Speaker Food

"Sheila surprised and helped our middle management with a highly inspiring lesson in sustainable leadership based on analogies with the 'highest pressure & highest standards' world of top chefs, followed by a sublime cooking workshop. What an unforgettable afternoon and evening it was!"

"Sheila bridges the gap between cooking and the often unruly challenges of organisations. She does this in a language that everyone understands, with a direct style and an enormous dose of creativity. While she cooks, she creates space for reflection and conversation – her menu and the way she introduces it enhance the participants' experience. Especially when dealing with complex themes, her approach provides breathing space, colour and surprising insights. The result: engaged participants, new perspectives and a collaboration that always runs smoothly and is inspiring."

"For a series of inspiration with authentic speakers who have achieved something special, made a bold choice or had an unusual impact on their field and expertise, Sheila gave a presentation to our global teams, from San Francisco to Singapore, from Riyadh to Sydney. Sheila combines her modest and down-to-earth attitude with highly professional preparation and execution of her session. Her intrinsic drive, accessibility to viewers and inspiring story greatly appealed to our employees and transcended national borders."

"Sheila is extremely energetic and inspiring and knows how to engage and captivate her audience. Her personal, multi-layered story approaches leadership from a unique and surprising perspective – that of the world's top chefs. In a vivid, interactive way and with colourful personal experiences, she draws parallels between the ability to mobilise teams, innovate and deal with pressure in business, and that of setting high standards in Michelin-starred kitchens, constantly reinventing yourself and the need for sustainability in your profession. This dynamic fits seamlessly with the daily reality of the female top professionals participating in the Deloitte Women on Boards leadership programme. Sheila makes complexity manageable with recognisable images and concrete tools — look closely, and you'll see if it's right — making her contributions directly applicable and sustainable."

"Farid impresses, with his mix of clients and his broad international orientation. He stands for quality and transparency and despite the serious content, he manages to present that on a smooth and witty way. He certainly can be seen as a shining and passionate driver in professionalisation of the sector trend watching."

“Farid marks the spot by the themes he presents. Although these themes are familiar to commercial people, he looks one step further giving you a pause for thought. You are being a kind of drawn into the future in a rapid, humoristic way with a furore, that makes it ´fun´ to experience.”

‘Marielle Bordewijk gave a keynote speech on the occasion of the WagrALIM 2009 event in Belgium. WagrALIM is the food industry competitive cluster in Wallonia, Belgium. In order to improve competitiveness in the region, the Walloon Governement set up centres of excellence which bring together businesses, training centres and public and private research organisations who are keen to get involved in collaborative high added value projects. WagrALIM, dedicated to the food industry, is one of these centres of excellence.

In order to launch its new platform dedicated to technology intelligence at international level, WagrALIM organized an event in December 2009. On this occasion, we invited Marielle Bordewijk since she is a renowned trendwatcher specialized in the food sector, in order to speak about the major trends in the food industry. She gave her speech in front of an audience made up of members of the WagrALIM cluster, companies from the food industry, representatives of the administration and representatives of other Belgian and foreign food clusters. Her speech was inspiring, professional and very interesting. The audience really liked it and we received very positive feedback about it.’