Christine Smallwood

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Christine joined the Academy of Urbanism as Managing Director in July 2022. A French graduate, she lived and worked in Paris before settling in London with an architect. She has worked in the City, journalism and as a tour guide, run her own consultancy, written four books on Italian food and travel and been involved in food festivals from southern Italy to Wales (where she is still co-Chair of the Abergavenny Food Festival).

Unsurprisingly, she is particularly interested in urban food, how we feed cities sustainably and, although her time as a waitress is long past, she relishes the buzzing restaurant and bar scene around the Academy’s Farringdon office.

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