Now established as Dublin Food Chain’s largest annual event series, these highly popular online sessions provide a rare opportunity to hear directly from business founders who have built, scaled and developed successful consumer brands.

Each 60-minute online session will explore the entrepreneur’s business journey, the important decisions they made, the challenges they faced and the practical lessons they learned along the way.

Confirmed Speakers

NEXT SPEAKER: Tom Gannon, Co-founder of Fulfil Nutrition & Serial Entrepreneur - Rescheduled

Join Tom Gannon, entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of Fulfil Nutrition, as he shares the journey of building one of Ireland’s most successful health and wellness brands.

Tom co-founded Fulfil Nutrition with a vision to create great-tasting, high-protein, vitamin-enriched snack bars that challenged the traditional confectionery market. Fulfil grew from an ambitious Irish start-up into an internationally recognised brand stocked by leading retailers across Europe, the UK and North America. The business was ultimately acquired by Ferrero.

Tom’s latest ventures include Electrwave, an innovative hydration and wellness brand, and Slicey Pizza, the world’s first pizza brand created specifically for the air fryer.

Tom will explore what it really takes to launch and scale a modern consumer brand—from identifying gaps in the market and creating products consumers genuinely want, to building brands that stand out, winning retail listings, embracing innovation and knowing when to evolve.

Previous Speakers:

Brian O’Leary, CEO of DMC Foods & Fit Foods – August 27th

Join Brian O’Leary, CEO and co founder of DMC Foods and the driving force behind Fit Foods, Ireland’s number one branded ready meal range, for an inspiring look at building a food brand that has disrupted an established market.

What began as a family butcher business evolved into Fit Foods after Brian and his family identified a growing consumer demand for healthier, convenient meal solutions and is now stocked in all major supermarkets across Ireland, exporting to international markets and producing more than one million ready meals every month.

Brian will share the story behind Fit Foods’ impressive growth, from spotting changing consumer trends and developing products that stand out on increasingly competitive supermarket shelves, to scaling production, securing major retail partnerships and continually innovating to meet evolving customer needs

Gary Lavin, Founder of VITHIT – August 6th

What does it take to build an Irish food and drink brand that can compete with some of the biggest names in the global beverage industry?

Join Gary Lavin, founder of VITHIT, as he shares the remarkable journey of transforming a simple idea into one of Europe’s leading functional drinks brands.

Founded with a mission to create a healthier alternative to traditional soft and sports drinks, VITHIT has grown from a start-up with no outside investment into an internationally recognised brand sold in 18 countries that has scaled on the world stage.

Gary will share the story behind VITHIT’s growth, including the challenges of building a consumer brand from scratch, securing national and international retail listings, developing products that stand out in a crowded marketplace, and staying true to a clear brand vision while competing against multinational companies.

Booking (free event)

Booking is free but you must register. We have limited each talk capacity to 80 participants. It will only possible to book one event at a time. Those who attend an event will get priority advance access to the next event ahead of release