Consultants
HAZEL AND DARREN
Dr Hazel Mactavish-West
B.Sc.Agric.(Hons.Syd) PhD CAg CF
Creative Food Scientist, Consultant and Keynote Speaker. Churchill Fellow and VegDoctor.
Darren West
BSc(Hons) MPhil CEng MIET MIEAust CPEng
Chartered professional engineer, inventor and technology innovator specialising in electronics.
Hazel
FOOD SCIENCE CONSULTANT
Hazel has gathered 25 years’ experience in commercial food science innovation, utilising her science background for development of commercial food and non-food products.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Hazel is widely recognised as an industry expert and engaging communicator, especially regarding the health benefits of vegetables and other plant-based foods.
CHURCHILL FELLOW
In 2017 Hazel investigated opportunities to incorporate more vegetables and fruit into value-added, convienient, healthy foods.
Hazel’s substantial scientific and commercial expertise comes from a diverse career in food innovation, plant and sensory science. She works with Australian producers, entrepreneurs and agri-businesses to develop award-winning food and drink products for national and export markets.
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Darren
ENGINEER
Darren is a complex problem solver turning big data into decision making tools.
INVENTOR
Darren creates hardware that doesn’t exist yet and makes the impossible possible.
INNOVATOR
Award-winning multi-sensory, multi-media experiences.
Darrens previous projects include:
Design and implementation of a PHP and MySQL dynamic database back end for an industry commissioned website to promote the health benefits of vegetables.
Design and support of temperature monitoring protocols for fresh produce.
Evaluation of small-scale environmental sensor deployment (Internet of Things).
Development of a highly user-accessible Visual C# programme for a predictive assessment model for the safety of raw milk cheeses.
The VegDoctor’s Illustrated Field & Fork Guide to Potent Plants
THE FIELD GUIDE
A 16-page informative guide filled with facts, tips and tricks to enjoying potent plants.
THE ARTIST
Beautifully illustrated by Tasmanian artist Rhona MacTavish, with a selection of high quality watercolour depictions of vegetables.
THE VEGDOCTOR
Volume 1 contains all you need to know about betroot, brocolli and tumeric: brought to you by the VegDoctor (Dr. Hazel MacTavish-West).
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445C Macquarie St, South Hobart, Tasmania AUSTRALIA 7004.
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