Graham Duckworth

Graham's Profile

Job title

Lecturer

Academic qualifications

City and Guild 120, City and Guild 1261, City and Guild 1271, City and Guild 1272, City and Guild 1291, City and Guild 1301, City and Guild 3611, Postgraduate Certificate in Education, BSc (Hons)

Professional recognition / membership

North Western Regional Advisory Council for Further Education Certificate in Cake Decoration (Introductory)

Telephone

0121 604 1000

Profile

I have been in the baking industry since the age of 15 when I worked in a small family bakery on a Saturday. I completed my City & Guilds Bakery qualifications at Blackpool and the Fylde College and worked as a trainee bakery manager for Asda. I graduated from the University of Plymouth after studying Food Product Development and enjoying a year's work placement in a flour mill. 

I then joined the British Bakeries product development team, initially developing products for M&S and progressing to be Hovis Product Development Manager, working on numerous well-known products, before moving to global bakery ingredients company Puratos where I liaised with customers such as Allied Bakeries and Warburtons.

After joining Campden BRI I was promoted to Bakery Technology Manager and worked internationally with companies such as PepsiCo, Domino's and McDonald's as well as consulting with companies in France, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Belgium and Ireland. I joined the University College Birmingham bakery team in September 2015 in order to teach both FE and HE bakery students.

Teaching

1305 Contemporary Bread Production – Module Leader
1333 Food Production Management – Module Leader
Bakery & Patisserie Technology Level 5 - Year Manager

Research interests and scholarly activity

Bakery Skills and Bakery Science. Bakery processes, ingredients & technology.

External engagements

  • Council member for the ABST (Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees)

  • Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Bakery

  • Advisory Board member: Bakery Apprenticeship Programme

  • Member of the British Society of Baking

  • International Judge for the World Bread Championships (Mondial du Pain)

  • Member of The Institute of Science and Technology.

Birmingham College of Food

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