26/04/2026
I don’t often celebrate what I do for a living or even think that it’s special sometimes, however my one client who I visit most frequently (who I hold very dear) was on Countryfile this evening and it made me realise how fresh produce has been such a big part of my life since the age of 17.
I left school, I went to study 3D design college (as I wanted to be a concept car designer). I realised just how competitive it was and how I was good but I wasn’t excellent, so I decided instead that I would go to work and money and just started packing fruit and veg on a production line.
Back in those days you were lucky if you did under 60 hours a week and I worked every weekend and every bank holiday (aside to every day in the week) and hated every moment of it.
I never had a life and I was always starting work at 6am and sometimes still there at 11pm.
However, I’ve learned that having shear grit and determination, a willing to work hard, and a vision and ambition meant that I made sure that I sit here now and watch my client on TV and realise that every day I go and visit them it’s doing something that I truly know enjoy and that is helping them and supporting them but working for myself. It made me smile seeing this on TV today knowing that it’s things like this that make it worthwhile. 🙂
I definitely never would’ve chosen the food industry and in all furnace there are so many other things that I I would absolutely love to do but now I’m way too old but my ‘roots’ are still there.
If you get a chance, check out Countryfile tonight that was based on the Vale
Of Evesham. It’s a great insight into the world that I work in and also my favourite vegetable
- asparagus 💜
