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About Cotswold Taste

How It Works

Cotswold Taste is a member-owned, not for profit co-operative that provides vital advice, business, marketing and promotional support to its members, food chain producers and support businesses to help their resilience and business success.

It is able to draw upon a wealth of knowledge of land management, food and drink production, supply and retailing, and hospitality outlet management.

It is also looking to form relationships with major participants in the food and drink chain, who can help Cotswold Taste to secure market presence and achieve its objectives.  We work with FOOD FROM ENGLAND and TOO GOOD TO GO.  

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Directors

Cotswold Taste has a Board of highly qualified individuals with wide-ranging experience in business operations and start-ups, the food and drink sectors, business training and consultancy, funding and management, and marketing, promotion and events. 

FIONA SCOTT

CHAIR
Fiona is an experienced Journalist and Media Consultant who is the Managing Director of her business called Scott Media. She is a straight talking business owner and PR trainer and a supporter of ambitious, caring and ethical SME directors.
Email me on: [email protected]

NICOLA HARDY

JOINT SECRETARY
Nicola specialises in market intelligence helping businesses understand their industry sector in terms of market trends, consumer developments, new products, distribution changes or what competitors are doing.
Email me on: [email protected]

CHRIS LEIBBRANDT

INTERIM TREASURER
Chris has a background of over 35 years of management and marketing, an award winning marketeer, writer, designer, journalist and business coach. Chris has worked all over the UK and many countries around the world.
Email me on: [email protected]

RICHARD BAINES

DIRECTOR
Richard is Principal Consultant at Agri-Business & Community Development. He is an indepent Consultant focussing on agriculture and food supply chain sustainability and the impacts on rural community development.
Email me on: [email protected]

CAROLINE TOPPING

JOINT SECRETARY
Caroline has over 25 years experience in sales and marketing working with global brands and SMEs primarily helping to grow sales using an integrated mix of on and off line marketing tools and channels.
Email me on: [email protected]

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Technical Advisory Panel

Cotswold Taste’s Technical Advisory Panel has been set up to offer a “one-stop shop” solution for Cotswold Taste members wanting technical services, and to help co-ordinate the activities and efforts of the business partners of Cotswold Taste.

The Panel’s members bring a wealth of expertise and experience to the organisation.


The key technical service areas in which the Technical Advisory Panel provides advice, support and guidance are:

  • Technical accreditation and compliance
  • Policy and Legislation
  • Supply chain networks
  • Food safety and hygiene (practical)
  • Traceability and provenance
  • Technological advances
  • Food fraud
  • Food waste

If the Panel cannot directly provide support in relation to queries or requests, it will seek to refer enquiries to an industry expert business partner, organisation or consultancy who can help.

Technical Advisory Panel Members – information coming soon

Communications Advisory Panel

Cotswold Taste’s Communications Advisory Panel has been set up for Cotswold Taste members wanting advice and assistance with communications of all kinds.

The Panel’s members have many years’ experience in PR, communications, marketing, copywriting and promotional work. 

 The key technical service areas in which the Communications Advisory Panel provides advice, support and guidance are: 

  • Conventional media relations 
  • Social Media relations 
  • Website, including the Online Member Directory and Member Forum 
  • Publications and newsletters including copyright issues 
  • Printing 
  • Stakeholder relations (financial and non-financial entities) 
  • Logo use by members 

 If the Panel cannot directly provide support in relation to queries or requests, it will seek to refer enquiries to an industry expert business partner, organisation or consultancy who can help. 

Communications Advisory Panel Members – information coming soon