Our Team
PhunkyFoods is a subsidiary company of Purely Nutrition Ltd, a nutrition consultancy founded in 2004 by Dr Jennie Cockroft and Ms Sorrell Fearnall.
Our team of nutritionists, sales staff and administrative staff are based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and are headed up by Dr Jennie Cockroft.
Managing Director - Dr Jennie Cockroft RNutr (Public Health), FRSPH
Jennie holds both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in human nutrition, is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist, and has been working in nutrition for the past 20 years. Jennie has considerable experience of working in a variety of settings. A strong academic grounding has been more recently backed up with considerable commercial and public health experience. The PhunkyFood's Programme (PFP) has been developed, written and delivered by Jennie and her team of nutritionists over the past 11 years. Jennie is an active member of the Nutrition Society and the Association for Nutrition, and currently sits on the Registration Committee for the Association for Nutrition.
Consultant Teacher - Alexandra Campbell
Alexandra is a fully qualified primary school teacher, whose passion for the health and nutrition of school aged children has led her to focus her attention on ensuring that children have access to learning about healthy lifestyles, through the PhunkyFoods Programme. Alexandra has managed the development of the new PhunkyFoods Programme and is now expanding it further to include additional healthy lifestyle teaching and learning opportunities. Alexandra has recently developed and launched the PhunkyAmbassadors Progamme; a child led, peer to peer scheme, empowering children with the confidence and knowledge to impart healthy lifestyle messaging to others within their school.
Senior Sales Manager - Lynsey Barraclough
Lynsey has been working with PhunkyFoods since 2009 and her role has changed and developed as the PhunkyFoods programme has. Having graduated with a Biomedical Science degree, she then worked in recruitment and sales for over 10 years, before joining the PhunkyFoods team where her role is focused on increasing the number of schools on the PhunkyFoods programme. Lynsey has since completed a Diploma in Nutrition and Health and feels passionate about teaching healthy eating for children.
Finance Manager - Helen Manning
After 18 years living and working in London for an international IT company, Helen moved back to Yorkshire and joined Purely Nutrition 6 years ago providing support for all areas of the business. Helen is now the company bookkeeper managing day to day finances. She also works for several other local small businesses, providing finance and other business support services.
