Our Story
Glenforsa is a new café and farm shop, built on the shores of the Isle of Mull. Drawing from the abundance of our island and the talent of its producers, Glenforsa is a celebration of slow, purposeful cooking and eating. Glenforsa is a part of the Benmore Estate and was founded in 2024 by India Radford and Max Kinder, inspired by a shared love of Mull and its produce.
Indi —
The love of food and the love of mull have always been central to Indi’s family. Memories of barbecuing freshly caught mackerel up Loch Ba and sitting in the kitchen with friends picking crab to make sandwiches for the beach are small moments that encapsulate how intertwined these two things have been in her life. Whilst Indi has always felt a strong connection to the Island, its people, and its produce, it wasn’t until lock down, going to Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland, and meeting Max, where she felt her perspective change on what she wanted to do with her life. The inspiration for Glenforsa Café was to try and provide an experience for locals and tourists and capture the nostalgic feeling she always felt when coming to the island: a powerful grounding and sense of calm, coupled with this real sense of simple living, moments of joy centred around the landscape and food.
Max —
Max’s love and passion for the culinary world has been a constant. From fishing on the rivers and lochs to foraging the woods, he has a curiosity for new and interesting ingredients. Although Max’s passion for food started young, he has taken a journey through cooking starting at Jamie Oliver from the age of 15. It was only after university Max doubled down and turned passion into a career. After graduating from Ballymaloe Cookery School, where he met Indi, he went on to work at the renowned River Café in London. It was here he honed his skills in Italian cooking with a produce led approach. Moving to Mull was a big jump but the opportunity to start their own Café & Farm Shop couldn’t be let go. This is the first year of what promises to be a hugely exciting and valuable product for Mull and the West Coast of Scotland.
