Executive Eats

Adam Kingl

Author, speaker, educator and adviser Adam Kingl (www.adamkingl.com) is the author of the books Next Generation Leadership and Sparking Success, the latter shortlisted for the Business Book Awards. He explores what business can learn from the creative arts, including culinary art, in enhancing innovation, creativity, adaptability and inspiration.

Adam is Adjunct Faculty at the University College London School of Management, Hult Ashridge, affiliate faculty at London Business School, the Hanken-Stockholm Schools of Economics, the Moller Institute at the University of Cambridge, and Imperial College London. Previously, Adam was the Executive Director of Thought Leadership and Learning Solutions for London Business School for almost a decade. He works with diverse companies and delivers keynotes around the world.

Adam trained at Le Cordon Bleu in California and cooked in an Italian trattoria. He holds degrees from London Business School, UCLA and Yale. He lives in London.

Jakub Radzikowski

Dr Jakub Radzikowski is an educator, scientist and culinary professional. With a PhD in Molecular Systems Biology from the University of Groningen and a Grand Diplome from Le Cordon Bleu London, Jakub has built a unique career that spans both the academic and culinary worlds.

Jakub's experience includes working in Michelin-starred kitchens, such as Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, and other fine-dining restaurants. He also worked at Kitchen Theory, where he explored the creative side of food through modernist culinary techniques and food design, including conceptual, evidence-based menu creation, culinary research, and concept development for Siemens, The Saudi Culinary Arts Commission, Ambiente, and others.

At Imperial College London, Jakub played a key role in developing the Chemical Kitchen, an innovative transdisciplinary learning and teaching project exploiting the parallels between professional cooking and STEMMB. He also works at KAIKAKU.AI, a London-based technology startup, developing robotics and AI to revolutionise the restaurant business. Jakub lives in London.