Henry Dimbleby — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Authored the National Food Strategy, which proposed actions to help disadvantaged children and promote environmental and animal welfare standards.
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Bramble Partners since 2023, a venture capital firm.
Co-founded Leon Restaurants, the Sustainable Restaurant Association (2009), and Chefs in Schools (2018).
Served as lead non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2018 to 2023.
Holds Non Executive Director positions at Fortnum & Mason (since 2023), Westmorland Family (since 2022), and Rockfish restaurants (since 2018).
Co-authored the School Food Plan (2013), leading to free school lunches for infants and practical cooking in the National Curriculum.
Holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford.

Biography

Henry Richard Melville Dimbleby, born in May 1970, is a British businessman and cookery writer. He is the son of broadcaster David Dimbleby and cookery writer Josceline Dimbleby. He was educated at the Dragon School and Eton College, and later attended the University of Oxford, where he read Physics and Philosophy. His early career included working as a commis chef with Michelin-starred chef Bruno Loubet, and serving as a food columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian.