Our Story

THE OBSESSION GROWS

After graduating, Amelia joins a food sustainability start-up working with chefs and restaurants every day. She is inspired by the creative ways chefs are using beans at the CENTRE of the plate. And after four years of working and learning about the true power of beans, a little legume appreciation turns into a full blown OBSESSION. 

Amelia finds herself talking and thinking more and more about BEANS. She discovers they are one of the most sustainable and healthiest food groups on the planet. Packed with protein and fibre, an amazing alternative to meat that isn’t ultra-processed. Amelia realised BEANS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

BOLD BEAN CO IS BORN

Amelia creates Bold Bean Co after searching high and low for the tastiest bean varieties, cooked and seasoned to perfection like PROPER CHEFS do. The mission is to make the world OBSESSED with beans by giving them the BEST of beans. And from the get-go, Amelia uses instagram to bounce ideas off our BEAN CHAMPS to help nail the branding.

Bold Bean Co launches with Queen Butter Beans, Queen Chickpeas, Organic White Beans and Organic Chickpeas. It’s not long before we get our first listing in Planet Organic and 5 Great Taste Awards.

WE GO NATIONAL

Waitrose joins the leguminati listing Queen Butter Beans, Queen Chickpeas, Organic White Beans and Organic Chickpeas. Amelia is still talking about the true POWER of beans, but this time on BBC Radio 4.

THINGS HEAT UP!

Our range grows as we launch our Queen Red Bean, Queen Black Bean AND Queen Carlin Pea; the UK’s first British-grown bean. We become B CORP certified, launch a best-selling cookbook and run a salad collaboration with The Salad Project. Sainsbury’s, M&S, Booths AND Ocado join the leguminati. We win the Grocer’s Start-up of the Year award and Great Taste Awards, bringing our total to 8. It was a big year…

THE STORY CONTINUES

Queen Carlin Pea launches into Waitrose stores - making it the FIRST British-grown jarred bean to be sold nationally, and is featured on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch. More bean obsessives join the team!