Bristol Distilling Co
Candice Veitch is a seasoned professional in commercial, product, and brand development with a strong background in the hospitality sector. Currently serving as Ground Control at Bristol Distilling Co since June 2023, Candice previously held several influential positions at Marks and Spencer from March 2008 to April 2017, including Regional Hospitality Developer, Commercial Manager, and various section manager roles, where successful leadership and innovative strategies led to exceeding sales targets and optimizing regional performance across multiple stores. Candice also served as Deli Bar Manager at Compass Group from August 2007 to March 2008, achieving significant weekly turnover while enhancing hospitality processes. Candice completed education at Wynberg Girls High from 1997 to 2002.
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Bristol Distilling Co
In an industry bloated with ‘heritage this’, ‘craft that’, and ‘tradition, the other’, we think there’s room for a brand like us. A brand that sets itself apart in how it thinks, the way it goes about things, the drinks it creates, and how it expresses itself. “Gin is gin”. “You can’t mess with tradition”. “Why gild the lily?” We heard a lot of this kind of nonsense when we started. Like a red rag to a bull, we kicked down the door of convention to open up an outrageously more exciting, more interesting and more pleasurable spirit-drinking experience. Not for the hell of it, but for the joyous kick we get out of proving our ideas work. And how do we do it? By stealing the vital elements from traditional distilling, binning the rest, then starting afresh. Unfettered by convention, we can go off the beaten track to somewhere no-one’s been before, but always with a keen eye on our commercial focus – we have long-term goals for this business. It’s an approach that’s served us well so far, and given us the confidence to keep sticking the bird to the stick-in-the-muds/status quo. Coming?