Julia Georgallis is an artisan baker who currently runs a nomadic microbakery called The Bread Companion. The How to Eat your Christmas tree project came about in 2015 as a collaboration between her and friend, Lauren Davies. Lauren and Julia were both interested in sustainability and wanted to collaborate to encourage people to think about food waste so they began to experiment with cooking with various Christmas trees and launched their first ever supper club series. Julia was born and raised in London, but now lives in Lisbon.