17/18 April 2024
Cotswold Hotel, Golf & Spa, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5QH
Please put the date and venue in your diary now!
Hotel is now fully booked. Day-only packages still available.
For Spring we have an exciting new venue and added optional golf/spa afternoon. This will be followed by the usual BSB networking drinks reception and dinner, then next day conference.
Please SAVE THE DATE NOW!
17 APRIL 2024 – BSB Golf/Spa Afternoon then DRINKS/DINNER/ENTERTAINER
18 April 2024 – BSB Conference. COFFEE/LUNCH.
Book one or all.
Driving Growth and NPD!
All speakers are now in place for the 18 April BSB Conference
JOIN US! at our new venue, the Cotswold Hotel and Spa, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5QH.
Check in: 15.00 (3pm)
Plenty of parking on site
An interesting line-up of speakers will address The Spring British Society of Baking Conference.
Lidl’s head of buying – bakery, Holly Bleach, will tell delegates about Lidl’s strategy, products and buying aims. Winner of the BIA Bakery Retailer of the Year we discover their winning formula and plans for ahead.
IFF’s Gilbert Van der Wal will reveal ground-breaking research into enzymes and the effects and relevance of new discoveries to both millers and bakers.
Delifrance’s Stéphanie Brillouet will exclusively unveil fresh consumer insights, delving into attitudes and habits when consuming Viennoiserie products both in and out of home. She’ll unveil key trends and share practical advice on how to elevate bakery offerings.
Wildfarmed is becoming renowned for its sustainable and regenerative wheat growing system. It is also forging ahead with new major new partnerships. Should all wheat growers consider following its values? Are those values cost effective? Will bakers and consumers pay more for ‘sustainably grown’ end products? Andy Thomas, Head of Grocery, reveals current plans and predicted successes.
NPD is the lifeblood of most forward-thinking bakery producers and retailers. Our NPD panel, chaired by Kerry’s Paul Turner, will consider NPD costings and pricing, with McGhee’s Bakery, Aisling McGhee. Look at new product development and marketing, with Hovis’s Daniel Sanders and consider how to implement and overcome manufacturing challenges with Britain’s leading bakery scientist, BakeTran’s Stan Cauvain. Bakels’ Mark McCormack will provide some guidance and tips for developing a winning product and successful launch through the Stage Gate process from concept to post launch. Have your questions ready!
When Mike Woods, former MD of Avana Bakeries and Memory Lane Cakes, read a book by Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, he took stock of his 30 plus years in the food industry, mostly in cake and the fact two of his three children had severe nut allergies. Then he took the momentous decision to launch his own cake company Just Love Food. How is it going? What is its future, importantly, how is he driving NPD and vital growth?
Join us at the conference networking and business event of the year!
Discover more about driving growth and NPD in all things bakery and milling.
Please book NOW!! Over 40 have already booked for the golf alone, so hotel rooms are going fast and we offer unprecedented value.
Packages & Prices
Conference Payment Methods
Please note: New bank details below.
- by cheque payable to the British Society of Baking;
- by direct bank transfer, using:
Bank: Lloyds Bank
Account Name: British Society of Baking
Sort Code: 30-99-50
Account Number: 11735663
(Please reference with ‘SPRING’ and your member/company name.) - by credit/debit card, using the secure Stripe online payment system below.
Booking Details — Conference and Golf 17/18 April 2024
Package A — Member Conference Overnight Rate
(inc. Conference/Dinner)
SOLD OUT
Package B — Member Conference Only – Day Rate
Package C — Member Plus One Sharing
Conference Overnight Rate (inc. Conference/Dinner)
SOLD OUT
Package D — Non-Members Conference Overnight Rate
(inc. Conference/Dinner)
SOLD OUT
Package E – Non-Members – Conference Only – Day Rate
Package F – Golfers, Dinner, B&B, Golf Round and Conference
SOLD OUT
Package G – Golfers – Dinner, B&B and Golf Round
SOLD OUT
Package H – Golfers – Sharing Twin Room – Dinner, B&B and Golf Round
SOLD OUT
Package I – Golfers – Dinner & Golf Round