Julianne was diagnosed with severe anaphylaxis at two years old, she has multiple allergies to all peanuts, treenuts, sesame, chickpeas and more. She is the founder and CEO of Creative Nature a Top 14 allergen free brand, through her own experiences and challenges living with allergies she focused on Creative Nature to be at the forefront of ‘free from’ innovation, pushing the boundaries and launching a range of free from foods with good nutrition.
Creative Nature has grown from strength to strength launching the brand into Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Co-op, Asda, Tesco and exports to 14 countries including the UAE.
Julianne is an allergy advocate fighting for change, making people with allergies lives easier and less stressful, and regularly featuring their stories on her blog. She has spoken at the Houses of Parliament, is a judge for the Free From Food Awards and an ambassador for the Anaphylaxis Campaign.
Julianne was recently on the Forbes 30 under 30 List, she was voted by the public as the Guardian's Leader of the Year. Julianne’s company Creative Nature has won Scale Up of the Year in the FSB National Awards and fought off fierce competition of over 2000 businesses Nationally to take the title of the FSB Business of the year and Overall Winner of the night in 2018.
Julie Cleijne
Founder & CEO
Sustainable Kitchen Consultants Ltd
Karen Woodford
Managing Director of The Safer Eating Company Ltd
Kate Dowse
Food Blogger, Gluten Free Recipe Creator and Freelance Writer
Gluten Free Alchemist
Kerri Fidler
Head of Food Quality and Delivery
Coop
Levison Di Raffaele
Lisa Rogers
Head of Food development
Just Love food company
Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne
Chair of Scotland Food and Drink
Scotland Food and Drink
Marc Warde
Owner/Director
Niche Free From Kitchen trading as Bare Food, Libero Special Meals and Noot
Mark Robinson
Business Development
Smurfit Kappa
Marnie Searchwell
Proprietor
Marnie Searchwell Handmade Cakes
Matthew Ford
Operations and NPD
Creative Nature
Natalie Hopkins
Founder/ Trainer
The Allergy Badge
Nathalie Newman
Nia Louise
Olivia Abrahmsohn
Product Developer and Sensory consultant
Tastebud Tickler
Olivia Lewis
Founder
The Free From Black Book
Paige Wood
Category Manager
Dr Schar
Peter Hargreaves
Philippa Christer
Event Director
IFE, International Food & Drink Event
Pippa Sharp
Innovations & Awards Coordinator
Asda
Rebecca Smith
Blogger & Free From Recipe Developer
Glutarama
Rob Brice
Founder
CRAVE
Robin Longden
CEO
Rollagranola
Ruth Holroyd
Blogger and author
What Allergy
Sarah Summers
Brand Manager
Doves Farm Foods
Sarah de Wit
Simon Williams
Chief Executive
Anaphylaxis Campaign
Simon Wright
Founder
OF Plus Ltd
Sophie Wright
Marketing Manager, IFE
Montgomery Group
Sue Warren
Strategic Development Director
Unismack
Susan Gafsen
Director and Founder
Pep & Lekker
Tanya Ednan-Laperouse
Co-Founder
The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation
Tom Treverton
UK Portfolio Director
F2F Events Ltd
Victoria Lee
NPD Consultant
Victoria Lee UK Ltd
Zahra Hadi
NPD and Innovation Specialist
Eatzwithzee
Julianne Ponan
Founder
Creative Nature