Our Committee
Carol Perdigão (she/her)
Treasurer
Carol is a Brazilian foodie and a comms polymath. She has worked in the film industry, as a chef, managing her own content marketing agency and sharing vegan recipes on her former blog and Instagram.
She's obsessed with all things food and can be a bit snobby when it comes to coffee and bread - but only cause she knows the importance of buying from ethical suppliers and giving food the attention it deserves.
She has recently graduated from her third degree (a Bachelor of Food Studies at William Angliss Institute) and can’t promise it will be her last. But can talk for hours about how it's all interconnected, and we'll need to think systemically to address the biggest challenges of our era.
Vicky Bishop (she/they)
Fundraising Coordinator
Vicky comes to Just Food with over 10 years of hospitality experience - specifically in specialty coffee all over Melbourne, and as a chef in both Melbourne and London, UK. Working closely with food and coffee has led Vicky to question the cultural dissonance between its universal adoration and the general disregard and devaluation for the people and systems producing it - this led her to begin the Food Studies degree at William Angliss where she met likeminded people with similar concerns at Just Food Collective. Vicky loves a bit of food trivia, and cycled through just about every type of cooking obsession in her adolescence. These days find her at a local eatery trying to convince ma and pa shop owners to charge way more for their love-filled elaborate cultural dishes and advocating that food should be made available for free everywhere by governments.
Patrick McMillin (he/him)
President
Patrick is a German-American who now calls Melbourne home. He obsesses over food for its gastronomic pleasures and power to do good. With over 10 years of hospitality and foods experience, Patrick knows the many problems of our modern food system firsthand. Today he is a Food Studies graduate, Vice President of Just Food, avid researcher and writer, and is determined to make a tangible difference in this space.
Carl Watson (he/him)
Co-founder
Meet Carl, a fresh graduate with a Bachelor's in Food Studies from William Angliss Institute and a co-founder of Just Food Collective. With a decade of diverse experience in the food sector, from farmers markets to hospitality and events, Carl is dedicated to addressing food security and fostering conviviality within the food system. He also believes that celebrating and learning the art of food fermentation holds the key to tackling some of these challenges.
Amy Tacey (she/her)
Secretary
Amy flipped from the wine bar and hospitality scene of Melbourne to thinking about the collaborative and tangible contributions to a better food system that need to be made. She loves hosting elaborate dinner parties, a bit like Mirka Mora, but also combining that passion with serious effort into re-designing food environments to be more equitable, convivial and supportive.
Savannah Supski (she/they)
Vice President
Savannah is food obsessed and her greatest skill is most-likely knowing what she’s going to eat next - something that drives her to think about if other people know what they’re going to eat next too. Her fierce passion for food justice and security sees her spending free time advocating for food security and during work hours creating local government food security policy. She’s always up for a new collaboration!
Our Members
Our members come from all walks of life and participate horizontally in our meetings and actions. If you wanna be a part of Just Food and learn more about how you can take action, just shoot us a message.
Sara Guest (she/her)
Jay Fong (she/her)
Persia Blaise (she/they)
Partner Organisations
These organisations support us either with an organisation membership fee ($50) or with active contributions to our actions and projects. If your organisation is interested in supporting Just Food, please get in touch. We’re super grateful and proud of our partnerships, and will make sure they continue to provide benefit to all.
