IWD 2026: Storytelling with Authenticity

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Women In The Food Industry at an unmissable evening designed for women in food, hospitality and creative businesses.

✨ What’s happening?

• A workshop with Rupa (Your Creative Vision) - Why Food Brands That Tell Stories Win (and How to Start Telling Yours)
• A panel on authentic food storytelling, exploring culture, history, identity and visibility in food

Why Food Brands that tell stories win (and how to start telling yours)
In a world where everyone is posting, the food brands that stand out are the ones that know how to tell meaningful stories. Stories that create connection, trust, and recognition long before someone ever buys.

This session is designed to help you understand what food storytelling really is, why it’s becoming essential for food businesses in 2026, and how to start using it intentionally in your own content. Storytelling isn’t about oversharing or being dramatic. It’s about clarity, meaning, and helping people understand why your food and your brand exist.

Drawing on real food content examples, Rupa will break down how strong visuals and storytelling work together, why people buy from people, and how your personal story, values, and lived experience are often your biggest differentiator. You’ll see how storytelling shows up in Reels, brand visuals, messaging, and why it’s the missing link for many food businesses who are posting consistently but not seeing results.

This workshop is reflective, practical, and insight-led. You’ll leave with clear “aha” moments, a new lens for looking at your content, and a much stronger understanding of how to build a food brand that people feel connected to, and looks good on the grid.

Ideal for food business owners, chefs, founders, creators, and bloggers who want their content to feel more intentional, more human, and more effective.

Panel Discussion

• Anjula Devi – author of 15 Minute Indian, 290k+ Instagram followers, consultant chef at Man Utd
• Sohini – Smoke & Lime - supper club host telling stories of ingredients and colonial history
• Rupa – iPhone Food Photography / Your Creative Vision
• Soha Darwish - Food Writer & Culinary Consultant
• Mex Ibrahim – Women In The Food Industry co-founder

Come for the skills.

Stay for the stories.

Leave inspired.

Key highlights

• Welcome drink and complimentary grazing table included
• Session on what food storytelling really is
• Panel featuring inspiring women in the food industry
• Closing Indian dance by Sohini

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