Comms agency appoints award-winning development chef
Communications consultancy, Liquid, has strengthened its food team with the announcement of full-time development chef, Olivier Briault.
Olivier, an award-winning, Parisian trained, pastry development chef, will help expand the agency 's growing food and beverage offering, working with clients on projects including product development, recipe creation, striking food photography and recipe videos.
Olivier formerly worked in some of Birmingham 's finest kitchens including The Edgbaston, winning 'Best Afternoon Tea in the Midlands ' for four years running, Simpsons and Opus alongside Liquid 's chief operating officer and chef director, David Colcombe.
He also spent a year as a pastry development chef for M&S and will use his creativity in Liquid 's own development kitchen, working with the wider team, to deliver services such as original cookbook development, specialist ingredient recipe creation and food and drink podcast production.
Chef director and COO, David Colcombe said: “We are delighted to welcome Olivier as our full-time development chef. His extensive industry experience makes him the ideal person to support our growing food and drink contracts.
“Coming out of the pandemic, it 's been fantastic to see our development kitchen in action as clients once again seek to expand their portfolio of recipes, food photography and videography. I 'm sure clients will greatly appreciate Olivier 's vision, understanding of market trends and creative ideas. He is already proving popular with his colleagues, preparing daily breakfasts for the team! ”
Olivier added: “It is a great pleasure to work alongside David again, he gave me my first job after moving to England years ago, and I look forward to seeing how we can help realise clients ' food and beverage development needs.
“Taking on the role of development chef in a consultancy will be vastly different to any of the roles I 've held before, but it will be an exciting one that will allow me to challenge myself creatively. ”