Hospitality. Sustainability. Flavour Innovation.

Award-winning chef, speaker and hospitality innovator Colin Wheeler-James

Lead Chef and co-founder of Ground Up Cookery, delivers engaging keynote talks, chef demonstrations and industry events across the UK and internationally.

Known for his energetic, thought-provoking and highly sensory style, Colin combines sustainability, flavour innovation, fermentation, reduced waste and real-world hospitality insight in a way that is practical, commercially relevant and genuinely inspiring. Whether speaking to chefs, hospitality leaders, apprentices or public audiences, every event is tailored to the audience, venue and objectives.

Colin has delivered talks, demonstrations and experiences for organisations and events including:

• World Chefs Congress
• Marcus Waring Future Chefs and BBC Tales From a Kitchen Garden
• Universal Cookery & Food Festival
• Dartmouth Food Festival
• National Association of Care Catering
• Compass Group
• Sodexo
• ISS
• HIT Training
• IFEX Exhibition
• The Association of Foragers

He has also appeared on BBC programming, podcasts, panel discussions and hospitality events exploring sustainability, flavour innovation, fermentation and the future of food.

Speaking Themes

Talks and events may explore themes including:

• Sustainability that actually works
• The hidden profit in food waste
• Fermentation and flavour development
• The future of hospitality
• Seasonal and wild food
• Creativity in professional kitchens
• Building memorable food experiences
• Reducing waste without reducing quality

Sessions range from keynote speaking and live chef demonstrations to immersive workshops, tasting experiences and collaborative industry events.

A Different Kind of Hospitality Speaker

Ground Up’s talks are designed to be:

• Engaging
• Practical
• Inspiring
• Visually rich and flavour-led
• Commercially realistic
• Memorable, discussion-led and interactive
• Thought-provoking, challenging conventional hospitality thinking

The focus is always on helping people think differently about food, hospitality and sustainability.

Bespoke Hospitality Events & Speaking

All talks, demonstrations and experiences are tailored to the audience, venue and objectives of each event.

We offer:

• Keynote speaking
• Chef demonstrations
• Panel discussions
• Workshops and team sessions
• Hospitality events and experiences
• College and apprenticeship events
• Food festivals and public events

Available across the UK and internationally.

For further information, availability and speaking fees, please contact us directly.

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