitchen secrets cookery demonstrations

 

Food photography

  • Photography for chef manuals
  • Food photography for online and offline publications
  • Food photography for marketing and PR
  • Food styling
  • Restaurant interior, food and chef photography

 

Food writing

  • Creation of new, original recipes
  • Food photography to accompany new recipes
  • Creation of new, original recipes for magazines and other publications
  • Own name or in-house online content production
  • Development of recipes for specific equipment or ingredients
  • Creation of recipes for speciality/ethical food industry organisations
  • Own name or branded cookbook writing and photography