Kate Cook

Kate Cook is a leading nutrition, workplace wellbeing and corporate wellness keynote speaker who has spent more than 25 years helping people improve their health, energy and performance. A highly experienced nutritional therapist, author and international speaker, Kate is the Founder and Director of The Nutrition Coach, a Harley Street nutrition practice through which she has personally supported thousands of clients. Her expertise has taken her from one-to-one nutritional therapy into boardrooms, conferences and workplaces around the world, where she helps audiences understand how everyday decisions surrounding food, energy and lifestyle can influence both personal wellbeing and professional performance. Combining scientific understanding with practical advice, Kate has established herself as a respected voice on nutrition and corporate wellness.

Kate’s journey into nutrition followed an academic background in history, economic history and politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Developing a growing interest in the relationship between nutrition, health and quality of life, she subsequently completed three years of specialist training at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition. In 2000, Kate founded The Nutrition Coach, establishing her Harley Street practice and building extensive experience working directly with individuals seeking practical improvements to their health. In 2001, she expanded her work into the corporate sector when she launched Kate Cook: The Business of Wellness, providing talks, workshops and wellbeing programmes for organisations. This combination of clinical experience and corporate delivery has given Kate a valuable understanding of the challenges employees face when attempting to maintain healthy habits alongside demanding careers.

Over the course of her career, Kate has become an established international speaker and author, working with organisations including the Bank of England, JP Morgan, Accenture, GE HealthCare, Network Rail, Shell, EDF Energy, PwC and Boston Consulting Group. She has also delivered a TEDx presentation on wellness in the workplace and appeared as a nutritional expert on UKTV’s ‘The Truth About Beauty’, alongside Martine McCutcheon. As an author, Kate has shared her expertise through numerous books, including ‘The Corporate Wellness Bible’, ‘Positive Nutrition: How to Upgrade Your Energy for Work and Life’, ‘Get Healthy for Good’, ‘Drop a Dress Size’, ‘Be Incredibly Healthy’, ‘An (Un)Fit Mother’ and ‘Kate Cook’s Wellness Guide’. Her experience has also included becoming a Co-Founding Partner of the People Energy Partnership and serving as Health and Wellbeing Ambassador for the Considerate Constructors Scheme, further demonstrating the application of her expertise within workplace wellbeing.

When booked as a keynote speaker, Kate combines more than two decades of practical experience with an energetic, accessible and interactive presentation style. Her signature talks include ‘Genes Load The Gun, Lifestyle Pulls The Trigger’, which examines how lifestyle choices can influence health outcomes, ‘Sugar Bites Back’, exploring our relationship with sugar and its wider consequences, and ‘Vibrant Energy’, which introduces practical approaches to creating sustainable energy through strategic eating. By explaining complex health information in clear, memorable terms and providing realistic actions audiences can use immediately, Kate empowers people to take greater control of their wellbeing, making her an engaging choice for organisations looking to create healthier, happier and more energised teams.