Julian Metcalfe

Julian Edward Metcalfe OBE is the founder of Metcalfe's Food Company and itsu and the co-founder of the Pret a Manger group with Sinclair Beecham.[1]

Education

Metcalfe was educated at Harrow School, an independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London. He later attended the Polytechnic of Central London, where he first met his later business partner, Sinclair Beecham.

Life and career

Metcalfe is the grandson of Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, known as Fruity Metcalfe, an officer in the British Indian Army and a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII.[2]

Metcalfe founded Metcalfe's Food Company in 2008. It sells Asian inspired food under the brand name itsu and a range of snack food under the brand name Metcalfe’s skinny.

Metcalfe's skinny snack food Metcalfe's Skinny Topcorn is a popular brand of popcorn in the United Kingdom.[3]

Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry.[4]

Metcalfe has a dog named Eloise and two daughters; Marina and Isabella Ocampo

References

  1. ↑ Pender, Lesley; Sharpley, Richard (2005). The Management of Tourism. SAGE. p. 99. ISBN 0-7619-4022-7.
  2. ↑ Ziegler Philip (2004) "Metcalfe, Edward Dudley", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 24 March 2007 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ↑ "Metcalfes Popcorn tops Tyrrels in Trial The Grocer magazine". Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60895. p. b14. 14 June 2014.