Holly Cuthill

Waitress

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Timeline
About me
Senior Business Manager at BRITVIC PLC
Education
- Tormead School, Guildford
  2008 - 2012
  High School GCSEs and A Levels
  Activities and Societies: Dance classes, including teaching Ballet on a weekly basis. A Levels - Home Economics (A), Maths (B), Biology (B)AS Level - Physics (B)GCSE - 9 grades A*-C (A in Maths, B in English Literature, B in English language, B in Spanish)
- University of Nottingham
  2012 - 2016
  BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Food Science 1st Class
  Activities and Societies: Dance Society, Food Society, Athletics Society First class honours degree. Modules have included product development/manufacture, human nutrition including metabolism and disease, sensory evaluation, food trends and research, food factory operations, food safety and microbiology and business.
- University of Nottingham
  2016 - 2019
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Food Science
  My research is funded by Mondelēz International and Nottingham University, titled 'Lignin based ingredients for healthy based snack foods, utilising waste material'. Carried out novel processes to extract and functionalise the lignin into a food grade material suitable for water or fat based products. During my PhD I have been the PhD supervisor for two undergraduate students and two Masters students (2016-2019). I am an experienced user of a variety of laboratory equipment: FTIR… Show more My research is funded by Mondelēz International and Nottingham University, titled 'Lignin based ingredients for healthy based snack foods, utilising waste material'. Carried out novel processes to extract and functionalise the lignin into a food grade material suitable for water or fat based products. During my PhD I have been the PhD supervisor for two undergraduate students and two Masters students (2016-2019). I am an experienced user of a variety of laboratory equipment: FTIR spectroscopy (lead trainer), interfacial tension, zeta potential, particle sizing (nano and micro), microscopy (light, TEM and SEM), rheology, texture analysis, spectrophotometry and spray drying.Conferences:EFFoST, Nantes 2018; Oral presentationFood Colloids, Leeds 2018; Poster presentationCentre of Innovative Manufacturing, 2017, 2018; Poster presentationCoffee, Cocoa and Tea conference, Turin 2017; Oral presentation KTN, Birmingham 2017; Oral presentation, awarded site visit to Allied Bakeries. Show less
Experience
- Pizza Express
  Jan 2011 - Sept 2013
  Waitress
  First experience of working with food, gaining understanding into food hygiene and food safety practices as well as dealing with customers on a 1-2-1 basis in a fast pace environment.
- The University of Nottingham
  Jan 2013 - Jun 2014
  Student Ambassador
  Ambassador for Food Science; engaging with prospective students about a Food Science degree and careers associated.
- PepsiCo
  Jun 2014 - Jul 2015
  Product Technician - R&D Europes' Baked Platform
  Key responsibilities within role included: •Meeting objectives for own projects, which included managing the development of 3 projects from bench scale to scale up•Assisting in wider team's projects•Leading the revision of internal team’s existing sensory procedure and creating relevant scales/tests for new projects•Organising and interpreting analytical assessments of samples •Presenting learnings to key stakeholders•Organising pilot plant schedule and resource for team•Managing general operators•Liaising with suppliersOther PepsiCo activities:•Led organisation of several fundraising events throughout the year raising £2500 for Comic Relief, £200 for Trussell Trust •Managed an activity at Christmas offsite involving organisation of the purchasing, wrapping and delivery of 60 toys for a Children’s Ward Show less
- Oppo ice cream
  Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
  R&D Junior Project Manager
  Independently managed a project from product concept to manufacture. Key responsibilities:•Organising and running trials•Running internal sensory tests•Liaising with suppliers•Contacting potential manufacturers and meeting with suitable companies•Calculating costings and nutritionalsWithin this role I also worked on social media strategy and increased my knowledge on other teams involved creating a successful food product such as finance, marketing and sales.
- University of Nottingham
  Jan 2017 - Jun 2019
  Exam Invigilator
  Supervised undergraduate examinations as a lead or assistant invigilator. Exam types included hand or computer written, computer programme based (Rogo) and laboratory based for exams ranging from 1:1 to 200+ students.
- Britvic plc
  Oct 2019 - now
  - Senior Business Manager
    Apr 2024 - now
  - Product Development Manager
    Sept 2021 - Apr 2024
  - Product Development Technologist
    Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
Licenses & Certifications
- IFST Sensory Evaluation
  Institute of Food Science and Technology
- CIEH Level 2 Food Safety Training
  The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
- WSET Level 2
  Wine & Spirit Education Trust
  Sept 2022
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Holly Cuthill
  IFST volunteer of the week IFST Dec 2014 Awarded volunteer of the week following success of launching the IFST student group at Food Matters Live in November 2014.
- Awarded to Holly Cuthill
  On the Spot Award Manager Dec 2014 Awarded for 'exceeding expectations and deliverables’.
- Awarded to Holly Cuthill
  Heinz Team Challenge Winner - Apr 2014 Won alongside 4 other University of Nottingham students, with the idea to create a student group for Food Science and Nutrition students involving an annual meet up. The first event launched the group, celebrated 50 years of IFST, was held at Food Matters Live in November 2014 and was a great success. Following this, have actively promoted the Student Group through presenting at IFST events and writing an article for IFST June 2015 issue as well as starting to plan the next student… Show more Won alongside 4 other University of Nottingham students, with the idea to create a student group for Food Science and Nutrition students involving an annual meet up. The first event launched the group, celebrated 50 years of IFST, was held at Food Matters Live in November 2014 and was a great success. Following this, have actively promoted the Student Group through presenting at IFST events and writing an article for IFST June 2015 issue as well as starting to plan the next student event. Show less