Clare Fellowes-Freeman, Author at Jellybean Creative Solutions

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Jellybean News, recommends

7th October 2025

Jellybean Recommends

Despite having now been out of the education system for (an undisclosed) number of years, there’s still something about September that feels like new beginnings. Summer drawing to a close, battling the school run on the commute, whispers of the C word; there’s a marked shift in the culture as autumn approaches and with it, the all-new opportunities and excitement that comes with a new term.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

jellybean recommends

30th July 2025

jellybean recommends

Between the Lionesses (and their victory!), Wimbledon, the Lions, the Open and the Test Cricket, we’ve been spoilt for choice when it comes to sporting excellence in July.

And of course, with all good sporting events come hospitality occasions, and judging by this month’s flood of recommendations that came in from the team, we’ve been very busy frequenting our favourite local hot spots.

In July, we’ve enjoyed…

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jellybean recommends

9th July 2025

jellybean recommends

June may mark the halfway point of the year, but at jellybean, it’s also when we celebrate our new year, taking stock of everything we’ve achieved as a company in the previous 12 months. And it’s been a busy one! Between becoming an EOT, building brilliant campaigns for our lovely clients, winning some prestigious industry awards and a whole lot more, we have of course, managed to continue our obsession with all things food and drink. And to be honest, if you’re going to blur the work/life boundary and go the extra mile for your job, jellybean is a pretty good place to do it.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Interesting Stuff

9th July 2025

Fibre, the new protein?

Working at jellybean, we’ve always got an ear to the ground for any whisper of new foodie trends. We’ve watched various fads, crazes and diets come and go over the years, some fading out in the blink of an eye, others staying the course, still more regularly coming full circle.

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jellybean recommends

6th June 2025

jellybean recommends…

May has passed us by in a heady mix of product launches, video campaigns, strategy sessions and of course, sunshine. It may have been a busy one but that hasn’t stopped us getting up to all sorts of high jinks, both during, and outside of, office hours. Some of our favourite finds from the last month include…

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World Food

6th June 2025

A week in Puglia

I’ve been lucky enough to explore most of Italy over the years but Puglia, right down in the heel of Italy, had evaded me. That changed in May this year, when, thanks to a friend’s wedding, we had the perfect excuse to visit and turn the weekend into a holiday. With a week to explore and a car rental sorted, I appointed myself chief navigator* and we made our way from Brindisi to Ostuni to Monopoli by way of Polignano a Mare. Puglia is olive grove country – the region is Italy’s largest producer of olive oil – and the scenery makes for beautiful road trips. Olive oil is the base for many of the regional dishes and it will come as little surprise that everything we ate was outstanding, made with super-fresh ingredients for some delicious meals.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

jellybean recommends, Restaurant Reviews

30th April 2025

jellybean recommends…

April has been and gone and, in its stead, spring has most definitely sprung. Sunny weekends and a late Easter has meant talk of alfresco eating has started in earnest and there’s a definite sense of summer on the horizon.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Uncategorised

10th March 2025

The language of food

Language and food; two of my favourite things. Working as we do at a leading food and drink marketing agency, office conversation routinely turns to the latter – restaurant recommendations, preferred snacks, new recipe triumphs (new recipe fails), sweet vs. savoury, favourite trends, overrated fads, kitchen hacks – the list goes on.

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jellybean recommends

10th March 2025

jellybean recommends…

We’re a happily hybrid working lot at jellybean – between working from home and days off-site visiting clients, attending insight sessions or leading photo and video shoots – days in the office are always filled with much needed work and life updates with colleagues.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Uncategorised

3rd February 2025

Austrian Eats

I was fortunate enough to banish the January blues earlier this year with a ski trip to the Austrian Alps. I returned full to the brim with cheese and chocolate – here are some of my favourite spot
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Insight

26th September 2024

Lumina Intelligence Q3 Food Strategy Forum

I was lucky enough to attend Lumina Intelligence’s most recent Food Strategy Forum with fellow bean Caitlin, to understand the latest insight and trends shaping the food and beverage sector.

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Insight, Sustainability

5th June 2024

Arena: Creating a Sustainable Future in Foodservice & Hospitality

Hosted for the first time at St James’ Sofitel, Arena’s most recent event centred around arguably the most pressing issue facing the industry and the world at large: how can we all work to create a more sustainable future? With a key insight address from CGA and a dedicated panel discussion from some of the industry’s most senior leaders, it was an event not to be missed and so of course, as the leading foodservice agency, we were there in force.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Interesting Stuff

26th May 2023

Bring on the Barbi

Summer has arrived at last, and along with the smells of freshly cut grass and petrichor, surely not much beats that of a newly lit BBQ.

29^th May – 4^th June marks the UK’s 27^th National BBQ Week (with many of us at jellybean planning our own bank holiday BBQ). The history of BBQ arguably dates back to when man first cooked meat over fire. Barbecue itself, comes from the word barbacoa, for the process of cooking meat over an open flame so named by the indigenous Taino people of the Caribbean and brought back to Europe by Spanish explorers in the 16^th century.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Awards & Events

10th May 2023

The 2023 UK Food & Drink Shows

As April drew to a close, the UK Food & Drink Shows, comprising National Convenience Show, Farm Shop & Deli Show, Food & Drink Expo and Foodex Manufacturing Solutions returned to the NEC, Birmingham. As the leading integrated foodservice and retail PR & marketing agency, jellybean was in attendance, not only to see the latest product innovations and hear from the luminaries lined up to speak at the shows’ stellar seminar programme, but also in a professional capacity, supporting the brilliant William Reed events team with the show press office.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Insight

17th March 2023

The Foodservice Summit 2023

The inaugural Foodservice Summit, brought about by the wonderful team behind Bread & Jam Fest, was held at the beginning of March in an effort to help foodie start-ups crack open the often misunderstood world of away from home and showcase the many opportunities that the foodservice market can offer brands. As a leading foodservice agency we were of course there and were in fact proud to be a sponsor of this exciting new addition to the foodservice calendar.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

12 Days of Giving 2022

20th December 2022

12 Days of Giving – The Princess Alice Hospice

The Princess Alice Hospice is a charity well known by jellybean, not least because our office sits directly above the Leatherhead branch of their charity shop!

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Restaurant Reviews

1st December 2022

NOTTO: A Review

Conceived by one of Britain’s best chefs and located just a stone’s throw from culinary institutions such as The Ritz and Fortnum’s & Mason’s, you’d be forgiven for thinking that NOTTO may be beyond the budget for a casual get together.

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Interesting Stuff

1st November 2022

Some Like It Hot

As Hallowe’en, Bonfire Night and (dare we utter) Christmas roll around once again and the summer heatwave feels like a distant memory, classic winter warmers are popping up all over the place. Roast season has well and truly returned, and soup, casserole, and pie inspiration seem to be saturating social media feeds.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Interesting Stuff

7th July 2022

Food Waste

The issue of food waste has been high on the agenda for some years now.

Back in 2016, ‘wonky veg’ became a headline news item as consumers realised how much perfectly edible produce was being turned down by supermarkets because of tough size and appearance standards.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman

Jellybean News

24th June 2022

Trinity, Clapham

On a balmy afternoon in June, the jellybean foodservice PR team experienced fine dining at its very best, courtesy of chef Adam Byatt and the team at the Michelin-starred Trinity, Clapham.

Clare Fellowes-Freeman