Foodosofia

Full CV / Resume

KITCHEN EXPERIENCE
Jan 2017- present NAMA Artisan Raw Foods  (London) [Raw chef- trainee] NAMA is a Raw Food restaurant based in Notting Hill, offering — beyond dining – courses, catering raw food cleanses, juice cleanses, and all manner of information on the raw food lifestyle.
Jul 2016- Aug 2016 MENU NEXT DOOR  (London) [Plant based home-chef] A new healthy takeaway platform that connects neighbours to home-chefs. Organic, plant based seasonal menus

July 2015 - Jan 2015 SECRET KITCHEN (London) [Commis Chef]: Helped chef and food anthropologist Anna Colquhuon during her monthly Secret Kitchen supper club dinners.

Sept 2016- present YFood & London Food Tech Week (London) [Community & Innovation Project Manager] 
Jan 2015-Sept 2016 ASTRUM WINE CELLARS (London) [Sales Executive]: Managing 50+ B2B restaurant & ho s in London area with an annual target of 375K, promoting a portfolio of 60 artisan wine growers.
Oct 2013 - Dec 2014 HUMBLE GRAPE (London) [Marketing  & Events Coordinator]: organised, executed wine tasting events and winemakers dinners (30-100 people) for B2B and B2C customers. Managed an an SEO agency & a content writer. Successfully devised digital marketing strategy from scratch for the company and executed PR campaign during 300K crowd-funding round.    

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES
 Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Catering 
Wine & Spirits Education Trust WSET3 Advanced 
Sep 2010 – Jul 2013  History The University of Nottingham.  Final Dissertation on History and sociability of food-growing practices Nottingham since the Victorian Era published on Groundwork Nottingham’s site.

LANGUAGES
Fluent in: English; Italian; Spanish Also speaks: French

REFERENCES

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“Sofia helped me prepare for my supper-club several times. She was very pleasant to work with, efficient in the kitchen, and clearly very interested and knowledgable about food and drink.” Anna Colquhoun | Cooking teacher, food consultant and writer.
“A young woman full of enthusiasm, very expert in communication and in marketing. She has been living in the UK for many years, and writes and speaks English perfectly. She has had many work experiences where she has been in with the public and recently she has been involved with Humble Grape, a young dynamic wine startup based in London. Sofia loves great wines and knows how to talk about them with enthusiasm and great attention. She is inligent, able to learn quickly, and also capable of working with great dedication. We all hope that she will become a promoter of Italian wines in the UK. ”Donala Cinelli Colombini Winemaker and Owner at Casato Prime Donne and Fattoria del Colle (Tuscany) 
“I can highly recommend Sofia. She recently put together an fabulous tasting where I was a guest speaker and I was struck by the combination of her knowledge, organisational skills and true passion for wine. She has an incredibly creative mind and has a flair for making wine accessible. She is just what the wine industry needs more of.” Helena Nicklin | Wine writer, presenter and author of 'Winebird's VINALOGY: wine basics with a twist!’ 

“Working with Sofia on creating the Humble Grape brand for it's digital revamp was a true pleasure. She worked both hard and smart and was quick to learn. Having her on the team made a real difference in getting things done and keeping the project vision on the right track.” Andrea Domenichini | Digital Marketing & Social Media Consultant