As a registered charity with a remit to educate and inform, the Oxford Food Symposium relies almost entirely on volunteer labour by its Board of Trustees, a group of around eighteen food writers, academics, and practitioners, as well as many other volunteers.
We are fuelled by vision, dedication, imagination and love – but still need money, too, to keep it going and make our endeavours sustainable in the long term.
We have always been fiercely independent, to be able to think and discuss as freely as possible – let’s keep it that way.
RINRI Institute of Ethics
The annual volume of the Symposium proceedings are a vital record of our charitable aims and objectives. We would like to acknowledge our gratitude and thanks to the RINRI Institute of Ethics for their ongoing financial support towards the publication of the Proceedings and subsequent provision to featured authors.
Based in Japan, though with an international presence, the RINRI Institute of Ethics is a private social education organization comprised of members that are committed to promoting lifelong learning .
Our American Friends
The American Friends of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery is a tax-exempt U.S. foundation organized to promote the Symposium and its aims in the United States.
The American Friends of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery administers the OFS Rising Scholar Award, which supports research by young scholars and The Julia Child Foundation Grant, which traditionally supports students and, in 2020, offered significant financial support towards the building of V-Symp spaceship.
The American Friends’ officers are:
– Doug Duda, president
– Cathy Kaufman, secretary and acting treasurer
– Richard Shepro, director
To make a U.S. tax-deductible donation to the American Friends, or to express interest in contributing time or other support, click here please or contact us at contact@amfriendsoxfordfoodsymposium.org
Food for thought and pleasure
The meals are integral to the Symposium. They offer us an opportunity to invite carefully selected chefs, organisations, and producers to join us and bring their foods, wines, and expertise to the table.
Invitations offer rare access to a highly discerning and influential group of food scholars, writers, and enthusiasts from all around the globe.
Recent invitees have included national tourism boards, like Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Malaysia; regions, like Italy’s Emilia-Romagna; food industry groups, like Seafood Scotland and Quality Meat Scotland; food producers, like Blutwurst-Manufaktur and Joselito; retailers, like Ultracomida; and beverage producers, like Schloß Vaux, Domaine La Louvière, and Crus Bourgeois du Médoc.
If you think you have something to offer that would change the conversation and improve the plate and that we should therefore expand the table to include you, please get in touch with us at research@oxfordsymposium.org.uk
