Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
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Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, born in Clarendon, Jamaica, is a British business man, farmer, founder of The Black Farmer product range and prospective MP for Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency) for the UK General Election of 2009 or 2010.
[edit] Career
Wilfred was born in Jamaica, but moved to the UK at the age of four to Smallheath, Birmingham - one of nine children living in a small terrace house.
After leaving school without qualifications, he joined the army but was dismissed from the service after a year due to a lack of discipline. After working in the catering industry he enrolled on a training scheme which led to a job working for Peter Bazalgette on the BBC TV series, Food & Drink.
Remaining in the TV industry working as a producer/director for 15 years before setting up a marketing agency in London, specialising in food brands, including: Lloyd Grossman, Kettle Chips and Plymouth Gin. This gave him the capital to buy West Kitchen Farm, in Devon which he continues to farm. He became known to the locals who helped him initially with farming as, "The Black Farmer". Which inspired him to set up the brand of the same name.
The Black Farmer brand includes, awarding winning sausages, chicken, ham and sauces.
He has since become involved in setting up the black farmer scholarship, which aims to help and encourage ethnic minorities to work in the rural community, an area where traditionally they have been under represented. This has been made into a Channel 4 TV series, Young Black Farmers, a series of three, which sees him take a group of nine inner-city school leavers from ethnic minorities on a scholarship on his Devon farm.
Political aspirations: Wilfred has campaigned to save Melksham's train service and has been nominated by the Conservative party (UK) as the prospective candidate for a new seat, Chippenham, in Wiltshire for the next UK general election.
