For me, my passion & my first opportunity was in olives. I was a young, optimistic olive lover who wanted to rejuvenate the world of olives with new flavours, colour and character. I began marinating olives in my kitchen (to my parents’ dismay again) and selling them at farmers markets. People loved them, in fact they loved them so much, so that I decided to pivot away from my path to becoming a doctor and focus on developing the planet’s access to the highest quality olives. They’re a family run and owned business, with a dynamite team that now includes both Olly’s Brother & Sister. To make sure the sensational supply continued to meet the overwhelming demand, at the start of 2022 we invested in our own factory and had another 4 master chocolatiers join our production team.

This facility is a magical new Olly’s wonderland that can pump out chocolate pretzels at a much higher rate and an even higher quality. We also now have much more creative license over limited edition flavours and new product development. Sam, our head of marketing, is constantly trying to get me chocolate coated. Although, our legendary factory manager would faint at the prospect of trying to achieve that!