If we were looking for an Ambassador who can understand and encourage young talent, you would struggle to find a better choice than 28-year-old Fraser Cameron, head chef at The Globe Inn in Dumfries.

Named as the Scotland Food & Drink Young Talent winner for 2025 in September, Amy Gillies’s journey from the production line to senior team leader at Lazy Day Foods is a great example of how to forge a fast and successful career path in the industry.

Eilidh Wynd, commercial executive at Simon Howie Foods, has spent the last year proving exactly why she was named Scotland Food & Drink Young Talent winner in 2024.

Project co-ordinator Emma Koubayssi is hosting a very special session of our monthly online community event later this month to kickstart your 2026 volunteering - Open Hour: ask the expert

Becoming an Ambassador Employer Partner is not a philanthropic exercise, it is a business investment that directly addresses your talent pipeline, employee development and corporate reporting needs.

The highly anticipated ninth annual #NoWrongPath campaign, organised by Developing the Young Workforce (DYW), is on for a full week this year, running from Monday 4 to Friday 8 August.

Emma Koubayssi is working on building a network of Employer Partners who can help solve one of our industry's biggest challenges.

Scottish food and drink businesses are urged to share their insights on the sector's key skills challenges by completing an online survey.

The new Scottish Seafood Ambassador programme offers an exciting opportunity to showcase the dynamic careers within the seafood industry, seamlessly integrating with the existing Scottish Food & Drink Ambassadors initiative.

While technical expertise is essential, the success of businesses increasingly hinges on the people and the “life skills” of your workforce.

When we’re talking about the life skills an employer needs to have, what do we mean?

For leaders, developing a life-skills-focused culture begins with self-reflection.

Having the right technical skills is just one piece of the puzzle.  Equipping your workforce with strong life skills is essential to building a resilient, adaptable and future-proof team

Petya Dimitrova signed up as a Scottish Food & Drink Ambassador towards the end of last year and talking about the industry is something she really enjoys.

Those joining the workforce need to see and feel the opportunities and we need to attract, retain and develop them if we are going to unlock the potential ahead of us. And that includes developing life skills.

Freda Scott-Park's diverse background - spanning veterinary cardiology, pharmaceutical research, organic farming and even meteorology - has uniquely positioned her as an advocate for Scotland's food & drink industry.

Emma Agnew is a senior scientific adviser within the Scottish Government and she has joined the Scottish Food & Drink Ambassadors programme.

The Scottish Food & Drink Ambassador programme was showcased in Dumfries this week, as employers learned how to “feed their future workforce”.

A newly released toolkit – called Find Your Future In Food & Drink - provides a comprehensive resource for employers, educators, and jobseekers alike, showcasing the sector's diverse and rewarding career paths.

Fancy some fully funded degree-level training for your employees? Then it’s time to find out a bit more about Graduate Apprenticeships.

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When recruiting staff, how you specify the level of skill or competence that you need applicants to have is important.
Here’s exactly the resource you need to guide you.

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