Food is about cooking and eating, obviously. But it's also about stories, memories, history and expectations. Those things matter because they shape how people understand value, experience and mealtimes. Our Astounding Food Tales series looks at the often wonderfully bizarre…
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Good consultancy depends on more than just knowing what equipment is available. It means understanding how it performs, how it is engineered and how it affects operating cost, sustainability, workflow and long-term resilience. That is why technical visits like this matter both to MYA and, ultimately, to our clients. Last week, Benjamin Donaldson and Elizabeth […]
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On Tuesday, members of the MYA team took part in a training session with Ben Timpson, founder of The Briefing Course and Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander (retired). Ben brings lessons from military briefing into business, helping teams communicate clearly, influence effectively and make better decisions with less noise. For a scaling business, this is important. […]
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We were delighted to take part in this year’s Sussex Chamber Business Awards. MYA was shortlisted in two categories: Scale Up Business of the Year and Export Business of the Year, for which we were delighted to be named a finalist among some impressive local businesses. For a small business from Hastings, this means a […]
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At MYA, we believe it is important for our team to stay close to manufacturers and understand equipment beyond the brochure. Direct demonstrations give us a clearer view of how technology performs in practice, how it supports different kitchen teams, and where it can add real value for our clients. So, on Wednesday 8 July, […]
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We’re delighted to welcome Andrew Norfolk to MYA Consulting as our new Senior Design Consultant. Andrew brings many years of industry experience and will play a key role in strengthening the technical coordination and accuracy of our projects. His expertise will help ensure our designs are well coordinated, technically robust and delivered to the high […]
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Our Management Consultants partner with leading organisations to transform hospitality and food service operations through strategic advice, operational excellence and commercial insight. Working across the UK and internationally, they lead complex consultancy projects, deliver innovative solutions and help clients unlock measurable improvements in performance, value and customer experience. With that in mind, we’re delighted to […]
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Ask people to name a signature French food and they’ll usually say the croissant. They’d be wrong. Not completely wrong. France did what France does extremely well: took something, refined it, layered it with butter, made it beautiful, and let the world assume it had invented the whole thing. But the croissant began further east, […]
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Food prices aren’t just rising. They’re becoming a structural risk. New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit suggests UK food prices are on track to be 50% higher by November 2026 than they were at the start of the cost-of-living crisis in mid-2021. That’s not a minor adjustment. It’s nearly 20 years of […]
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Elizabeth and Ruby recently visited Jestic Foodservice Solutions for the Alfa Professional Pizza Oven Masterclass, held at Jestic’s development kitchen in Paddock Wood. For Ruby, who joined MYA that same week, it was an early introduction to the real machinery of the foodservice world. Not just drawings, schedules and specifications, but dough, heat, ventilation, equipment […]
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George Panks, MYA’s COO, spent part of his Bank Holiday in Tetbury with his wife Stef, covering the famous Woolsack Races for their Instagram food blog, @cotswold_food_bloggers The event sees individuals, teams and juniors race up and down the 1 in 4 gradient of Gumstool Hill, carrying sacks of wool weighing up to 60lbs. It […]
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Most people assume Korean fried chicken is simply fried chicken with Korean sauce. It’s not. Its story is tied to the Korean War, American military influence, post-war economic change and South Korea’s rapid industrialisation. Before the 1950s, deep-fried chicken was not a major part of Korean food culture. Cooking oil was expensive, chicken was more […]
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MYA is delighted to welcome Ruby Scarles to the team as our new Junior Revit Technician. Ruby joins MYA with a strong interest in construction and design, and is looking forward to developing her skills within our busy design studio. She was drawn to MYA by the wide range of sectors we work across, and […]
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Recently, MYA designers Martha Titcombe and Max Curd visited the Marrone, Iglu and Phoenix manufacturing facilities in Northern Italy. Hosted by Andrea Zanin, UK National Sales Manager, and Marco Pujatti, CEO of Marrone, the visit offered a detailed look at the manufacturing journey behind some of the industry’s leading catering equipment. From sheet metal fabrication […]
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Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Vistage business colleagues from Sussex to our offices in Hastings. Vistage is a business peer group that supports high-growth companies in a non-competitive forum. Our speaker for the day was Celynn Morin, an expert in performance and wellbeing. It was a timely reminder that the heartbeat of any […]
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Food isn’t just fuel. That’s one of the quiet mistakes made in catering strategy. We talk about menus, costs, calories, allergens, procurement, speed of service and waste. All necessary. All measurable. All are capable of making a spreadsheet feel important. But eating is psychological before it’s operational. It carries narrative weight. It tells stories and […]
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The current energy volatility in the Middle East isn’t some distant macroeconomic drama. It lands quickly and rather rudely in hospitality balance sheets. Oil, gas and fertiliser prices have all come under pressure from the conflict, and bodies including the IMF, World Bank and World Food Programme are warning that this is already feeding through […]
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People have more or less forgotten what seasonal food actually is. I can remember being absurdly excited when the first strawberries of the season appeared. Or going blackberry picking. Or, in a less policy-compliant phase of rural childhood, helping ourselves to apples from the local orchard. That excitement was real. Seasonal food had anticipation built […]
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We were delighted to join Jestic on an inspiring factory visit to Italy, where our Creative Director and members of the team had the opportunity to visit three industry-leading manufacturers. At Irinox, we saw first-hand the precision behind their blast chilling and cold holding systems. At Moduline, we explored highly effective retherm and holding technology. […]
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With two years’ experience in Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment design and space planning across education, hospitality, commercial and healthcare. Elizabeth brings a sharp eye for coordinated, inclusive environments. As Elizabeth puts it: “I joined MYA because of my passion for designing practical and functional spaces… I was particularly drawn to MYA by the diversity of sectors the practice […]
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Huge congratulations to the Hastings-based Dance Collective: their Children’s Classical Ballet Group, “The Prayer”, has qualified to represent Team England at the Dance World Cup 2026 in Dublin. The Dance World Cup is the world’s largest dance competition, bringing together thousands of dancers to compete at an elite international level. What makes this even […]
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As the Prince of Wales heads to Saudi Arabia to strengthen UK–Saudi relationships, I’ve been thinking about what that actually looks like when you’re there, rather than reading about it from a safe distance. I was back in Riyadh in January with the MYA team, moving between meetings, presentations, and site work. What stayed […]
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Delighted to be backing Hastings International Piano. Serious artistry, real community reach, and a tangible boost to the local economy.
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Newly-recruited MYA Graphic Designer, Alex Thornton, reflects on the life of a creative in the modern working landscape. MYA: Creative Life. It’s a Serious Business – Jan 2026
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Akshay joins with experience on some of the world’s most high-profile projects, strengthening our Revit capability and bringing a detailed, practical understanding of commercial kitchen design. He creates the kind of detail that makes beautiful concepts deliver results that matter. This growth is a direct response to a steadily expanding client portfolio both in the […]
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MYA are delighted to welcome Alex Thornton to the team as our new Graphic Designer. Alex joins us after eight years at Great Western Railway, moving from Designer/Artworker into Brand Designer, with a track record that includes brand guidelines, campaign art direction (TV, OOH, B2B), partner toolkits, social assets, publications, logo development, and giving colleagues […]
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