Oliver is a trusted business advisor, author, wholefood chef and nutritional therapist working within the independent food retail sector. Oliver has worked in the independent health and wellness sector for over 20 years.
Oliver was instrumental in transforming his family’s business Select Stores in Dalkey in to a popular independent health store, grocer and cafe with the journey summarised in his bestselling book ‘ The Fuel Food Cookbook’. This led to Oliver setting up his own consultancy company Hubble Health working alongside independent health food stores, food retailers and their health/wellness brands as a trusted business advisor with bespoke sales and marketing campaigns in Ireland and overseas.
Oliver has worked with independent health food brands such as Viridian Nutrition, True Natural Goodness, Wild Nutrition, Clearspring, Sonnentor, Nuzest, Biona, Dr. Bronner, Lilly’s, Iswari and Pukka. Oliver is keenly aware of the importance of having high quality food products of good provenance widely available through ethical supply chains and is eager to bring his knowledge to bear in his role as Ambassador for the Health Stores Ireland association highlighting the importance of supporting independent health food shops in one’s community, shopping local and keeping the independent health food sector alive. Oliver has given many healthy eating talks/demos in schools, colleges, corporate and collaborative healthy lifestyle events in the Ireland and UK including the Rotunda Hospital. He has appeared on Virgin Media’s Weekend AMTV as a resident TV chef plus collaborating with Irish Independent media on food topics such as children’s cookery, mental health and food trends. Oliver is currently writing his second cookbook.
Oliver’s services within the independent food retail sector include:
Planning Short & long term client projects –
Innovative Brand Activation
Strategic Brand Awareness
Market Research Planning
Brand Training with key clients & teams
Creating & Implementing unique brand sales & marketing campaigns with successful sales growth guaranteed.
Presenting brands through authentic sales & marketing store events as part of bespoke promotional campaigns.
Mentoring clients & customers on various nutritional topics through creative easy healthy food demos.
Presenting Nutrition talks and Healthy food demos for schools, colleges, corporate, health facilities, local community events and festivals. Also for online events too.
Oliver is also available for locum services within the independent health food store community.
For any further business discussions or event queries please:
contact Oliver at oliver_mccabe@yahoo.ie
contact Oliver at 00353876269028
thank you!
Since the release of his bestselling book, The Fuel Food Cookbook, in January 2016, Oliver has contributed to many media publications. He has worked with Bairbre Power and Katy McGuinness of the Irish Independent on food topics such as children’s cookery, mental health and food, and food trends.
Along with appearances on Virgin Media’s Weekend AM live shows; Oliver has also shared his foodie advice on Newstalk FM, East Coast FM, 2FM and Sunshine Radio. He was a food columnist for ‘Magpie Magazine’ and ‘Irish Parent Magazine’ and has contributed to Image Magazine, Image.ie and Food & Wine Magazine.
Background:
Oliver’s love for nutrition started on his travels to Australia and the USA where he worked in various organic, vegetarian cafes and stores picking up ideas along the way especially in Sydney, Cape Cod, Boston, New York and San Francisco.
He returned to Ireland in 2001 where through this experience he became aware of his own food sensitivities and the power of healing foods.
In 2004, Oliver reinvented his parents Select Stores Dalkey established 1959. from traditional family greengrocer to dynamic healthy organic wholefood store with award winning natural juice bar. In 2007 he graduated from The Irish Institute of Nutrition and Health with an ITEC diploma in Nutritional Therapy where he was trained by Ireland’s top nutritional therapist Richard Burton.
Throughout the years Oliver has given healthy eating talks and demos in schools, college plus corporate health & food events. He has written for Easy Health magazine and is involved with the student Spunout organisation.
Oliver speaks about how important healthy eating is in this day and age and makes people aware of what is in food and drink today. His talks stretch from importance of vegetables in one’s diet to coeliacs to skin awareness through cleansing and juicing etc.
Some Career Highlights…
- Oliver has featured on TV3’s ‘Xpose’ & ‘Ireland AM’ plus RTE’s ‘Capital D’, ‘The Afternoon Show’ and ‘Nationwide’ tv shows.
- In May 2011 Oliver was invited to write for Irish Parent Magazine on issues that tackle parents day to day with their children on the subject of health and nutrition.
- Olivers chosen charities are Irish Cancer Society, Barnardos, Crumlin Children’s Hospital and Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
- Co Director/Founder of the 1st Dalkey Book Festival in 2010 and the Dalkey Business Group
- In 2012 Oliver began writing nutritional recipes and advice with the Irish Independent newspaper and Mistletoe Magazine.
- In June 2013 Oliver organised ‘Health on the Hill’ event with leading global nutritionists Dr. Marilyn Glenville, Bernadette Bohan and Patrick Holford.
- In January 2014 Oliver’s Super Cleanse Smoothies went on sale at The Restaurant at Brown Thomas Dublin breakfast and lunch menus.
- In August 2014 Oliver began contributing nutrition foodie tips, advice & recipes to Irish Country Living part of Irish Farmers Journal.
- In 2015 Oliver began contributing to Image Magazine & Image.ie along with Chef appearances on TV3 Saturday & Sunday AM live shows.
- In January 2016 Oliver’s Cookbook ‘The FuelFood Cookbook’ will be released nationwide.
- In September 2016 Oliver was food columnist for ‘Magpie Magazine’ & ‘guest panelist’ on Newstalk FM.
- In October 2016 Oliver worked with Viridian UK ethical nutrition with the launch of the ‘7 day Sugar Detox’ free app & eating plan on Dec26th with vegan sugar free easy effective recipes from The FuelFood Cookbook which is distributed by Viridian in the UK market with in store cookery demos and nutrition info evenings on various nutritional aspects in everyday life throughout independent health stores in UK and Ireland. Oliver also became the media ambassador of Irish Independent Health Food Stores.
In July 2017 – Oliver began as an independent healthfood consultant with Independent Irish Healthfoods to increase growth in sales with strategic marketing and events campaigns to further promote and increase awareness of our entire range of brands throughout the independent Irish health food industry.
In September 2018 – Oliver created HubbleHealth independent consultancy.
In September 2018 – Oliver honoured with Ambassador for Vitality – Ireland’s largest health and wellness show at RDS Dublin annually.
- Oliver’s motto is ‘Every healthy customer has a wealthy soul’.
