Lucy Tobin

London

Journalist at Evening Standard

Journalist at the Sunday Times, Evening Standard, Daily Mail, mags and more; maker of seven books and three kids.

Articles

the perks luring workers back to the office

5 days ago | thetimes.com | Lucy Tobin
Pester power: how hotels are catering to kids

2 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Lucy Tobin

Mon May 12, 2025ExCeL, LondonFor the first time, the definitive trade event for food & drink takes place on a Monday & Tuesday! Natural Food Expo showcases the very best in natural, organic, plant-based and free-from food and drink under one roof. Head to Excel London this May where you’ll find new products and ingredients from 500+ exciting suppliers. Registration is now open. Get your free ticket now.
Pester power: how hotels are catering to kids

2 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Lucy Tobin

From mini mocktail lessons to a tiny turndown service with milk and cookies, hotels are offering all manner of good things in small packages for children In the past few decades, the most exciting treat a child might hope to find in a hotel in the UK was a hot chocolate sachet alongside the tea bags next to the kettle. If you were really lucky, you might also discover a basement pool where kids were allowed to swim from 8am-9am. Not so for today’s generation of young hotel guests.
Scrappy startups to industry giants: lessons from the founders of Dash Water, Fever-Tree

3 weeks ago | standard.co.uk | Lucy Tobin

Business | SMEsThe latest ScaleUp Standard newsletter takes in marketing tips from the founders of Dash and breaking into the US with Perlego’s CEO Gauthier Van Malderen DashLucy Tobin2 minutes agoSign up for our email featuring expert insight and funding opportunities for entrepreneurs and SMEsI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Over a decade ago, a passionate bloke called Tim came to meet me at the Evening Standard’s offices.
‘Hi, I’m Charlotte, the AI agent to assist you...’

3 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Lucy Tobin

Mon May 12, 2025ExCeL, LondonFor the first time, the definitive trade event for food & drink takes place on a Monday & Tuesday! Natural Food Expo showcases the very best in natural, organic, plant-based and free-from food and drink under one roof. Head to Excel London this May where you’ll find new products and ingredients from 500+ exciting suppliers. Registration is now open. Get your free ticket now.
I tried out a new way to get cheap groceries delivered that would usually go to waste - I even got FREE Heinz beans

1 month ago | thesun.co.uk | Lucy Tobin

WHEN I saw a new food bargain feature flash up on my most-used deals app, Too Good to Go, I immediately had to try it out. I love using the app to grab bags of leftovers from local restaurants and shops including Pret, Greggs and Costa Coffee. But now you can order boxes of store cupboard food and drinks that brands like Heinz, Fanta, Tony's Chocolonely and Nature Valley can't sell in shops.
‘The medieval dining room has so much rizz’: how one B&B went viral worldwide

1 month ago | thecaterer.com | Lucy Tobin

Mon May 12, 2025ExCeL, LondonFor the first time, the definitive trade event for food & drink takes place on a Monday & Tuesday! Natural Food Expo showcases the very best in natural, organic, plant-based and free-from food and drink under one roof. Head to Excel London this May where you’ll find new products and ingredients from 500+ exciting suppliers. Registration is now open. Get your free ticket now.
How Calum Munro went from running a pop-up in his mum’s living room to Great British Menu

1 month ago | thecaterer.com | Lucy Tobin

Mon May 12, 2025ExCeL, LondonFor the first time, the definitive trade event for food & drink takes place on a Monday & Tuesday! Natural Food Expo showcases the very best in natural, organic, plant-based and free-from food and drink under one roof. Head to Excel London this May where you’ll find new products and ingredients from 500+ exciting suppliers. Registration is now open. Get your free ticket now.
The Julian Metcalfe interview: Charisma, grit, and “that feeling of harmony”

1 month ago | bigthink.com | Lucy Tobin

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers The world has changed vastly since Julian Metcalfe co-founded sandwich business Pret a Manger (aka Pret) with a single branch in London, 1986. Few had a phone in their pocket back then.
Hotels on film: The locations making it onto the big screen

1 month ago | thecaterer.com | Lucy Tobin

Mon May 12, 2025ExCeL, LondonFor the first time, the definitive trade event for food & drink takes place on a Monday & Tuesday! Natural Food Expo showcases the very best in natural, organic, plant-based and free-from food and drink under one roof. Head to Excel London this May where you’ll find new products and ingredients from 500+ exciting suppliers. Registration is now open. Get your free ticket now.