How food halls are changing dining attitudes
REPORT
15 Mar 2019
How food halls are changing dining attitudes

The humble food court, once the preserve of cheap chain shopping malls, is undergoing the ultimate shift. Hotbeds of experimentation, these new breeds not only revolutionise a city break, but day-to-day dining too. But what can restaurant brands learn from these buzzing gastronomical destinations?

Mike Gibson

Mike Gibson is a content strategist, editor, and copywriter from London. Gibson specialises in hospitality, food and drink, travel and sustainability, and has many years of experience in publishing, content strategy, commercial direction, brand activations and events, awards initiatives, and trade and consumer events.
Gibson has an extensive contact list within food and drink, publishing, luxury and travel, which comes from years spent at the heart of these industries. He also has close relationships with brand owners, PR directors, publicists, brand ambassadors, photographers, editors, writers, consultants, and operators.

Pete Champion

Group partner and creative strategy director at international design agency I-AM. As one of the founding partners, he has over 20 years experience in pioneering innovations in brand experience. He is passionate about delivering human experiences that are beautiful in both form and function; insight and intelligence driven to build lasting emotional connections.

Simon Anderson

Simon is the Chief Operations Officer and co-founder of Market Halls. Market Halls launched in spring 2018 with the aim of redefining the British concept of food halls. With two major central London sites launched in Fulham and Victoria and a third in Oxford Circus opening this summer.

Sabrina Faramarzi

Sabrina Faramarzi is an international journalist, trend analyst, and data storyteller. Her work explores patterns across sociocultural phenomena through a future-focused lens, with an interest in new media development and storytelling innovations. Faramarzi has worked and written for publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue Business, Wired, and VICE, and has helped brands such as Google, Meta, Airbnb, Lush, Tempur, Regus, and GSK to create relevant content for their audiences. She founded Dust in Translation, a boutique creative storytelling agency helping organisations build and produce innovative, data-driven content and communications strategies.