Name: Rachel Porter
Role: Marketing Manager
Joined: October 2022
What do you enjoy about working for Country Range?
Day-to-day responsibilities: No two days are the same, but I am always working on marketing for Country Range products – whether it’s briefing photography and video, working with our development chef on new recipe inspiration or creating guides to support Country Range customers.
Best part of your job: I am the Country Range sector champion for Health and Welfare, and it is a privilege to work with inspirational people like Andrew Cullum who are making such a big difference to help caterers in this challenging sector to enable residents to dine with dignity.
How do you ensure the Country Range portfolio remains the best? I work closely with our buying and technical teams to ensure that all of our products are presented in the best way to chefs and caterers, from researching the latest food trends, briefing packaging design, all the way through to practical and creative recipe inspiration. I also meet customers at events throughout the year which gives me great insight and feedback that I can pass back to the team who are continually ensuring that our products are the best quality at the best price.
Tell us about your favourite things in foodservice in general
Favourite Country Range product: Country Range Tartare Sauce.
Favourite Dish: Tough question! I love a good quality lasagne.
Favourite chef: I unapologetically love Nigella Lawson!
Favourite drink: A nice full bodied red wine.
Last restaurant you ate at: A’Vucciria in Rawtenstall.
Favourite restaurant: Hawksmoor in Manchester has got it right with both ambience and top-quality food and service.
Favourite cuisine: Freshly caught fish served straight from the grill – preferably sat by the sea somewhere warm!
Signature dish: Chicken and Chorizo Paella – my Hairy Bikers cookbook naturally falls open on that page because it’s so well-used! It always goes down well when I need to feed a crowd.
Hobbies outside of work: I live in the beautiful Rossendale Valley so hill walking is a necessary hobby! I also love cooking and I’m a slightly obsessive cookbook collector (or hoarder if you ask my husband!).
Most exciting food trend of 2025: No Rules Fusion – so much opportunity for creativity!