Welcome

This division represents a broad spectrum of presenter talent working within the television, radio and new media industries from household names in television and commercial radio to specialists in fields as diverse as property, food and nuclear physics.

Our team brings a focused, dedicated knowledge and personal service to this ever-increasing area of talent management. We have established relationships with all of the broadcasters and independent television production companies and have a formidable and thorough knowledge of the trends affecting broadcasting today.

Laura Hill

Jessica Stone

If you would like Independent to consider you for representation as a presenter please read the following submissions policy.

Please submit a showreel, CV and a covering letter together with a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Presenters Department
Independent Talent Group Ltd
Oxford House
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS

Please note that we do not accept submissions by email and we will only consider you for representation if you have a showreel. We cannot return materials to you unless you have provided us with a self-addressed envelope with the correct postage affixed. Any materials submitted are done so at your own risk.

Presenters Department
Independent Talent Group Ltd
Oxford House
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS

Tel: +44 (0)20 7636 6565

Fax: +44 (0)20 7323 0101

Tom Herbert

Tom is a 5th generation baker with hot bread in his genes and with a proven ability to share the good bread message he is winning people over to the light side.

Fresh out of baking college, he won Young Baker of the Year with an ambition to ‘do for bread what Rick Stein has done for fish'. With a wealth of artisanal nous and a lively baking and business heritage, Tom has gone on to collect numerous awards. His family business, Hobbs House Bakery has won Organic loaf of the year, 9 out of 10 times, and been featured in the aforementioned Rick Stein's Food Heros, as a Super Food Hero, Henrietta Green's Food Lovers Guide to Britain, and also featured in the Independents top 50 food shops.

As a baker, Tom is passionate about eating, sharing and making bread. With his wood fired oven at his bakery/cafe by the stream in Nailsworth, he regularly gives talks, demonstrations and bread making courses. Tom is the eldest of six and is father to four children, meaning there is always something to report in his columns.

As a highly respected and knowledgeable baker Tom has judged at baking events across the world, including Pain, Prosciutto, Fantasia in Umbria Italy, as well as Young Baker of the Year in 2001.

Healing the hurt caused by 70 years of abominable bread, Tom might just be the best thing since sliced bread.

In 2009, Tom has filmed a documentary for BBC4 called In Search of the Perfect Loaf which broadcast earlier this year. It took him the length and breadth of the country, exploring methods of bread making.

Tom is currently filming a new series for the BBC based on the High Street.

TELEVISION

2010 Market Kitchen (baker) - Optimum for Good Food

2010 In Search of a Perfect Loaf (presenter) BBC4

2006 Mind your own Business (key contributor) BBC1

WRITING

2008 Baking with Children (foreword) Book by Hawthorn Press

2008-10 In the Mix (columnist) Craft Baker for British Baker Magazine