Future of Food Tech - KBox Global - Salima Vellani

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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Technology, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Salima Vellani, the founder and CEO of KBox Global- a company pioneering something called host kitchens, the next wave of innovation in the food delivery space. They have raised around £17 million from investors, making Salima one of the most heavily backed female founders in the UK. My very first meeting in Number 10 was with Will Shu, the founder of a then up and coming food and beverage company called Deliveroo. Even then Will mentioned the concept of Dark Kitchens and it’s fascinating to hear how even that concept is now being innovated. Salima talks us through exactly how host kitchens work, what it takes to set up a career in the Food and Beverage industry and how tech is allowing a rapid upskilling right across the hospitality industry. We’ve also launched a new website- find us at jobsofthefuture.co Jimmy's Jobs of the Future is hiring, read more on our next chapter here. A reminder you can follow us onInstagram: @JimmysjobsTwitter: @JimmysjobsAnd most importantly on LinkedIn Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	heard about Magpie, the vegan pie truck that needed a bit of help from GoDaddy.
0:03.3	One day the owners are like,
0:04.8	this business hasn't reached this potential.
0:07.1	And the other one goes,
0:08.0	we need a bigger piece of the pie.
0:09.8	And then it hits her.
0:11.1	We need GoDaddy.
0:12.0	Look, we can get it the main name and create an online store
0:14.8	so we can sell to more customers.
0:16.8	Now they've gone from serving a couple of pies
0:19.1	to a vlogging nationwide.
0:20.9	And now everyone's like,
0:22.2	vegan pies are the new thing around here.
0:25.0	Wait, know me!
0:26.4	Till the next step on your business journey with GoDaddy.
0:34.3	Hello and welcome to Jimmy's Jobs of the Future,
0:37.6	where we explore the future of the economy
0:40.0	with Britain's leading entrepreneurs.
0:42.2	And me, Jimmy McLaughlin, a former Downing Street advisor
0:45.6	to the Prime Minister on Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship.
0:50.0	This is the last episode of Series 2 of Jimmy's Jobs of the Future.
0:54.7	We'll have a Prime Ministerial briefing coming next week
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