Bold Bean Co - Amelia Christie-Miller
Say hello to Amelia Christie-Miller. She’s the happy go lucky founder of Bold Bean Co, on a mission to make you as obsessed with beans as she is. But here’s the thing. These beans aren’t just any beans. These are chef approved, top of the range, foodie favourites - meaning you can give Heinz the can and explore a whole new world of protein rich legumes. She first discovered beans while she was on an Erasmus exchange in Spain. One morning, like most students, she was too hungover to go shopping and instead took a jar of creamy heirloom butterbean out of the fridge. They were so tasty they transformed her perspective on beans, helping her reappraise their dusty reputation. After graduating, she had a brief stint working for Gail’s Bakery in London, before moving into food technology with Foodchain, a start-up working in sustainable produce where she became convinced that beans were the answer to so many of our food system issues. It was not until she was furloughed at the start of the pandemic that she decided to turn her passion for beans into a business. In this episode we talk about boldly going where no bean has gone before, growing organically, her tastemaker strategy working with chefs and foodies to spread the word and crowd-sroucing her values like a Gen-Zer. Dig in.