Meet the Team

Founder & CEO

Michael is a professionally trained chef and a qualified lecturer with over 30 years of teaching experience both abroad and the UK. He graduated from the School for Social Entrepreneurs and set up the social enterprise in 2014. He is married to a Japanese wife with 2 grown up children.  Please read his blog to find out more:  https://substack.com/profile/161867574-michael-brown

I’m Susan and I support Empower to Cook as a non-executive director. With a passion for food justice I’m dedicated to making a difference in my community through food bank initiatives and promoting physical and mental wellbeing. In my time off I can be found wading through the Misbourne, in Tudor costume or singing… but not all at the same time.

“Hi! I’m Dan and I support Empower To Cook as a non-executive director. I worked as a chef for a number of years locally, and I’m now the managing director of a foodservice equipment business, MCFT. I’m a football & dog enthusiast, and I’m passionate about ensuring people value food and the health & wellbeing importance associated with it."