The Food Mentor Exchange is a practical one-to-one mentoring event designed for food and drink producers to access expert guidance from across the sector. Bringing together up to 20 experienced mentors — including specialist advisors and established producers — the event gives participants the opportunity to book up to three 30-minute mentoring sessions tailored to their business needs.

Whether the focus is route to market, branding, pricing, production, retail, foodservice, compliance, export, or scaling a business, each session is designed to offer direct, relevant and actionable advice. The format allows producers to choose the mentors most suited to their current challenges and growth plans, creating a highly targeted and valuable support experience. (Note – each mentor has a capacity to meet 3 producers, and these slots will be allocated on a first come basis)

Mentor Time Slots:

• 10.10 – 10.40
• 10.50 – 11.20
• 11.30 – 12.00

Note – To qualify for mentor slots, you must be a Dublin based food and drink producer.

How to Choose your Mentor

• Step One: Register on the link below (nominal €20 booking fee)
• Step Two: Email barbara@dublinfoodchain.ie with your selection of up to 3 mentors.  Please include a 4^th reserve in case some of your other choices are already booked out
• Step Three:  You will receive email confirmation of your mentor selection and time slots.  In the event of your mentors already being booked out, we will have a conversation with you about alternative options

This event is now sold out. If you would like to join the wait list in case of cancellations - please sign up below.