Table Talk

"I was worried at the time. I didn't know what I wanted to do." Kate Halliwell was in her twenties and, despite studying biochemistry at Oxford, she wasn't sure which career path to follow. So she upped sticks and went travelling for two years. "I refer to it as my quarter-life crisis," she tells Elisa Roche in this episode of the Career Conversations series. It wasn't long before Kate was back in academia, gaining a Masters in nutrition, which led to civil servant roles and eventually, to joining the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). In this episode, Kate talks about National Apprenticeship Week, something the FDF is keenly involved in.  "The food sector as a whole needs new people to join," Kate says, adding that there's work to be done to educate people about the diversity of roles on offer. She also points out that many of the jobs that exist are high-skilled as food manufacturing is "becoming effectively high technology". Listen on to find out all about what the FDF does, learn more a