Stickybeak Station: Showcasing Great Products – Including Yours!
We’ve got a confession: our name is Foodpreneurs Festival and we are nosey parkers. Yep, there’s nothing we like more than having a stickybeak at specialty food, drink, pet food products & supplements on the market… and we know we’re not alone!
We invite you to bring along three products (maximum) so we, and all festival-goers, can have a good old stickybeak at the fabulousness you’ve created.
It doesn’t matter if your product is new to market or has been around for a while, as long as it is shelf-ready, and shelf-stable, there’s a space for you on the station. We know not all goodies will be able to withstand a whole day at room temperature and we don’t want anyone to miss out so if your product is not shelf-stable, just bring the packaging and pop that on the shelves!
Please note there won’t be any heating, chilling or freezing facilities.
Stickybeak Station will attract the eyeballs of retail buyers, distributors, sales agents, media, fellow-foodpreneurs and more – all in one day! If you’ve got grand plans to scale your business, get involved because you never know who will notice you, who you will discover and what opportunities will arise. And best of all, the cost to showcase your product is all included in the Festival ticket price!
The People’s Choice Award
At Foodpreneurs Festival, Food Entrepreneurship Academy is giving brand owners the chance to take home the People’s Choice Award for their product – simply by having it displayed on Stickybeak Station!
A panel of industry experts will select a group of finalists, and then Festival attendees will vote for their favourite product. The winner will take home the People’s Choice Award prize pack from Food Entrepreneurship Academy.
How to be in the running?
Get your ticket to the Festival, showcase your products on Stickybeak Station, and then let the judges and crowd do their thing!
Please note: To be eligible for the People’s Choice Award, your product must be displayed on Stickybeak Station by 10:30am.
Meet The People’s Choice Award Judges
Rebecca Brook
Rise Growth Lab
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Roslyn Anderson
Tastebuddies
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She has a background working as a product developer, food technologist, flavour scientist, corporate nutritionist, and food regulatory compliance to FMCG food and flavour companies, and worked business-to-business with the major fast-food chains and supermarket retailers both in Australia, UK
and the Netherlands.
Roslyn consults with small to medium food businesses on a range of topics, including:
• food labelling
• regulatory compliance
• strategic nutrition advice
• product development of nutrition-based products
• nutrient profiling and benchmarking
• advising on allergens
• nutritional information labelling
• nutrition & health claims
Growing up on a farm, milking a cow, growing fruits & vegetables, and baking delicious food is in her blood and still her way of life, with 2 chickens, 4 citrus trees and a veggie patch in her inner Sydney garden.
Naishad Dalal
Food Entrepreneurship Academy
More about Naishad
Naishad Dalal is a visionary food scientist and entrepreneur with a deep-seated passion for food innovation and nutrition. With a Master’s degree in food science and technology from RMIT University, and over a decade of experience in Australia’s dairy industry, Dalal’s expertise spans across powdered beverages, infant formula, RTD beverages, child nutrition, and plant-based products.
As the Founder and Director of Food Entrepreneurship Academy since 2021, Dalal has been at the forefront of launching over 110 products for 35 startups, demonstrating his leadership and commitment to fostering innovation in the food sector. He is also the co-founder and Technical Director of Pipan Foods, a company dedicated to children’s health supplements and snacks, established in 2018.
Dalal excels as a new product development (NPD) specialist, where his philosophy that ‘taste is king’ guides his approach to creating FMCG products that delight and satisfy. His track record of innovation spans functional and everyday foods and beverages, underpinned by a meticulous pursuit of excellence and a collaborative process that involves sensory research with target audiences. This ensures the development of products that not only meet but exceed consumer expectations.
His dynamic approach to food science, combined with an unwavering belief in the power of sensory research and consumer feedback, makes Naishad Dalal an invaluable asset to the food industry and a leading figure in the realm of food entrepreneurship.