November 2024 News and events

A Cwmbran Artisan Patisserie aims to celebrate its 20th birthday by implementing a range of sustainable baking practices on their journey to a low-carbon future. Sustainability is a top priority of Sian and Ian Hindle who founded La Creme Patisserie in 2005. Now, with the duo’s children holding key positions within the company, the family business has committed to taking steps to reduce their company’s carbon emissions, with the aim to become a net zero...

The Wales Food and Drink Awards are back for 2025 and are now open for entries and nominations. Each year these national awards recognise and honour the outstanding contributions and achievements within the Welsh Food and Drink industry. As we enter our fourth year, we look forward to once again championing the success of Welsh food and drink producers, big and small from every corner of Wales. The awards reflect the diversity of this exciting...

Over 165 primary schools across Wales have been enjoying a new School Activity Ideas Pack created by the Welsh Government funded programme; Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru | Food & Drink Skills Wales. The pack, which encourages pupils to consider environmental factors affecting our food chains, was launched as part of Wales Climate Week (November 11 - 15). This year’s Wales Climate Week focused on the theme of “adaptation” in the context of climate change...

Food and drink companies from across Wales are being invited by the Welsh Government to register their interest for next year’s Blas Cymru / Taste Wales 2025 brokerage “meet the buyer” event, which will be held at the ICC Wales in Newport. First launched in 2017 and held on a bi-annual basis since, it has become a signature event for the food and drink industry, bringing together producers, suppliers, buyers, and food industry professionals from...

The Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru | Food & Drink Skills Wales programme, recently called upon ambassadors of the food and drink industry to form a specific Expert Group to identify skills gaps and opportunities within the industry. The main aim of the Expert Group was to identify the critical skills gaps that exist within the food and drink manufacturing industry in Wales. This would draw upon the group’s unrivalled knowledge to understand and summarise...

2 day course to be held at: Hensol Castle Distillery - 13th and 14th November 2024 In The Welsh Wind Distillery - 27th and 28th November 2024 Register HERE Delivered by The Mixing Class; the Food & Drink Skills Wales programme is hosting WSET Level 2 Spirits Training in collaboration with the Food & Drink Wales Drinks Cluster. Level 2 Spirits is a two-day course that looks closely at production methods of key spirit categories...

Delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Food & Drink Skills Wales are offering a series of online workshops for food and drink manufacturing and processing businesses with a focus on decarbonisation and moving towards net zero. These will be delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Workshop Overview This workshop will look at reduction solutions in food waste and packaging waste. Looking at ‘The Food Waste Hierarchy’ which includes waste prevention, re-use for human consumption and re-use in...

Delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Food & Drink Skills Wales are offering a series of online workshops for food and drink manufacturing and processing businesses with a focus on decarbonisation and moving towards net zero. These will be delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Workshop Overview This workshop will look at uses of cooling and refrigeration, space cooling, production spaces / cold storage and process cooling, and share vital information about worst performing refrigerants. Topics covered...

The Food and Drink Wales Sustainability Cluster is embarking on a tour across Wales, hosting a series of breakfast meetings. Don’t miss this unique chance to connect with like-minded individuals in your community, forge new partnerships, and spark collaborative efforts for a greener future. Each meeting will feature insightful local speakers who will share their expertise on sustainable practices and explore avenues for improvement. Join the Sustainability Cluster at their next stop, Rossett Hall Hotel...