Caroline Edwards
Has lived in Puglia for 17 years and speaks fluent Italian
Worked as a journalist for 10 years
Ran PR campaigns for the region of Puglia
Has a blog, http://www.personalpuglia.com with over 135,000 unique visits
Has been featured as an expert on property in Puglia in
The Daily Telegraph and The Times Bricks and Mortar section
and The Guardian, Telegraph and Times for travel in Puglia
Travel & Hospitality experience includes
5 years running a niche travel business in the UK and Puglia
Consultancy for Villa rental agencies in Puglia
Running a Boutique hotel for a year ending they year with a 9.8 on Booking.com
Property experience includes
13 years offering a Property Search, restoration & design service for international clients wanting to buy in Puglia
Completely restoring 10 properties & sprucing up over 20 others
Max Edwards
Spent much of his childhood in Italy and speaks Italian
Has 10 years’ experience in the Hospitality & Events
sector 5 of which at Ops Management Level
Hotel experience includes:
Freelance food and beverage ops management at a large hotel group and a country house hotel
General Manager at a gastro pub with rooms
Events experience includes:
5 years head of operations at a large conference and exhibition venue
Corporate hospitality and private events including weddings and banqueting at a wide range of venues including a London livery hall
With help from:
Diane Seed
(https://www.italiangourmet.com/)
Is the inspiration behind this project. She is Caroline’s mother, Max’s grandmother and the reason why we are so passionate (and well informed!) about Italian food, wine and culture.
As well as having written 10 bestselling Italian cookbooks she was also Marks and Spencers’ Italian food consultant for 8 years and a consultant for of the International Olive Oil council.
She ran a cooking school in her home in the Doria Pamphili palace in Rome as well as organizing ‘Gourmet Adventures’ all over the world.
From a young age, Max’s ‘holiday job’ was helping with Diane’s cooking classes and trips and Caroline was sometimes a (less helpful) attendee. We are keen to take up the baton!
Tim Beyts
Property development projects include 3 successful develop
and sell projects in Belgravia and 3 develop and rent
properties in SW London
John Dean
Has 30 years of UK and international marketing and media
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We also have a great team of engineers, architects, builders and artisans and an excellent network of suppliers for furniture, fixtures and fittings!
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