Press & Features.

“Rachel has an eye for the gap between a brand’s intention and its operational reality — the kind of operator-advisor founders call first.”

— Forward Fooding, naming Rachel to the Top 10 Women in FoodTech

~ About Time ~ Sky News ~ Stylist ~ Marie Claire ~ Forbes ~ Vegconomist ~ Foodism ~ The Economist ~ The Telegraph ~ The Grocer ~ The Guardian

~ About Time ~ Sky News ~ Stylist ~ Marie Claire ~ Forbes ~ Vegconomist ~ Foodism ~ The Economist ~ The Telegraph ~ The Grocer ~ The Guardian

20+

Years of working in, creating and building brands

200+

Media features, podcast inclusions, awards & panel discussions within the industry.

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Published cookbook with Harper Collins Publishing house.

AWARDS

Top International Female Entrepreneur of the Year

International Women Awards — Great Companies 2024 & 2026

Top 10 women in Food tech

Forward Fooding l Award

35 Women Under 35

Management Today: Britain's brightest young business leaders

40 Under 40: Business Visionaries

Business Connect 2023
Logo with the text "Women 35 Under 35" divided by a diagonal line, with "Women" in black on the left and "Under 35" in pink on the right.
Screenshot of a webpage titled 'London’s 11 Most Impressive & Successful Founders in the Snack Food Space' from Best Startup magazine, featuring a blue box with the Union Jack flag and the text 'Made in Britain'.
Article titled '40 Under 40: Business Visionaries' posted in May 2023. Contains a black graphic with the number '40/40' and the text 'Powered by Business Connect'.
Certificate titled 'International Women Entrepreneur Award 2024' awarded to Rachel Hugh for top international woman entrepreneur in food and beverage, featuring gold accents, a gold medal ribbon, a trophy icon, and the Great Companies logo.
Certificate awarded to Silverwood Rose for Top Global Business of the Year 2024 in the Consultancy Services Category, issued by Great Companies, signed by Arwinder Kaur, President.
Web page about Rachel Hugh, co-founder of The Burger Co, featuring a woman with dark hair wearing a black shirt with 'The Burger Co' logo.
Award announcement card for the Growing Business Awards 2025, featuring Rachel Hugh, Co-Founder of Silverwood Rose, as a judge. The event is on November 27, 2025, at Hilton London Bankside, with nominations closing on May 30.
A man and a woman smiling and standing together in front of a textured dark background. The man wears a black T-shirt with a circular logo reading "The Vurger Co." and the woman is dressed in black with long dark hair.
A woman is speaking on stage at a conference with a large screen behind her displaying the title 'The Business of Veganism' and names of speakers, Rachel Hugh and Tom Standage. The audience is seated facing the stage in a well-lit room with purple an
Article webpage on Marie Claire UK about Sustainability Awards 2022 food and drink winners, featuring text and social media icons.
Screenshot of vegconomist, a vegan business magazine website, showing a headline about plant-based winners of the Food & Drink Heroes Awards, dated April 23, 2021.
Cover photo of a show called 'the Food Talk show' featuring Rachel Hugh and Neil Potts introducing their Vurgers, with a smiling man and woman posing in front of a dark background.
Screenshot of a blog webpage titled '2020 FoodTech 500: Women in Food Tech Webinar - Recap' with a video call of six women discussing food tech, and sections for newsletter sign-up, social media links, and reports.
Graphic for Open Future Festival 2019 with stylized faces of a woman and a child facing each other, set against an orange background, with text indicating the festival's name and date.
Webpage displaying an article about Rachel Hugh from The Veggie Co, with a focus on plant-based food, dated 10.11.17, and a question asking where she lives in London and what she loves about the area.
Screenshot of a webpage titled 'Women-Led Sustainable Businesses Are Changing The World' from LIVEKINDLY, with navigation bar and business category.
Screenshot of The Grocer website article about vegan restaurant The Vurger Co securing funding to launch retail range, with a photo of the restaurant's storefront showing signage and interior.
Close-up of a vegan burger with pickles, lettuce, a breaded fried patty, and bun. Hand holding the burger.
Screenshot of an online magazine article titled 'Interview with Rachel and Hugh from The Vurger Co' on Luxury Hospitality Magazine website, showing a top-down view of a table with burgers, sauces, drinks, and side dishes.
Webpage featuring an article about meeting Rachel Hugh, co-founder of The Burger Co, with a dark background image of two women and a menu bar at the top.
Group of nine people smiling and posing for a photo at the Nourish Awards event, with a banner and blue pennant flags in the background.
Screenshot of a webinar titled '2020 Foodtech 500: Women in Food Tech Webinar - Recap' with multiple speakers visible in a Zoom call.
Announcement for a panel discussion titled 'The Future of Plant-Based Food' held on January 29, 2020, at Yondu Culinary Studio in NYC. The event features panelists Rachel Hugh, Ravi DeRossi, and Terry Romero. The image shows a panel discussion with s
Cover of the Great British and Northern Irish Entrepreneur Awards 2019 shortlist featuring various doodles and icons representing entrepreneurship.
A woman with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing a black top, speaking during a video. Behind her, there is a white background with decorative objects and a jar of vegan mayonnaise. Text overlay on the video identifies her as Rachel Hugh, co-fo
Screenshot of a webpage titled 'Best Startup' with an article about the most impressive and successful food and beverage founders in the UK, featuring a banner with the British flag and the text 'Made in Britain'.
Television news studio with a woman and a man seated at a curved desk. Behind them, a large screen displays images of various vegetables and herbs.
Digital infographic showcasing The Vurger Co, a vegan food brand, on the 2021 FoodTech500 list, ranked number 18. It displays the company's focus on plant-based, next-generation food and drinks, their website URL, location in London, UK, and highligh
Four people on a stage with a brick wall background, one woman speaking into a microphone, the word 'Yond' on the wall, and audience members facing the stage.
A webpage celebrating the top 10 women in foodtech, featuring a smiling woman with dark hair, a quote about technology's role in food industry innovation, and sections for newsletter sign-up, social media links, report access, and sponsored articles.

Podcasts

The FoodTalk Show

“Vegan delights and coconut creations”

The Plant Based Business

“Rachel Hugh on revolutionizing fast food”

What’s The Skinny on Vegan

“The Vurger Co founder Rachel weighs in”

Getting to Grow

Rachel Hugh — founders of The Vurger Co”

Take The Plunge

Rachel Hugh analyses the food scene

The bottom line

BBC Radio 2 analysis with Rachel Hugh

Key Press Features

  • The Telegraph

    Vegan restaurant group The Vurger Co on building a loyal following — and proving the vegan doubters wrong.

    “Rachel Hugh has turned a plant-based burger into a category argument — and won it.”

  • Vegconomist

    This is the future of fast food and we’re so proud to be at the forefront.

    “The brand has become a reference point for what a modern, plant-based challenger looks like.”

  • The Grocer

    The Vurger Co secures seven-figure funding to launch retail range.

    “One of the UK’s most-watched plant-based brands steps from restaurant into retail.”

  • Marie Claire

    Marie Claire UK Sustainability Award winner

    “Pioneering brands like The Vurger Co. created by Rachel Hugh are what the Marie Claire Sustainability Awards are all about and I am so thrilled that they are being recognised”

  • 40 u/ 40 UK

    Awards by 40 under 40 UK

    “Rachel Hugh is a visionary entrepreneur, brand strategist, and advocate for women-led innovation.”

  • Vegpreneur

    Webinar insights

    “If you’re looking to meet a restauranteur who opened a restaurant during a global pandemic, Rachel is the one. From getting an investment from a prince to growing her business during Covid-19, this session was truly insightful.”

  • Swoop Funding

    Podcast feature

    “The Vurger Co created by Rachel Hugh is a 100% plant-based burger restaurant that is redefining the perception of what fast food really can be.”

Speaking events & Judging

The Economist — Open Future Festival Speaker — Manchester UK

Vegpreneur Panel speaker Yondu Culinary — New York City

Forward Fooding — FoodTech 500 -Women in Food Tech webinar

Vegan Women Summit Speaker — Summit Online

Enterprise Nation StartUp Speaker — 2021 programme, UK

Growing Business Awards Judge for 25m+ revenue businesses

Nourish Awards Judging panel - category specialist

The Vurger Co. at Home

80 soul-satisfying, indulgent and delicious vegan fast food recipes.

Publisher: HarperCollins | ISBN: 9780008545963

Available: Amazon UK · Barnes & Noble

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The Invisible Rebuild.

Field notes on founding a brand - the real edit nobody else dares tell you.

The Invisible Rebuild is a Substack series showcasing the real, unfiltered story of building, scaling and eventually closing The Vurger Co, the UK plant-based restaurant brand I co-founded and ran for almost a decade. It's not a highlights reel, it's the version nobody usually tells.

The funding traps, the personal debt, the wrong hires, the investors who didn't follow through, the hair falling out, the house on the line and the moments of genuine joy and pride that made all of it worth doing anyway.

If you're a founder, someone who has ever built something real or someone who just wants to understand what entrepreneurship actually looks like from the inside, this is written for you.
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