Ms Andrea Zick
PhD Student
- Chemical Engineering
Summary
Andrea commenced her PhD journey in the first cohort of the UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training at NRI in October 2021.
In her early career she was trained as a chef in Germany and has subsequently worked in commercial kitchens in Germany and the UK before completing a 1st Class BSc in Nutrition and Health at Roehampton University in 2009. During her degree she won the Bright Ideas Entrepreneur competition for a healthy food labelling idea and co-published two articles on nutrition labelling in hospitality settings.
Since 2015 she has been working as the PA to the GM at the OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie. In this role, representing the restaurant, she led the business to win a green Michelin star 2021, the most sustainable restaurant at the National Restaurant awards 2019 and the Food Made Good Community Champion by the Sustainable Restaurant Association in 2017.