Claire Ladkin, Founder and CEO

With a leadership position in the buzzing, globally renowned, food culture of Bristol, Claire has extensive experience of creating communities through food. She was frustrated that there was great food being created in the homes of Bristol, and that those talented cooks had no easy route to market to monetise their talents.

Patrick Makin, Investor and Co-Founder

Patrick was keen to discover really authentic food from around the world in Bristol. He came to Claire with the beginnings of an idea which resonated with her own vision, and All About the Cooks was born. Patrick now acts an an advisor for the business.

Oliver Pykett, Lead Investor

Ollie has been a true 'believer' in AATC since the early days when he was the first investor, and continues to pro-actively support the business. He is a source of valuable advice as he has launched a personalised jewellery brand, Smallprint, and scaled it globally.

Rimpei Iwata, CEO, Cookpad, Corporate Investor

Rimpei will be joining the AATC Board himself and, as CEO of global recipe-sharing platform with 100 million users in 70 countries, will bring a wealth of skills and experience to our scaling journey ahead.

Areas to recruit in post investment include operations, tech, finance, commercial, marketing, Head of Cooks, plus support