WHO WE ARE
'You Bake it, We’ll Cool it' !
Gary Edwards
Joint MD & Co-owner
Gary started baking when he was at school as his first Saturday job, from here he learnt his craft working in small artisan bakeries including some of the world’s leading hotels and bakeries. Gary met his co-director and friend Mike Cook over 30 years ago when they both worked as traveling test bakers for an American ingredients company. From here
Gary worked closely with Mike in the equipment side of the industry and 20 years ago they formed their first bakery related company. With the acquisition of the Magnacool brand Gary is committed
to exposing the unique Magnacool system to all areas of the trade.
Mike Cook
Joint MD & Co-owner
Mike has been baking since he was 12 years old, carefully learning and mastering the craft of his trade at an early age before moving into the equipment side of the industry. Mike has an unrivalled knowledge of the bakery world and the key features that make it tick with his forte being bakery equipment. Mike has enthusiastically headed numerous new start up projects around the globe, from small independents to multinational groups. Mikes ability to comfortably communicate with customers on all levels and his reputation for his ‘out of the box thinking’ gives our clients the competitive edge that has been and continues to be appreciated by them all.
Antoon Vanoutryve
Founder
Antoon (Toon to his friends and colleagues) was literally born into the bakery industry. All of his life Antoon has travelled the world selling and installing bespoke bakery machines with his specialist field being the Magnacoolers. Along the way he has made many good friends with his multilingual ability and his extremely well-known friendly personality. We are proud to have Toon on the Magnacool team where with his lifetime of experience and knowledge he can continue to help and guide our clients with their cooling requirements.
Alan Fisher
Chief of Engineering
Alan is an industry leader in all fields of bakery project management and related equipment, his experience is truly second to none. Alan has installed machines in all corners of the globe from small, medium and semi-industrial to industrial sized plant bakeries. Alan has travelled the world project managing new build bakeries with regular annual budgets well in excess of 10 million + pounds. Alan’s attention to detail and no nonsense professional approach gives our customers full peace of mind when purchasing a Magnacooler.
Kerri Courcier
Office Management & Spares
Kerri has been looking after the logistics of the office and our spare parts side of the business for over 10 years now, Kerri has a proven system in place giving our customers minimum down time when requiring spare parts.
Jane Cook
Accounts & Office Management
Jane has been looking after the accounts for the related companies for a number of years now, keeping our clients and transactions running smoothly whilst keeping the office and its systems running like clockwork!