-I left school with the ambition of joining the navy as a mechanic >
I left school with the ambition of joining the navy as a mechanic. Despite passing all my exams I failed my medical due to a defect in my ear drum. I was gutted.
I then decided to complete a one year mechanical course before working in a pub kitchen when I was twenty. Since then I have always worked in the catering industry.
A few years ago my partner and I were watching a documentary about a successful company that made Indian curries. My wife turned to me and said ‘you could make a much better curry than that!’ That was really the ‘Eureka’ moment for me and I started thinking of possible concepts for a product.
I’d previously worked in a hospital and was familiar with the cook – chill – package process. I eventually started to develop a fully cooked supermarket version of the ‘Parmo’ a Tees Valley speciality consisting of cooked chicken breast coated in golden bread crumbs with a smooth Béchamel source and grated cheddar cheese, something that nobody else does.
Geoffrey JohnsGeoff the Chef food limited
