British Society of Flavourists

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: Published: 24 May 2018

We have recently received the following from member David Lissemore:

Announcing with profound sadness the death of Mr John Hyam on 7th January 2018. John was just 62 years old.

Well known within the flavours industry, he will be sadly missed.

The funeral will take place on Friday February 2nd at 1.45pm at Mintlyn Crematorium, Lynn Road, Kings Lynn, PE32 1HB. All donations will go to The British Heart Foundation.

The Society can provide contact details for anyone wishing to get in touch with the family - email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

: Published: 17 January 2018

Following the recent EFFA FlavorDays held in Brussels, London & Copenhagen, the European Flavour & Fragrance Association (EFFA) has released a promotional video from the first session.

: Published: 11 October 2017

After his Bill Littlejohn Memorial lecture entitled 'Formula for a Flavourist' delivered on Thursday 5th October, Givaudan's Geoff Marshall-Hill became the latest in a distinguished line of recipients of the Bill Littlejohn Memorial medallion.

As is customary, Geoff was presented the award by BSF President Paul Filby immediately after completing his lecture, the final item on the BSF 2017 Symposium programme.

Slides from Geoff's lecture are available to members in the My BSF section.

: Published: 05 October 2017

The Society has just received the following sad news from member Andrew Fellowes:

It is with great sadness that we announce that John Yarwood sadly passed away last week after a long battle with illness.

John had reached and held the position of Sales Director at F.D Copeland for many years, retiring in June 2003. He previously had other successful careers at The Rayner Essence Group and The Duckworth Group.

He was a very active member of The BEOA and was on Council of the British Society of Flavourists for a number of years being very involved in the Gala Night. Apart from being a respected business man he was just as well know for being an entertainer, a member of The Magic Circle and someone with an amazing memory - often holding an audience's attention, post function for hours.

He leaves behind children, Danny and Sally and a number of successful grandchildren and will be sorely missed.

John's funeral is on Saturday 30th September at 11 am at Ripley Paris Church near Harrogate.

In due course the Society will publish a fuller obituary, and invites members who knew John to submit anything they would like to include, plus any messages to pass on to the family, to our Secretary Trevor Groome (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or use the Contact page.