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The Food Mentor

By: David J Burns
  • Summary

  • For those of you who know me, you would know I love working in this wonderful food industry, but I also love talking about it!The Food Mentor Podcast unravels innovative, insightful and insprirational stories from individuals and businesses from the food industry. If you are interested in developing or growing a food or beverage brand/business or you are a retail, food service, hospitality, distribution company or even a food industry service provider, then we have you covered. One thing is for sure when listening to The Food Mentor podcast, you will always meet someone interesting (virtually) and learn something new - guaranteed!
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Episodes
  • Epsiode #23 Meet Brendan Lane Mullins the Australian at the helm of one of Asia’s leading hotels The Seminyak Resort and Spa in Bali.
    Jul 5 2024


    This episode of the food mentor podcast takes a slight twist into the hospitality and hotel management world.

    On a recent business trip to Indonesia I met a fantastic Australian Brendan Lane Mullins the General Manager of Bali’s leading luxury hotel The Seminyak Spa and resort.

    https://www.theseminyak.com

    As most people would know Seminyak in Bali is one of the most popular tourists spots in Asia.

    I thought Brendan would be a fantastic guest on our Food Mentor Podcast and I was absolutely correct.
    Take a listen to Brendan’s background and how he has used his hotel management experience to travel the world.
    Amongst many topics we chat about the incredibly friendly Balinese people and how this culture creates superb hospitality service.

    This is a great story including the day in the life of a Hotel General Manager in a luxury hotel in one of the worlds most visited towns - Seminyak, Bali!

    Listen out for Brendan’s special promo code to guarantee you the cheapest rate on the market.

    A fabulous podcast for budding hospitality folk looking to work and travel.

    I hope you enjoy this podcast!

    David Burns is also the founder of DJB Food Group and Creme design helping manufacturers, brands and entrepreneurs develop innovative new products and brands to supply into retail. Also see davidjburns speaker, because we love talking about this industry.

    Would you like to be a guest on our show or sponsor an episode to reach your target audience?
    Connect with us anytime david@djbfoodgroup.com





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    24 mins
  • Episode #22 Meet Milo Gaffney - The Founder and Managing Director of Australia’s Outback Pie Company.
    Jun 3 2024

    There’s never a dull moment in the food manufacturing world and this story is no different.

    Milo Gaffney has just celebrated his 20th Anniversary of The Outback Pie Company, having founded the business at the end of 2003 with his family.

    Milo has created a fabulous business by innovating, differentiating and filling the gaps in the market that major competitors have left behind!

    On top of that, The Outback Pie Company is based up in Australia’s tropical north QLD’s balmy Townsville, opposite the magnificent Magnetic Island.

    http://www.outbackpieco.com.au/

    This is a fabulous chat with some fabulous pearls of wisdom from Milo.

    I hope you enjoy this episode of the Food Mentor Podcast.

    David Burns is also the founder of DJB Food Group and Creme design helping manufacturers, brands and entrepreneurs develop innovative new products and brands to supply into retail. Also see davidjburns speaker, because we love talking about this industry.

    Would you like to be a guest on our show or sponsor an episode to reach your target audience?
    Connect with us anytime david@djbfoodgroup.com





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    23 mins
  •  Episode #21 Meet the founders Joe and Cindy of Sevenoaks Catering and the all new Sevenoaks Foods retail brand. This Perth based couple are embarking on a journey to launch a retail brand after 10 years as a leading Perth corporate catering company.
    Apr 29 2024

    Welcome back to the food mentor podcast I’m David Burns your host and today we are chatting to a delightful couple Cindy and Joe who are based in Sunny Perth, Australia.

    Cindy and Joe established Seven Oaks Catering 10 years ago and it has now become one of Australia’s leading corporate catering businesses supply 1000’s of platters a month of delicious fair to Perth’s corporate community.

    Of course it is now perfect timing to create a retail brand and packaged offer to help fuel the future growth of this fabulous business.

    Lets chat with Cindy and Joe about their plans to launch their new retail brand and how they plan to diversify into a packaged retail range.

    Their website here:

    www.sevenoakscatering.com.au

    I hope you enjoy this podcast.

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    David Burns is also the founder of DJB Food Group and Creme design helping manufacturers, brands and entrepreneurs develop innovative new products and brands to supply into retail. Also see davidjburns speaker, because we love talking about this industry.

    Would you like to be a guest on our show or sponsor an episode to reach your target audience?
    Connect with us anytime david@djbfoodgroup.com





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    24 mins

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