Blas Cymru/ Taste Wales

About this episode

The episode discusses insights from the Blas Cymru conference and the growth of the Welsh food and drink industry.

Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Rhys Llywelyn, Senior Associate at BIC Innovation; Valerie Creusailor, Co-Founder of Goch & Co; and Neil Burchell, Food & Drink Wales Trade Development Programme, to discuss insights from this year's Blas Cymru conference, the significant growth of the Welsh food and drink industry, and the roles their organisations play in supporting Welsh food & drink businesses on the world stage. 

People in this episode

Host: Carwyn Jones

Guests: Rhys Llywelyn, Valerie Creusailor, Neil Burchell

Topics covered

• Welsh food industry
• Blas Cymru conference
• food and drink business support
• trade development
• industry growth

Keywords

• Blas Cymru
• Welsh food
• food and drink industry
• trade development
• BIC Innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BIC Innovation, Goch & Co, Food & Drink Wales Trade Development Programme

Places: Wales

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