Meet the Technical Team

Our Site Operators, The Food & Drink Forum and its team of technical experts have been providing industry-leading support to food and drink businesses since 1998.

We know that setting up and operating a food and drink business can be difficult at times due to the growing number of regulations in the industry.

It may be that you don’t have the technical expertise in-house, or that you simply don’t have the time to manage compliance. You may want to expand your current offering but don’t know where to start.

Whatever your business needs, let the Food & Drink Forum technical team take the stress out of your food technical operations, freeing up your time to achieve your business goals.

Rachel Goff, our Senior Technical & Site Manager, and Zoe Plant, our New Product Development & Innovation Manager are based on site and are ready to help your business.

Expertise include:

  • BRC and SALSA Certification Support

  • Labelling and Legislation Support

  • HACCP Development and Implementation

  • Food Safety and HACCP Training

  • Quality and Internal Audit Systems

  • Recipe Nutritional Analysis

  • Specification Writing

  • Environmental Health Support

  • Manufacturing and Factory Layout Advice

  • Food Safety Support

  • Lab Analysis Advice

Rachel Goff

Expertise Include:

  • Product Development – including ingredient knowledge and access to suppliers, recipe costing, developing for retail, gated systems, recipe writing and methodology

  • Review and Analysis of Market Trends

  • Up-scaling and Factory Trials

  • Product Shelf Life Advice and Extension

  • Product Reformulation and Sensory Evaluation

  • Allergen Control

  • Food Tours and Ideation

  • Maintaining GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)

Zoe Plant