- Bernard Trevor Matthews
Bernard Trevor Matthews CVO, CBE (born 1930 in Brooke,
Norfolk ) is the founder ofBernard Matthews Limited, a company that is best-known for farming turkeys and producing turkey products. [cite web|url=http://www.bernardmatthews.com/CompanyHistory.asp| title=Bernard Matthews: company history |accessdate=2007-02-08] Matthews, the son of a mechanic, worked as a traineelivestock auction eer at Waters & Son between 1946 and 1948; he then served his two-yearNational service in theRoyal Air Force . [cite web|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/search/article/632824/profile-time-talk-turkey-bernard-matthews-chairman-bernardmatthews/| title=Time to talk turkey|publisher=" [http://www.brandrepublic.com 'Marketing' magazine] "|date=14 February 2007|accessdate=2007-02-20]He started the company in 1950, having left school at the age of 16 after winning a scholarship at the
City of Norwich School but choosing not to progress with his education. [cite web|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2114412.ece| title=Bernard Matthews: Life is still bootiful|publisher="The Independent "|date=31 December 2006|accessdate=2007-02-03]In 1964 he met
Nikita Khrushchev to discuss the modernisation of the Russian Poultry industry. In 1980 the company launched its first TV commercial featuring Turkey Breast Roast, with Matthews himself introducing the famous 'Bootiful' catchphrase in his thickNorfolk accent , and becoming part of what has been described as the "national consciousness". [cite web|url=http://www.bernardmatthews.com/CompanyHistory80.asp|title=Company history: The 80s|publisher=Bernard Matthews] [cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1323915.ece|title=The ‘bootiful’ empire takes another hit|publisher="The Times "|date=4 February 2007|accessdate=2007-02-09]Matthews was appointed a CVO in the New Year's Honours List December 2006, for his service with the
Duke of Edinburgh's Award , a scheme for which he had also previously been awarded a CBE. However, in view of the H5N1 outbreak in late January 2007 at hisHolton, Suffolk plant, Matthews asked for theinvestiture on 9 February 2007, at which he had been due to receive the CVO, to be postponed. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,,2009826,00.html "Official: H5N1 may be in human food chain"] , James Sturcke, Guardian Unlimited, 9 February 2007.]References
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*2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak External links
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