Food industry headhunters focused on brands and ingredients.

We partner with companies that are driving meaningful progress in food, drink, wellness and personal care.

From global ingredient suppliers raising the bar on sustainability, to high-growth supplement brands redefining wellbeing, to challenger food & drink brands shaking up categories with plant-based products or smarter treats – we’ve seen it all.

We help these businesses find the people who make it happen.

Our expertise is centred around:
Ingredients – the talent behind what goes in
Brands – the talent that makes it happen

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Our size is our strength.

We work with a wide range of clients – from global ingredient suppliers known around the world, to scaling brands that are little more than an idea and a boatload of determination. Each client has a unique story, attracts very different types of people, and takes their recruitment process seriously.

That’s why candidate experience matters to us as much as client outcomes. We don’t just fill roles – we represent your business, guide your candidates, and make sure every interaction reflects the company you are. And because we don’t take on rookies, whoever you work with at 1485, you’ll be in safe, experienced hands.

We recruit middle management to director level positions. Roles where you need the very best possible person because they’ll make a big difference to your profitability.

About Us

Weird Name, Right?

We often get asked about why we’re called 1485. Well, we didn’t want to be another cliché recruitment company trying to sound important, we wanted a name that actually meant something. As 1485 was founded by a Yorkshireman and a Lancastrian, we thought back to our history lessons and, with the War of the Roses ending between the houses of York and Lancaster in 1485, we felt that was something that would always be unique to us. One of the founders has left now, but shhh! We grew to really like the name, so it’s stayed.