What we do

Your in-house food development team. Concept to launch.

Great food is at the heart of everything we do at the studio. Our team of development chefs come with Michelin restaurant experience, entrepreneurship, high-scale retail experience, and an incredible world cuisine knowledge.

It’s not just our best service, creating a menu that is engaging to your customer and on trend is our bread & butter.
Utilise our tried and tested NPD protocol to realise great product development and innovation time and time again.
Striving for improvement is a hallmark of good business. We can identify and effectively communicate any issues that are holding your product back from being the best it can be, then take it on a bespoke development path all the way to relaunch.
A chance for creativity to blossom and ideas to be cemented into reality. A dynamic, hands on workshop designed around your concepts and imagination.
We’re not just your in-house nutritionist, we’ll develop our products to nutritional targets and help you stay ahead of labelling and marketing legislations, i.e: HFSS, Natasha’s Law.
Seasonal menu rotations are vital to retaining and engaging your customer base. We’ll help you prepare a full 12 months product life cycle and menus that ensure you’re never left scrambling for ideas come Christmas.
Every penny counts. Let us show you how to increase profitability through our EPD service and our obsessive cost engineering to your recipe arsenal.
Making the most out of your product with concise, effective recipes for back of pack, your website or newsletters.

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We’ll investigate whitespace and potential gaps in the market and create opportunities to distinguish your product.
An analysis of your current product mix or a hypothetical projection of your new concept to assess viability and longevity.
A comprehensive look at the ‘state of the nation’ within your business. We’ll identify key areas for development and business objectives to work towards.
A clear and detailed system for mapping out your project from start to finish. We can support you with all aspects of contract management so your project is delivered on time and within budget.
As an extension of sales team and your in-house development specialist, we’ll pursue tender proposals to your prospects as well as developing NPD and existing recipes to fit tender briefings. Showcasing current ranges in client presentations and sales pitches.
Sourcing new suppliers for NPD as well as tendering current business to potential new manufacturing partners for potential improved commercials and/or quality.
Investigation and review of production bottlenecks, review of processes and methodology, equipment sourcing and procurement. R&D rationalisation.

We’re your trusted strategy partner, planning for the long-term and staying ahead of the curve.

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We make innovation predictable and support your creativity with verification of market fit, trend timing and target audience.

We’ll deep dive into the latest trends relevant to your product, then produce detailed and engaging reports tailored to your brand.
Detailed SWOT analysis of the best (and worst!) of the competition. Locally, nationally, globally.
We’ll strategically pinpoint and carve out your space in the market, your target audience and your unique selling points.
A tailored fit workshop dedicated to unearthing your mission statement and key brand messaging and values.
Guidance on your brand’s tone of voice, feel and look and a great name that fits your audience.
By refining the key particulars of your brand we’ll formulate custom buyer personas creating a path directly to your intended audience.
Defining the strategy to getting your concept or product launched as effectively as possible.

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We implement physical processes that are watertight. Then automate planning, purchasing and inventory. Then digitise and eliminate paper from your business.

A holistic review of procedures and introducing standardised practices to make your business run itself.
Are you getting the maximum efficiency from your site and your investments? We will evaluate and give you the targets to make this.
Goal setting to commercial targets and making those incremental efficiencies that make a big difference.
Justifying investments to help you make the business case and get the best out of your team.
Upskill in inventory management, purchasing, waste management EPOS, recipe building software and other gold-standard practices that put you ahead of the competition.
Your operational, audit, compliance and technical processes, moved to a paperless process with flawless data capture. We’re experts in a host of cloud based system that can future-proof your operation and make your team more efficient.
Are you making the most out of your investments? We can procure train, program and commission any piece of kit so you and your team get the best out of it.

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We can leverage cost efficiencies with our independent tenders with our rich network of suppliers in FMCG, catering, added value co-packers and more.

With an initial appraisal and solid savings commitment, we’ll analyse your product list and run tenders on your behalf.
Do you have all your eggs in one basket? Our tailored strategy will help you streamline or diversify your supply where needed.
Our relation with our extensive little black book of suppliers and producers means that we can brief and negotiate on your behalf to source unique products and SKU’s that makes you the market leader.
Is your chicken being butchered effectively? Is your spinach as green as it can be? These are the questions we’ll ask and train your team to ask...
As you grow, identifying processes that should be sub-contracted is crucial to balancing your growth, making your life easier and boosting product quality. We will negotiate and forge partnerships to make this happen.

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Scaling up doesn’t happen by multiplying your current operation, We define core competencies and build your scale up strategy methodically and with longevity.

With our experience in FMCG, Food Service and Restaurants, we’re here to help you move your operation from kitchen to factory.
Building the senior leadership team that can can grow your business from the ground-up.
We can bridge the gap between foodservice and FMCG suppliers to level up your business from cases to pallets and from pallets to containers.
We’ll source, organise trials and demos to introduce you to game-changing machinery so you can grow as fast as your ambitions.
Just having a great product is not enough if you can’t scale and expand due to shelf-life restrictions, placing your food quality at the centre of this we can work towards making the right decisions to facilitate growth.
All you need to know to market your product and comply with regulations as you scale.
From first-market solutions, to matching the best in class, we’ve got your packaging needs boxed off.
One of the most important parts of running your business, we can help design your HACCP Plan, develop your products for a SALSA or BRC site and write your companies food safety policy.