SPEAKER PROFILE

Paul Lindley

Founder of Ella's Kitchen

Theatre: Entrepreneurs

 

Paul Lindley came up with the idea for his organic children's food and drink company, Ella's Kitchen, while Deputy Managing Director at kid's TV brand Nickelodeon. In 2004, he left his job to explore the worlds of retail, food manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods, discovering a gap in the market for his business. Two years later, Ella's Kitchen hit the supermarket shelves, and Paul has never looked back.

 

The company has grown extremely quickly, catching the zeitgeist of the times, and this year, families will spend more than £30 million on Ella's Kitchen foods. In December 2009, Ella's Kitchen was recognised as the 9th fastest growing private company in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100, while in June this year it was voted the Best Food and Drink Brand in the 2010 Grocer Gold Awards, beating giants Hovis, Walkers, Doritos and Cadburys.

 

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