Meet the team

Our team have many years of experience and still hold positions within food industry. This allows us to have real and relevant knowledge as we work to effectively manage the daily challenges, we all experience.

With backgrounds in food technology, microbiology, food safety, quality assurance, compliance, animal welfare, importing and exporting, large- and small-scale manufacturing, food service, retail and hospitality we bring a diverse complement of skills.

Whether it’s a start up or a well-established business, we believe we can offer a service that will simplify what can seem to be a complex landscape into more a manageable prospect.

For more information and to discuss your needs call Zoe or Florencia on 09 820 3924.

Florencia 
Florey attained a first-class honours degree from Massey University in Food Product Technology.

As part of her degree, she undertook a study on the shelf life extension of our ready to heat meals using natural ingredients only. The project, which was individually planned and executed, achieved promising results in response to the consumers’ demand for wholesome and “clean” foods. During her last year of studies, she also won the “2019 Go Innovate” competition, supported by Massey’s centre business incubator, by pitching a team-developed innovative food product.

As a result of her achievements and her potential revealed during the year, Florey secured a full-time position as a Product and Process Development Technologist with Westie Food Group. She has successfully developed and reformulated Westie Food Group products in categories which are already available to the New Zealand market.

Florey’s main responsibilities include new product development, and improvement of current products and processes to meet the fast-paced market. With a fresh view, and mentored by Zoe and Stefan, our founder, Florey is avidly applying her knowledge to practical situations and learning about her own passions in the food industry.

Zoe
Zoe has worked in the food industry for over 20 years.
After completing an honours degree in microbiology, she has worked in quality and technical roles at various levels both in New Zealand and the UK for various food sectors including manufacturing, foodservice and retail in red meat, poultry, baking and high risk ready to eat foods.

From this time, she has gathered a large amount of experience including:
-Food safety in both high risk and low risk (including HACCP)
-Internal verification
-Risk management programmes (RMP) Food Control Plans (FCP) and National programmes (NP)
-Regulatory compliance.
-GFSI accredited schemes (BRC, SQF) and ISO quality standards.
-Customer specific approval standards e.g. McDonalds, Burger King, Woolworths, ALDI etc
-Quality systems development and implementation
-Import and export compliance including transitional facility.
-Delivery of in-house training
-Animal Welfare (Red Meat and Poultry)

She is a professional member of the New Zealand Institute Food Science & Technology (NZIFST) and is currently the group technical manager for a collection of businesses including baked goods and ready meals, foodservice and importing.

Zoe prides herself in the ability to debunk complex technical expectations into a form for all to understand and apply.