Migrateful

Jess Thompson

Most Influential CEO 2026 - Social Enterprise (Bristol)

Most Influential CEO Awards (2026)
Award logo for winner - Most Influential CEO Awards
About Migrateful

Jess is Migrateful’s Founder & CEO, a social enterprise running cookery classes led by migrant and refugee chefs. Migrateful supports refugee integration through training and paid work, and helps build a more welcoming UK by creating opportunities for the public and refugees to meet and connect through food. Jess has worked with displaced communities internationally, and her work has been recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30, Women of the Year, and the Great British Entrepreneur Awards.


Winner uploaded image - Migrateful