Robyn has a back ground centred around food, from NZCE-Food Science to running a catering business for 25 years, judging in Devro Great NZ Sausage Competition and Beef and Lamb NZ (2015-2018).
Since starting her work at Massey University in 2021, her involvement has included working on the fermented foods project, verjuice, plant-based meat-alternatives, and plant-milks.