Celia is an experienced Food Technologist and Product Manager who has been working in the Australian Food Industry for over 36 years, starting her career in Product Development at Kraft Foods making cheese and Vegemite! After leaving Kraft, Celia moved into the world of food ingredients, and has remained there ever since, moving into more commercial roles, and now working at Hawkins Watts as Technical & Development Manager, where she has been for the past 11 years. She is a passionate foodie, and loves to both eat and cook food -her favourite cuisine is modern Asian (fusion). She always love to see what new items appear on the supermarket shelves especially when there is innovative packaging or application ideas.

For over 30 years, Hawkins Watts has been helping Australasian food, beverage and health businesses create exceptional products. We focus on finding ingredient solutions that help build great products through our innovative technical support, in-house application laboratories, customisation abilities and trend insights. Hawkins Watts supports businesses to create products that consumers come back for, time and time again.