He is an expert on place making and how food bisects communities. Food connects people, creating and maintaining the fabric of our lives. He has advised on several multi-billion regeneration schemes, looking at how existing and new residents needs can be met, and so that a single community coalesces.

He is a sought after expert on food supply: how we feed cities and communities, with the issues of public health, affordability and access. He has significant experience both domestically and internationally on the tools needed to create resilience and ensure good food for all.

Within the third sector his work has specialised in regards to our most vulnerable citizens, their issues of food poverty & food skills, education, offending, and access to service. His other current roles include trustee of the charity United St Saviours, which gives grants to community groups and other charities of in excess of £1 million a year alongside running best in class almshouses; and UK Ambassador for Venner the pan Europe charity which works to alleviate food poverty by both providing, and teaching how to cook, good food.

He is past chair of both Eat Club, the organisation that teaches food skills to young people, and Plan Zheroes, the platform that connects surplus fresh food with charities and people in need. He has also chaired and served on the boards of charities which work with prisoners and offenders, and has been a school governor where he promoted food as an integral part of the school day.

He frequently sits on expert panels; appears in print, TV & radio; lectures at universities; has given a TED Talk as one of their “Architects of Tomorrow”; and carries out dozens of speaking engagements a year, both within the UK and internationally.

Shane is also a bon viveur and believes that food is more than simply calories, and that good food should be enjoyed by everyone.