{"id":3396,"date":"2021-03-04T18:12:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2021-03-05T17:17:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:17:20","slug":"iwd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/iwd\/","title":{"rendered":"The women of Mindful Chef | IWD 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mindful Chef<\/a> wouldn\u2019t be where we are today without all of our amazing team members. We\u2019re so proud to be surrounded by such brilliant, committed and dedicated individuals all focused on making healthy eating easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re working hard to build an inclusive workplace for everyone to thrive. Last year we set ourselves the goal of <strong>creating an equal gender split across all our staff<\/strong>. And we\u2019re really proud to announce that <strong>the Mindful Chef team is now 62.5% female &#8211; and that we\u2019ve beaten our target for female representation in senior positions. <\/strong>It\u2019s just the start when it comes to our diversity strategy &#8211; stay tuned for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To celebrate <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Women&#8217;s Day<\/a> on Monday 8th March, we\u2019ve shared some snippets from the women behind Mindful Chef on how they&#8217;ve felt empowered through lockdown&#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"International Women&#039;s Day #IWD2021  | Mindful Chef\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8BU2S6y400s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m so grateful to MC for providing my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/creating-a-healthy-difference-with-fiit\/\" target=\"_blank\">FIIT<\/a> membership.  Feeding the mind, body and soul really does give me the burst of self-belief and motivation for me to take on each day. <strong>I&#8217;m super proud of how much I&#8217;ve been able to build on my strength over lockdown. <\/strong>It&#8217;s a constant reminder of how perseverance pays off. I&#8217;ve added a few more dumb bells to my collection, upping the weight&#8230;.world&#8217;s strongest woman, here I come! &#8211; Siobhan, Head of Customer Care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people thought I was crazy to take the jump from a big corporate to a fast-growing start-up during a national lockdown\u2026 But being here I have felt empowered to make real change to the business that is strong in its values and haven\u2019t looked back! <strong>There\u2019s an amazing sense of community with great role models that break the stereotype<\/strong> &#8211; like our CFO Kate! &#8211; Sarah, Head of People<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt empowered by MC during lockdown as they believed in my potential, hiring me as the new Talent Acquisition Manager. Moreover, <strong>I feel empowered by my team who constantly support my growth and recognise my achievements.<\/strong> &#8211; Vitoria, Talent Acquisition Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I joined Mindful Chef in May 2020 and have felt empowered from day one. In September I was invited to join the leadership team and threw myself into it. To this day, I still<strong> haven&#8217;t met my boss or the founders in person but it hasn&#8217;t hindered my ability to lead<\/strong> <strong>the team<\/strong>, deliver results and feel part of the MC family &#8211; Alison, Chief Commercial Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mindful Chef gave me the opportunity to move into my dream role.<\/strong> I started in finance but I&#8217;ve always been interested in sustainability. I think because they knew that and they could see that I was completely behind the company values, they gave me the chance to help with our carbon project and now I&#8217;ve become the first ever MC sustainability manager &#8211; Emma, Sustainability Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel incredibly empowered and <strong>proud to work for a company that inspires people to come together and help others<\/strong>, particularly when we\u2019re all isolated. And in 2020, despite everyone being at home, we pulled off our most successful community events to date! The September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/thank-you-for-joining-us-for-the-mccoastclean-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coast Clean<\/a> saw 34000L of waste collected (vs. 12500L in 2019) and our community doubled their food donations in this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/our-reverse-advent-calendar-results-are-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reverse Advent Calendar<\/a> to a grand total of 24 tonnes! &#8211; Alice, Partnerships &amp; Events Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CALM<\/a> app (Thanks to MC), <strong>I&#8217;ve managed to build meditation into my morning routine 4 days a week<\/strong>. Like many people I\u2019ve struggled with the ups and downs of this past year, but as a result of CALM my mood has lifted and it sets me up to take on the day positively, whatever might come my way! &#8211; Olivia, Brand &amp; Comms Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from uni last Summer, I entered an uncertain job market amongst the chaos of the pandemic! In November I was offered my dream role &#8211; <strong>MC has empowered me by not just giving me confidence and belief in myself, but also the opportunity to kickstart my career in an industry I am so passionate about. <\/strong>I\u2019m also looking forward to using MC\u2019s professional development budget &#8211; this is just the start and I\u2019m so excited for what\u2019s to come! &#8211; Imogen, Social Media Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mindful Chef has helped me keep fit through lockdown by providing the Fiit app to all staff. 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Mindful Chef&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/healthy-recipe-boxes\" target=\"_blank\">recipe boxes<\/a>&nbsp;provide you with the tools to cook delicious nutritious meals, in under 30 minutes. Each box contains recipe instructions, pre-portioned ingredients and fresh&nbsp;produce&nbsp;sourced from small award-winning British farms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindful Chef wouldn\u2019t be where we are today without all of our amazing team members. We\u2019re so proud to be surrounded by such brilliant, committed and dedicated individuals all focused on making healthy eating easy. We\u2019re working hard to build an inclusive workplace for everyone to thrive. Last year we set ourselves the goal of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/iwd\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-b-corp","8":"entry"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1.jpg",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1.jpg",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1.jpg",600,400,false],"horizontal-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1.jpg",600,400,false],"horizontal-thumbnail-small":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1-340x225.jpg",340,225,true],"vertical-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1.jpg",600,400,false],"vertical-thumbnail-small":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1-340x400.jpg",340,400,true],"square-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alice-laughing-with-crew-1-320x321.jpg",320,321,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Olivia Parker","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/author\/olivia\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"Mindful Chef wouldn\u2019t be where we are today without all of our amazing team members. 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