Tytania Rose, Founder & Head Chef
Tytania is a private chef with 13+ years’ experience serving high‑profile clients, including a Premier League player (Tottenham) and royal families in Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. She trained at Leith’s Culinary School (London) and the Natural Gourmet Institute (NYC). She holds an MSc in Food Politics (Birkbeck), an Advanced Nutritional Therapy diploma and is a registered nutritional therapist (FNTP/MFHT). She is also a doctoral candidate (N.D., School of Health, UK) and brings an art and design perspective from a BFA (Parsons) and MA (Chelsea).
During COVID‑19 she pivoted to delivery for medically vulnerable clients (fertility, cancer, hormonal issues), identifying gaps in standard health food delivery programs. She also began developing high‑protein, flavourful toppings and snacks tailored to these clients, particularly those with plant‑based, nut allergies, and highly restrictive diets to add flavour, crunch, and micro-nutrients. Those innovations led to the creation of VitalitySeed Crunchies and a proprietary germination process alongside Epicura.life meal programmes--combining culinary expertise, evidence‑based nutrition and sustainable food‑system thinking to deliver therapeutic food that actually tastes great.
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Board Advisors & Consultants
An experienced advisory board, committed to Epicura's success.
Marc Benzimra
Consultant Chef
35+ years' culinary leadership,
including Group Executive Chef at The Wolseley (2008–2017) multiple openings and 3‑star Sustainable Restaurant Association Rating. Consulted at top London and International Businesses. Holds a Professional Cookery Diploma and Hotel Management HND. Expertise in openings, menus, kitchen design, sustainability, procurement, recruitment, and operational efficiencies.
Nadia Badowski
Board Advisor - Commerce
Board advisor with 15+ years’ experience in CPG, strategy, diligence and tech transfer. Founded and scaled an award-winning brand sold via strategic acquisition into an upper mid-market, multi-brand portfolio. Deep experience in health-food retail fundraising and investor relations.
David Wilson
Board Advisor - Finance
Over 50 years experience, a chartered accountant with a degree in economics, was a partner at Ernst & young, Finance and development director at Hilton International Hotels, and subsequently involved in a number of private equity transactions and start up businesses.
Joseph A Smith
Board Advisor - Law & Finance
Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte; Co‑Head, Private Equity Funds (NY). 30+ years advising fund sponsors and institutional investors on private capital investments. Columbia College; NYU School of Law. Board member, Queen Elizabeth II Garden.
Johan Strombom
Technology Consultant
Johan leverages 35+ years of experience (HP, AT&T, Oracle) to bridge the gap between business needs and technical execution. With a BSc in Computer Science & Physics, he offers deep multidisciplinary technical expertise.
Caroline Escobar
Board Advisor - Scaling & GTM
Seasoned operator who builds systems and operating foundations to scale growth‑stage teams through rapid change; senior roles at Google, DigitalOcean and Grafana Labs. MBA, Columbia; BA, Wake Forest.
Glenn Fletcher
Board Advisor - Non-Executive Director
Experienced non‑executive director, entrepreneur and board adviser. A Chartered Accountant, former plc director and founder of four exited businesses, he helps founders and boards across sectors with governance, M&A, fundraising and building values‑led, high‑performance organisations to drive growth, value creation and sustainable long‑term outcomes.