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The Food Mentor

For those of you who know me, you would know I love working in this wonderful food industry, but I also love talking about it!The Food Mentor Podcast unravels innovative, insightful and insprirational stories from individuals and businesses from the food industry. If you are interested in developing or growing a food or beverage brand/business or you are a retail, food service, hospitality, distribution company or even a food industry service provider, then we have you covered. One thing is for sure

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26:54

Episode #36 - Meet Matt Demicoli Co founder and...

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2025/11/07

Today I’m chatting with Matt Demicoli the Co Founder and Managing Director of Health Lab. This year the team celebrate their 10th birthday. Health Lab burst on to the scene back in 2015 with delicious plant based, gluten free protein snacks. You can find the health lab, Indulgent Balls, slices and bars in just about every supermarket and convenience store across Australia. Matt and the team have done a fabulous job over the last decade positioning themselves as one of the leading indulg...

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45:39

Episode #35 Sugira Rubasha chats with David about...

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2025/10/10

Today I’m chatting with Sugira Rubasha from ETS Rubasha media. We’re talking about my personal and professional journey, from humble beginnings growing up on the South Coast of England to now partnering with businesses to develop multi million dollar brands world wide. We chat though my views on the importance of your personal brand, creating the career path that YOU want and how I shifted from the corporate world as an employee to a food entrepreneur enjoying the freedom that com...

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Episode #34 - Meet Fuad and Mehmet the baby faced...

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2025/09/23

Welcome back to the Food Mentor podcast my name is David Burns your host and today we’re chatting with Fuad and Mehmet the founders of Pistabella Pistachio spread. It would be no secret that anything pistachio is in vogue in a big way right now, so in this episode we chat with the boys to understand how they saw this opportunity and more importantly how they’re going with the supply to Coles Nationally after only trading for just over 12 months. This is a fantastic inspirational story f...

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Episode #33 - Meet Remy, Rory & Maxi the Malvern City...

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2025/08/20

Hey everybody welcome back to the food mentor podcast my name is David Burns your host and today we’re doing something a little bit different. Growing up in England soccer (or football as the world game calls it) was a big part of my life, and when I’m not injured I still play for Brighton Albion (Bayside Melbourne). I always fancied coaching young boys and this season I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity with the U15’s including my boy Luca and also Remy in the U10’s ...

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46:14

Episode #32 - Meet Chris Kitto. A conversation on how...

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2025/07/11

Today I’m chatting with Chris Kitto, the founder of KittGro Advisory, a trusted growth partner for Australia’s emerging and scaling food, beverage and wellness brands. Chris has spent more than 20 years working in the Australian retail space, with over 10 years focused specifically on building and scaling food and wellness brands. Chris has worked closely with ambitious founders to bring products to life, launch into retail and build brands that last. Today Chris and I chat about numero...

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Episode #31 - Big news for the convenience store and...

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2025/05/23

In this episode of The Food Mentor Podcast we are chatting with the founder Milo Gaffney about this exciting new hot snacking brand Go Snack. Go Snack provides hot snacks conveniently packaged specifically for the convenience and travel industries. For convenience store and travel industry operators it’s as simple as from the freezer to the oven then into the hot hold unit - enabling consumers to grab and go and enjoy hot snacks on the go! Creating a safe working environment and efficie...

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Episode #30 - Meet Jamie and Kim the founders of...

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2025/04/26

Hi everyone welcome back to The Food Mentor Podcast, I'm David J Burns your host. I’m delighted today to chat with Jamie and Kim the founders of ILOVEUBABE XO exclusive womens collagen infused chocolates. Perfect for gifting, beauty and self indulgence - and just for women! Edible beauty as this segment is called is in huge growth hitting $300 mil in the USA, so its perfect timing for Kim and Jamie to capitalise on this opportunity. The brands ethos is love yourself and your body - ...

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Episode #29 Pistabella Pistachio Spread - the new...

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2025/03/14

It’s always very exciting in the food industry when a new segment comes along. Pistachio nuts are not new but Pistachio Spread certainly is. I’m delight today to welcome Fuad Baker the Sydney based founder of Pistabella Pistachio Spread. This is a classic entrepreneurial story whereby Fuad and the team recently launched one of the first Pistachio Spreads in Australia. The thing that really stands out with Pistabella and this pistachio spread is that it would have to be one of the ...

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26:56

Episode #28 - Lets celebrate Cubbyhouse Canteens 1st...

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2024/12/09

Meet Bec and Narelle Thompson. The powerhouse sister duo who this month are celebrating their first birthday for the Cubbyhouse Canteen retail venture.The Cubbyhouse Canteen brand is a childrens lifestyle brand supporting youth mental health - but the brand is not actually new.For 15 years Bec & Narelle have enjoyed life within their thriving Cubbyhouse Canteen parkside cafe at Union Park in Armadale in the South East suburbs of Melbourne.Over the 15 year journey, the girls have developed...

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Episode #27 - Meet Arianne Sackville: Founder of Bell...

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2024/10/07

In this episode of The Food Mentor podcast, I’m chatting with Arianne Sackville, founder of Bell and Bone, a pet food brand all about healthy, natural ingredients for dogs. Arianne shares her career journey, beginning with her university days at Monash and an internship at IBM, where she learned the importance of working for a brand she's passionate about. Arianne then decided that corporate life wasn’t for her. This led her to start her own business in the pet care industry, inspired b...

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Episode #26 - Meet Juliet Barratt Co Founder of one...

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2024/09/19

It’s not often you get the opportunity to chat with a successful brand co founder that sold to a multinational for 200 Million Pounds just 10 years after launching their brand in the UK.The brand is of course Grenade. Launching in the UK in 2010 with the vision of being an iconic weight loss product and the go to brand within Sports Nutrition.This really is a fabulous chat with Juliet Barratt who with husband Alan identified a gap in the market then took the Grenade brand into 80 countries ov...

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27:42

#25 Meet Marie Hatzimihalis who founded Honest Gum 10...

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2024/08/27

Today we are talking all things chewing gum.But not any old chewing gum. A big welcome to Marie Hatzimihalis the founder of Honest Gum (other wise known as The Gum Girl) Honest Gum is the new frontier of chewing gum - ethically crafted and sustainably made and unlike other chewing gums on the market Honest Gum is made without a synthetic gum base. Honest Gum is also packed with real ingredients and all natural flavours. Marie founded Honest Gum 10 years ago and like any br...

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34:56

Episode #24 Meet the fascinating Tony Hunter, one of...

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2024/08/14

Today we are chatting with an industry colleague of mine Tony Hunter.I met Tony about 5 years ago and I must say my first chat with him was extremely fascinating to say the least.Tony lives in Brisbane here in Australia and is a Food Futurist, renowned for helping manufacturers, retailers and the food industry in general understand what the future of food will look like in 10, 20 and 30+ years time.We all love talking about trends and what could be next – but this chat is on another new level...

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24:27

Epsiode #23 Meet Brendan Lane Mullins the Australian...

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2024/07/05

This episode of the food mentor podcast takes a slight twist into the hospitality and hotel management world.On a recent business trip to Indonesia I met a fantastic Australian Brendan Lane Mullins the General Manager of Bali’s leading luxury hotel The Seminyak Spa and resort.https://www.theseminyak.comAs most people would know Seminyak in Bali is one of the most popular tourists spots in Asia.I thought Brendan would be a fantastic guest on our Food Mentor Podcast and I was absolutely correct...

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22:40

Episode #22 Meet Milo Gaffney - The Founder and...

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2024/06/03

There’s never a dull moment in the food manufacturing world and this story is no different.Milo Gaffney has just celebrated his 20th Anniversary of The Outback Pie Company, having founded the business at the end of 2003 with his family.Milo has created a fabulous business by innovating, differentiating and filling the gaps in the market that major competitors have left behind!On top of that, The Outback Pie Company is based up in Australia’s tropical north QLD’s balmy Townsville, opposite the...

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24:08

Episode #21 Meet the founders Joe and Cindy of...

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2024/04/29

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27:36

#19 The Parkrun 20 year journey is an amazing story...

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2024/02/22

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28:36

#18 - Meet David Freeman the CEO and founder of...

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2024/02/16

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25:00

#17 - In this episode our hosts David and Zac outline...

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2024/02/02

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#16 - With a New Year comes new opportunities, with...

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2024/01/09

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