Jane Pettigrew confirmed for the careers panel

Credit: UK Tea Academy

We are delighted to announce that Jane Pettigrew will be joining us in May at the Women in Tea & Coffee Conference.

Jane has worked in the world of tea since 1983. After owning her own tearoom in London with two friends, she became a freelance editor, writer, trainer and consultant to various organisations and tea companies, including the UK Tea Council, the Indian Tea Board and Twinings.

Over the years, Jane has written for various magazines and websites, including Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, Tea and Coffee Asia, Fresh Cup, Tea – A Magazine, STiR Tea and Coffee Magazine, World Tea Media, and TeaTime Magazine, for which she is a contributing editor. She has spoken at tea conferences and events in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Canada, Russia, Georgia, Spain, France, Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy and Argentina.

Jane has also trained staff and given presentations in five-star hotels and tea rooms around the world and until 2015, she taught tea masterclasses in the UK under the auspices of The UK Tea Council. Jane helped found the UK Tea Academy, which teaches courses at different skill levels in London and throughout Britain. From 2016 to December 2025, she was the UKTA’s director of education.

She has published 17 books on tea, the last of which, Jane Pettigrew’s World of Tea, was published in June 2018 by Hoffman Media and won Best Tea Publication 2019.

Jane also received a British Empire Medal (part of the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award) from Queen Elizabeth.