Helen White – A Bio

Helen White and Jimmy Doherty
Helen and Jimmy Doherty

Helen White is a Special Advisor on Household Food Waste for WRAP. She works with food retailers, manufacturers and brands on engaging with citizens to reduce food waste and is WRAP’s spokesperson on household food waste-related matters. With expertise in strategic planning, she has played a key role in defining WRAP’s new approach to citizen food waste prevention and the re-development of Love Food Hate Waste.

Helen has appeared on The One Show, Channel 4’s Food Unwrapped, Radio 4’s You & Yours, the Mark Forrest Show and countless local BBC radio stations and has written blogs for Jamie Oliver, the Money Advice Service and the Met Office. She also provides advice, guidance and insight to Courtauld 2025 signatories and WRAP partners.

In 2016 she was awarded a Ben Heath Award for Outstanding Presentation by the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management. Helen lives in a Northamptonshire village with her husband Mat, their eight-year-old son Geno and several chickens.