Harnessing the Future of Food with Bernadette Eriksen
We’re delighted to confirm that multi-award winning entrepreneur Bernadette Eriksen of Flavour Creations will be a part of the innovative and inspiring speaker line-up at The MktReady Incubator – programmed by Bentleys.
Bernadette Eriksen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flavour Creations, a Brisbane-based food manufacturing company that researches and develops innovative dysphagia and nutrition products intended to support a healthy lifestyle and improve the lives of thousands living with dysphagia. Flavour Creations supplies to hospitals, residential aged care facilities and directly to consumers living in the community – both in Australia and internationally.
What started out as an idea on Bernadette’s kitchen bench in the late 1990’s has become an international success story, after she discovered a gap in the market for providing food and drink solutions that not only taste great but offer maximum nutritional density and enhance the quality of life. Flavour Creations is now recognised as a global leader for innovation in the industry, producing more than 100,000 cups of pre-thickened liquid per day alongside a growing range of targeted food first nutritional solutions, employing over 100 staff locally and restoring dignity and independence to thousands of people all over the world.
At the 2017 Telstra Queensland Business Women’s Awards, Bernadette won the Telstra Queensland Business Woman of the Year Award and Entrepreneur Award. She was also named the Greater Brisbane Woman in Business of the Year Award 2017. In addition, Flavour Creations won the Queensland Urban Utilities Award for Product Innovation for its Dysphagia Cup at the 2017 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards.
In addition, Bernadette has been named a Finalist in the following awards:
- 2016 Brisbane Region Women in Business Awards (Innovation & Technology)
- 2013 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards (Business Person of the Year)
- 2009 Telstra Queensland Business Women’s Award
Are you a food business ready to build, scale and grow?
Bernadette will share her experience and her wisdom as part of this three-day intensive program that will provide you with the learning and skills development that you need to get market-ready.
As a part of Brisbane Marketing’s Future Food Initiative, this program will serve up workshops, tools, techniques and approaches – delivered by Bentleys and industry experts – that will help your food business to tackle the challenges that come with growth. You will also have opportunities to meet and network with investors, industry leaders and colleagues whose passion for growth and collaboration mirrors yours.
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The MktReady Incubator Team
Andrew Keily
Partner
Bentleys Queensland
Lauren Welk
Partner
Bentleys Queensland
Ryan Rostron
Partner
Bentleys Queensland (Emerald)
Heidi Mayhew-Sanders
Director
Bentleys Queensland
Brendan Goulding
Director, International Advisory
Bentleys Queensland
Hamish McIntosh
Director, Finance and Lending
Bentleys Queensland
Ashley Honeyman
Director, Financial Planning
Bentleys Queensland