We’re a friendly bunch…

At Mellors, we take pride in providing quality, top-notch service! Our finance, administration, payroll, purchasing, marketing, and HR teams are all based at our head office. Whether you have a query or a question, please get in touch!

Mark Timmerman Director

Starting at just 10 years old, Mark had his first experience in the family business by working at his dad’s Mellors bakery. His first solo venture came in the form of a strawberry and cream stall at the annual Southport Flower Show. This early passion for catering led him to study Hotel and Catering Management at Surrey University. After gaining experience with a major contract catering company in London, Mark founded Mellors Catering Services in 1995 at the age of 26. Always committed to customer voice, Mark even includes his personal phone number, 07947 730 620, on Mellors sandwich packaging.

Favourite food: My 7-year-old daughter’s sour dough eggy bread… with maple syrup!
Favourite hobbies: Riding into town on my old Dutch bike, with my wife, Jana, sitting on the back luggage rack.
Top Track: Radiohead, Plastic Trees – showing my old man stage of life now…

Tony Trainor Chief Executive Officer

Tony has spent all his career in catering and hospitality, initially as a chef, before moving into operations. Tony has also held roles in Property and Commercial, before joining Mellors and the world of Contract Catering.

As Mellors CEO, Tony’s vision is to continually strive to be the best at what we do across all areas, inspiring our team to live and breathe our company mission statement, providing “Top Quality Service & Food Create Happy & Successful People.”

Favourite food: Anything different or unusual, recently I’ve been exploring the delights of Indian Street food, especially the Dosa!
Favourite hobbies: Experimenting with growing things in the garden and hoping they survive and having nights out with my wife when we are not on taxi duty
Desert Island Disc: Depends on the mood, but you’ll always find Stevie Wonder in my playlist, Sir Duke is so uplifting.

Danielle Watkins Head Nutritionist

Danielle studied at Sheffield University where she qualified as a Public Health Nutritionist. She has spent the last 19 years focusing on childhood nutrition, medical diets and education catering. Danielle is a regular guest lecturer at universities across the country, promoting the health and wellbeing of the younger generation. Danielle heads up our Food Development team, Development Chefs and our social value coaches who support and develop new innovative dishes.

Favourite Food: Cherry tomatoes, literally love them and could eat them all day long. I also love a gorgeous Sunday roast beef dinner

Favourite Hobby: Swimming and Dancing

Top Track: I love house music, have so many favourites tracks it’s hard to choose!

Andy Walker Chief Operating Officer

Andy’s career has spanned over 20 years in catering starting in pub/restaurants and the past 15 years in contract catering. A successful craft background and then moving into management ensures he really understands how the business operates from the ground level.

His focus on detail, leadership, employee development and “getting the job done” ensures he successfully leads the overall operations at Mellors Catering Services.

Favourite food: Chinese, I do love a Friday night Chinese.
Favourite hobbies: Used to be football, until age and a bad knee finished that, now I spend my time walking with the family. (My wife may say cleaning is my hobby!)
Top Track: Meatloaf

Jenna Calderbank Group HR Manager

Jenna’s passion for people management started when she studied at university. She had progressed in HR roles to Group HR Manager, covering Mellors, Lancashire Manor Hotel and Barton Manor Hotel & Spa.

Her wide experience in HR allows her to add value to our Group activities, taking care of people matters in our hotels and across Mellors Catering Services.

Favourite food: Chinese, especially on a Friday night.
Favourite hobbies: I enjoy walking with our Cavachon, Poppy.
Top Track: Dancing Queen by Abba, love Abba!

Mike Ham Business Development Director

Mike has worked in and around kitchens all of his adult (and teenage) life, initially as a Chef Manager, then becoming responsible for mobilising new catering contracts, before becoming an Area Manager within independent catering providers for schools, healthcare and Business & Industry sites.

Moving successfully into a Business Development role in 2012, he has been supporting clients in improving their catering solutions through his understanding of the industry, focusing on their objectives and finding the right innovative solutions.

Favourite food: Homemade soup midweek, and curry at the weekend (but not on a Sunday! That’s roast day…)
Favourite hobbies: Walking the dog takes up a lot of our time, but we love concerts when we can get tickets.
Top Track: Too many vinyl records to just choose one track I’m afraid, the dining room table gets covered with them on a vinyl night.

Julie Leigh Finance Director

In 2024, Julie brought her wealth of experience to Mellors, bringing over 25 years of experience as a Finance Director, working in retail, pubs, restaurants and hotels. Since qualifying as a CIMA accountant back in 1998, Julie has always believed that being a great Finance Director is about more than just numbers – its about leadership, passion and bringing your best self to the table everyday.

Favourite food: Salad, actually a fruit salad. Mostly grapes, in fact all grapes!
Favourite hobby: Trying to learn Spanish, walking my dog Leni and going to the gym.
Favourite song: “Never Too Much” by Luther Vandross.

Anna Bamber Head of Marketing

Anna brings over a decade of marketing know-how and a fresh, dynamic vision to Mellors. With experience spanning food sectors and retail formats, she’s delivered impactful multi-channel campaigns across press, digital, and content. Commercially results-driven, Anna thrives on growth, innovation, and telling great stories. She’s CIM qualified and holds a first class degree in Management.

Outside of Mellors, you’ll find Anna outdoors with her German Shepherd, off exploring walking adventures, or sampling new foods.

Favourite food: I love Tapas!
Favourite hobbies: I have a lot of hobbies, probably badminton, hiking or paddle-boarding!
Top Track: Michael Jackson – too hard to pick just one!

Paul Addinell Health & Safety Manager

Paul is a dedicated advocate for continuous improvement, bringing over three decades of experience in the food industry and upholding the highest safety standards.

Paul has designed and implemented many health and safety strategies that have significantly reduced workplace accidents and improved food quality. One of the most unusual tasks he’s been asked to do was completing a risk assessment and creating safe work systems for a zookeeper feeding the lions!

Outside of work, Paul enjoys spending time quality with his family and has a strong passion for sports.

Favourite food: Steak, Chips with onion rings and sticky toffee pudding for dessert.
Favourite hobbies: Football and following Rotherham United.
Top track: ‘We Are the Champions’ by Queen.

Lindsay Edwards Procurement Manager

Lindsay is our dedicated and results-driven Procurement Manager, committed to sourcing the highest quality products. With over 6 years at Mellors, she is a key player, consistently striving to improve procurement processes and supplier relationships.

Currently working towards her CIPS Level 5 in Procurement and Supply, Lindsay brings a strong background in both retail and commercial settings.

Outside of work, Lindsay enjoys the outdoors, hiking and great food!

Favourite food: Pizza!
Favourite hobbies: I love to run early in the mornings with my German Pointer Ulla.
Top track: You Can Call Me AL by Paul Simon.