Pukka
Marcus Taylor is an experienced culinary professional currently serving as Executive Development Chef at Pukka since October 2023. Previously, Marcus held roles at The Compleat Food Group and operated a consultancy focused on product development for various UK and international brands. Career highlights include interim positions at Hilton Foods UK and Bakkavor, and serving as Head of Culinary UK at Hilton Food Group plc. Marcus has a strong background in developing food products across varying sectors, including retail and leisure, with experience in creating premium items such as hot and cold pies. Educational background includes attendance at St Leonard's College from 1982 to 1985.
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Pukka
Way back in 1960s Leicestershire, husband and wife team Trevor and Valerie Storer started making pies. In 1963, Trevor Storer’s Homemade Pies baked their very first pies. Understandably word of a good pie spreads fast, and the entrepreneurial pair sold over a thousand pies in the first week. As the couple’s little bakery continued to grow, it came time for a new name – something that would reflect their deliciously hearty pies and their friendly, close-knit company. That’s how the Storers’ Homemade Pies became Pukka, a fun and fashionable Hindi-derived word for all things genuinely, properly good. With more than 50 years spent making pies, we’ve become quite the experts. These days our 350-strong team sells around 60 million pies a year in the UK and even abroad. But while we may have grown, we’re still based in Leicestershire just a stone’s throw from where it all began, baking all of our pies on site using many of Trevor and Valerie’s original recipes. We’re proud to make pies that are distinctively Pukka, and with our tasty, honest, feel-good food, we put smiles on faces at dinner tables, football games and local chippies.