What We Do
We help you make tastier, more successful food and drink products. We connect australian food and drink businesses with food science experts & creative professionals.
The Australian Food Innovation Hub
We’ll meet with you and discuss your food and drink product and business needs. We’ll help identify the appropriate assistance you require: whether it’s finding a consultant to advise you on specific food technology or packaging design issues (for example), or developing a specific workshop or masterclass for your team.
Are you a Startup Tasmanian food & drink business, with a view to export?
If you are a startup Tasmanian food, drink, agri-food or agri-tourism business and you have an eye on export, you may want to check out our Incubator Program for assistance: seedlab tasmania.
Consulting Services
The Australian Food Innovation Hub are a global team of experienced industry and academic consultants from diverse backgrounds. We are ideation experts, food technologists, sensory scientists, marketers, designers, innovators, engineers… We’ve contributed to the development of award-winning food and drink (and other) products around the world.
Focused Events
We’ll bring enthusiasm, insights and resources to your business or regional community group via bespoke, tailored presentations, workshops and masterclasses to empower your people with on-trend information and tools to help address real-world solutions.
“Hazel is like a food or beverage dream interpreter – you dream it, she transports it into reality and equips you to put it on a retail shelf. Whether it’s Vegetable, Food or Beverage Innovation programs, Hazel’s workshops and guest speakers are current, on trend, industry relevant, proof of success (and what it took to get there), and you leave the session with the skills and energy to be creative and confident when embracing any food production, packaging and waste challenge. A 5-star experience, a welcoming and friendly atmosphere, with a bit of fun and laughter whilst learning. You build great local and industry connections during each session.
An investment in Food Innovation Hub workshops benefits you by reassessing your current situation of inputs, outputs, loss and waste. The course material enables you discover your potential; and you build a business relationship with Hazel to help you activate your plans for growth and roadmap your future consumer journey. Take up the challenge and enjoy the sessions. I highly recommend.”
The Australian Food Innovation Hub is led by Dr Hazel MacTavish-West, Creative Food Innovator & VegDoctor, Churchill Fellow
Qualifications: BscAgric (Hons, Syd), PhD (Tas). CAg. CF.
Hazel’s substantial scientific and commercial expertise comes from a diverse career in food innovation, plant and sensory science. She works with global experts, Australian producers, entrepreneurs and agri-businesses to develop award-winning food and drink products for national and export markets.
“Hazel is a highly skilled business professional with outstanding project management skills. She is very experienced in food innovation and assisting manufacturers to accelerate new products to market. Hazel is highly respected by her clients.”
Make an enquiry
THE FOOD INNOVATION HUB.
445C MACQUARIE ST, SOUTH HOBART, TASMANIA AUSTRALIA 7004.