Having a vast expanse of knowledge, experience and creative capacity, Algarvian.Life’s product creator Mel Ve has always had an ethical and conscious approach to projects. An avid and creative cook / chef from a very young age, Mel Ve was a participant in UK Master Chef 2004, and got down to the final eight contestants. Mel Ve is also the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Conscious Consumer Network, which is a humanitarian focused live broadcast TV network founded in 2015, and was designed to awaken and educate consumers. Conscious Kitchen and Algarvian.Life evolved from Conscious Consumer Network.