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Hyperlocal Material Reuse

Down at our HQ in Hastings, we are lucky to be surrounded by a veritable host of creative individuals. One of these is the fabulous Emily Allchurch, who works with photography as a material. Emily uses photographs and digital collages…

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Vibrant, Versatile and Visionary

These entrepreneurial women have formed a partnership that dares to dream of merging cutting edge creativity and style with true sustainability and durability. Pookie Blezard (Pazuki) and Carla McKenzie (MYA) are collaborating to delight the customers of a broad range of catering outlets, with breath-taking colour palates and designs. Pookie’s talent for unique sustainable fabric […]

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Glasgow Grammar School Hutchesons’ Appoints Caterer Aramark

Hutchesons’ Grammar School, the outstanding independent school in Glasgow, has appointed a new caterer, Aramark. The aim is to transform its in-house catering operation, not only to deliver an outstanding food service to pupils at its junior and senior schools, but also to bring something different to the table. The MYA Consulting team helped the […]

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New Chef, New Ideas at Wolfson

Our client, Wolfson College, Oxford, has appointed award-winning international chef Michael Godfrey as their new Head Chef. He joins the brigade this month after an impressive series of executive chef positions at Eton, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Brunel University. MYA assisted the College with the job specification and recruitment and trade testing process. […]

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Deep Beat Entertainment – Recruitment – Company Development Chef

Another exciting new role has become available at Deep Beat Entertainment Ltd! Company Development Chef; working across the UK, responsible for the company-wide food and beverage offer. The job advert can be viewed here: DBE – Company Development Chef Advert The job description can be viewed here: DBE – Company Development Chef Job Description Contact rebecca.maltby@mya-consulting.co.uk today […]

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Deep Beat Entertainment – Recruitment – Head of People

Our client, Deep Beat Entertainment Ltd is recruiting! The new role of Head of People, reporting directly to the managing director, is now available. The job advert can be viewed here: DBE – Head of People Job Advert The job description can be viewed here: DBE – Head of People Job Description Contact rebecca.maltby@mya-consulting.co.uk today […]

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MYA Defining The Future Catering Strategy for the Brooke Weston Trust

The Brooke Weston Trust is an outstanding multi-academy trust of ten schools, based in the East Midlands. Educating more than 7,000 students from pre-school to sixth form, it has an outstanding reputation for transforming educational performance across local communities.   Carla McKenzie, Managing Director of MYA: “This is a fantastic commission for MYA and we […]

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Wolfson College Oxford Launches Its Meetings & Events Brochure

We have greatly enjoyed working with the team at Wolfson College to write and create their new meetings and events brochure. If you are looking for a unique Oxford venue for your conference, wedding or celebration, Wolfson can offer a wide range of facilities, and is highly recommended. Click below to view the full brochure […]

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Back to School! 8th March 2021

For schools, their pupils and their staff, the 8th March can’t come soon enough. With interrupted learning for nearly twelve months, the government has committed to a return to a new educational ‘normal’ in two weeks’ time. MYA is here to support our existing and new education clients with a variety of services, delivered speedily […]

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Energy Efficiency of Your Sustainable Commercial Kitchen – Sustainability Issue #2

The second article on sustainability, by Olivia Imeson When it comes to design, there is the obvious importance of science, engineering and governance in attaining a sustainable environment, but without imagination and fantasy we will not have the dexterity and flexibility that we need to build a better world for the future. Read the full […]

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Should Your Catering Be In-house, or Outsourced?

How COVID-19 and Brexit have complicated the question, and how to find the right answer. A consultancy report prepared for the Independent Schools Bursars Association (ISBA) by Bev Lusty, Consultant Director for Education, MYA Consulting Ltd. Follow the link below to read the full article: Should Your Catering In-house or Outsourced – Bev Lusty ©MYA […]

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Head Chef Vacancy at Wolfson College, Oxford

Wolfson College is seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic and creative Head Chef, to lead the production and delivery of first-class food at our large, distinguished College. This is an outstanding, long-term opportunity for a successful Head Chef with proven ability, talent and flair to train, lead and inspire a dynamic team to deliver consistently […]

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MYA Consulting Wins Finsbury Circus Gardens Bid

The City of London Corporation has appointed MYA Consulting to develop a catering proposition and kitchen design for the new pavilion in Finsbury Circus Gardens. MYA will be working with competition-winning design team, Architecture00, Studio Weave and ReardonSmith Landscape. “We are thrilled to have been appointed to this project. This building will be unique and […]

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Hospitality businesses to receive grants worth up to £9,000

Following Boris Johnson’s announcement of the third lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that businesses in the hospitality sector are to receive a one-off grant worth up to £9,000 to help them through to the spring. To read the full article by Katherine Price in The Caterer: https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hospitality-grants-9000-rishi-sunak-chancellor-lockdown-2021 

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MYA on Sustainability in 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has been our chief concern over the past year, so it’s not surprising that the issue of climate change got somewhat sidelined. However, it has recently come back into view and we are seeing it with a sharper focus. After a rough 2020, we all know it is time for some game-changing […]

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MYA’s Christmas Jumper Partnership 2020

The MYA team are supporting local charity, The Nelson Trust on this year’s Christmas Jumper Day. Alongside residential addiction treatment in Stroud The Nelson Trust offers training & resettlement housing. Its Hub Enterprises equip those in recovery with new skills. Three Women’s Centres in Bridgwater, Gloucester & Swindon help women facing challenges in their lives […]

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MYA Consulting Still Growing

New talent added to the design team: Olivia Imeson joins MYA this week Olivia Imeson joins from Camberwell College of Art with a first-class degree, and now she’s ready to put her design talents to work on behalf of MYA’s clients. Her degree is in Illustration, but in her graduation year she conducted a design […]

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MYA is Awarded the Consultancy Contract to Define the Future Strategy for Catering at UWC Atlantic

UWC Atlantic, based at St Donat’s Castle in Wales, was the first and remains the flagship College of the United World College (UWC) movement. Today, the College educates some 360 students aged 15-19, from 98 countries: www.atlanticcollege.org   Carla McKenzie, Managing Director of MYA: “We are delighted to have been awarded this project. UWC is on a […]

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  • The team, led by Carla McKenzie, were meticulous in every detail. They modelled the cleaning requirements to deliver the optimum solution for the facilities across EMEA, and really took time to understand the culture of our business. I have no hesitation in recommending MYA and its team – they are dedicated and innovative, and always go the extra mile.

    Natalia Ros Vargas, Office Team Leader, Booking.com
  • Carla and her team have broad experience in the industry. Apart from being very supportive in inventing (new) concepts, they also make use of their many years of experience when implementing these concepts. Their ultimate goal is to let people enjoy honest and good food.

    Marcel Bisselink, Owner, Daily Fresh Food, Galeen, Netherlands
  • Carla and her team worked tirelessly with us to ensure our very international and cross-cultural needs were met with great creativity and skill. They listened to us, responded to our needs and delivered above expectations.

    Angela Hencher, Director of Business Administration, Dulwich College, Shanghai Pudong
  • They are brave enough to challenge others in pursuit of the ultimate solution, whether it be behind the scenes with kitchen flow and catering management, or front-of-house service and design.

    Richard Russell, Catering Equipment Distributor Director, Western Blueprint
  • If all companies who serve the independent school sector had your breadth of vision and openness of mind, I have little doubt that the sector would be a richer and more exciting place to be.

    Phillip Godfrey, Bursar, Halliford School
  • During the negotiation process, Carla’s knowledge and expertise enabled our company to achieve a very strong commercial outcome, and some significant savings were yielded from the exercise.

    Penny Arnold, Commercial & Operations Director, Fusion Lifestyle