David Baines has been operating his
consultancy, Baines Food Consultancy Ltd, since 1997 specialising in food
flavourings with specific expertise in flavours derived during cooking
processes.
He has worked worldwide to generate
greater flavour impact in processed food products. He runs a course entitled
‘Creating Thermal Process Flavours’ and also provides bespoke flavour courses
for food industry clients and flavour companies.
He is author of several papers and book
chapters, named on five patents, co-edited the book ‘Natural Food Additives,
Ingredients and Flavourings’ and is a co-editor of the internet flavour
bulletin, ‘Flavour Horizons’. He is the
originator and inspiration behind the highly successful flavour raw materials
exhibitions held annually in Amsterdam and biennially in Singapore.
He is a past President of the British
Society Flavourists, a member of the Technical Committee of the UK Flavour
Association and Chairman of the Western Branch of the Institute of Food Science
& Technology.