John Benson-smith is a renowned Food & Beverage Consultant, former judge BBC MasterChef with 50-year career in food industry, having worked in wide variety of businesses including three Michelin star Restaurants. Vast experience in Hotels, Stadia, Arts & Retail. He is regarded as a unique Consultant in UK, Middle East & Europe and Overseas, also an acclaimed writer, columnist & guest speaker.

John offers a bespoke service, he is down-to-earth, straightforward with innovative thinking and a plain-speaking approach in the F&B industry. He delivers robust solutions through forensic analysis and produces successful business turnarounds in tough commercial enterprises and has opened over forty new builds.

His clients have included Morrisons Supermarkets creating Market Kitchen concept, original flavourist to Walkers Sensation crisps, twenty years pioneering UK Stadia as Consultant Chef to Manchester City Football Club plus fifteen other clubs. John visited 48 NHS hospitals with the original better hospital food initiative and pioneered new Restaurant openings in Saudi Aradia and Kuwait and award-winning designs with CFG City football group.