Who We Are
Liz Beaglehole
Liz Beaglehole is a New Zealand Registered Dietitian, with a Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics (with distinction) and a Bachelor of Consumer and Applied Science from the University of Otago (majoring in Human Nutrition and Food Service Management).
Liz has worked as a Food Service Manager in public and private hospitals, including cook fresh and cook chill kitchens, in New Zealand and Australia. She has also managed food service contracts with external providers. She is experienced in developing quality and food safety audit tools and in conducting audits.
Liz is able to offer advice on staffing, quality issues, food safety, budgeting, menus, production and delivery systems, plus many other food service management applications.
Liz has also worked as a clinical dietitian, providing nutritional assessment and support for a variety of patients in rest homes, public and private hospitals. Liz has provided group education sessions to patients, nurses, doctors and other allied health staff, food service staff and care givers.
Leigh O’Brien
- NZ Registered Dietitian
- Bachelor of Science – Majoring in Human Nutrition
- Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics – distinction
Leigh worked in the field of hospitality for many years in New Zealand, Australia and USA before retraining to become a New Zealand Registered Dietitian. Her career in dietetics began as a clinical dietitian at Christchurch Public Hospital. Leigh left there to join a private food safety consultancy company where she wrote food safety programmes, reviewed food labels to ensure they met the standards set out by the Australia and New Zealand Food Standards Code, conducted food safety training and presented tailored nutrition sessions for food industry.
Leigh recently worked with Julian Jensen providing the rest home clinical service for Julian Jensen Associates. Leigh is the current provider for the pre-diabetes courses run in conjunction with Partnership Health and the Diabetes centre.
Leigh has a strong interest in behavioral change theories and is currently completing behavioral change papers at Canterbury University.