Jude was brought up on a smallholding in Derbyshire and read Animal Science at the University of Leeds. She started her career at Tesco, and subsequently worked for Marks and Spencer, Booker, as a consultant, and for the 2 Sisters Food Group. She currently works for Nandos as a Product Director for menu development, purchasing of food and non food, logistics and all ethical sourcing and technical environmental standards and targets. She sits on the Red Tractor Poultry board, the FDTP (Food Data Transparency Partnership) for DEFRA and the Soil Association Exchange Advisory Board.