Paul Bellchambers

I am Paul Bellchambers, otherwise known as The Late Chef. I changed career in 2009 and I am now running a successful catering business based in Oxfordshire.

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Paul Bellchambers, created The Late Chef in 2009 and is now in its third year. I started selling my food at local markets and developed a client list for both private and business catering. As the business has developed  I have become a regular broadcaster on local radio, creating and running the Wallingford Food Festival, working with a number of organisations to fulfil their catering needs, demonstrating at various food festivals in the area. Recently, I have started selling my products through local farm shops. I am now developing a training aspect to the business. I have developed a range of ready prepared dishes available from the website or at the markets I am at regularly. I also have created a number of "deli" dishes including game terrine and chicken galantine which are very popular with my regular clients. I have also catered for a number of businesses in the area providing cold and hot buffets for meetings, seminars and larger events. So if you have a business event that needs catering for please give me a call. If you are looking to celebrate a special event, birthday etc then please give me a call or check the website to see what type of catering The Late Chef can do. Footnote: My IT Marketing credentials have come in very handy for developing the Wallingford Food Festival. I have presented on creating and marketing an event to a number of audiences at seminars run by the South Oxfordshire District Council, Vale District Council, ASHTAV and other organisations. I am a Member of the Federation of Small Business, Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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Developed and implemented complex online e-commerce site for software products. Designed and built system in 10 months Selected supplier(s), managing relationships with partners Identified and built relationships with ISV partners and channel for the business. Partners include- IBM, Sun, RedHat, Microsoft, MySQL, JBoss , Macrovision and others. Channel partners include: InTechnology, GE Access, Unipalm and others. Created, planned and implement marketing campaigns. Designed and created user documentation and training. Write technical and business articles for website and external publications.

Program/Product Manager at Sun Microsystems

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Manager at Digital Equipment Corp

June 1984 - July 1994

Various roles EMEA Software Engineering Program ISV Manager Manage business relationships with selected ISVs Design and implement marketing activities Support Sales teams Present at events/sales opportunities UK ISV Marketing Develop and implement marketing campaigns with ISVs Write articles for internal and external publication Present at Digital User Group events UK/EMEA Presales Consultant Technology Consultant/Customer Support Specialist

Owner and Chef at TheLateChef

October 2009

I have created my own catering company called TheLateChef. For those who know me I completed a City and Guilds Diploma in Professional Catering in 2005, enjoyed some work experience at Le Manior au Quat'Saisons thanks to Raymond Blanc and his team. That seeded the idea for the company. I am developing a menu of dishes available online from my website and also doing catering for private parties up to 80 people. I am learning loads about starting a business and about what I can do myself. Its fun and hard work. I am enjoying not being in the nonsense that is the corporate IT vendor! Fresh air and fresh ideas! Its great!

Thames Valley University

2003 – 2005

City and Guilds Diploma

Concentration: Professional Catering

Chartered Institute of Marketing

1997 – 1999

Certificate

Concentration: Marketing

Queen Marys Sixth Form College

1975 – 1976

Concentration: English, History

Cooking, Writing, Broadcasting, Marketing, Event Organising, Music, Reading, Sport