Meet Our Dietitians

Emma Rippon

Emma is a highly skilled Accredited Practising Dietitian and managing director of Eat Well

Nutrition Service. She is responsible for Eat Well’s business operations, strategic direction

and management of client relationships.

Emma’s dietetic career began in the public hospital system. She worked for a number of

years combining hospital, aged care and private practice work as the sole dietitian at Eat

Well Nutrition Service. As the business grew, Emma decided to expand and employee

quality dietetic staff to support the needs of the Eat Well clients. She loves mentoring and

supporting her staff to excel as dietitians. Along with her business role, Emma also works

regularly with our aged care and private hospital clients. She enjoys being hands on, as it

helps to strengthen her clinical skills in the ever changing world of healthcare.

Outside of aged care, private hospital and corporate nutrition, Emma is also the sports

dietitian to the Collingwood Football Club, a role she has held since 2005.

Emma is also the mother of two young children and in her spare time she loves nothing

more than to have fun with the kids and her husband.

Megan is a senior dietitian with Eat Well Nutrition Service. Megan is an Accredited Practicing

Dietitian and has completed both a Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) and a Bachelor of Nutrition

& Dietetics. Since graduating she has worked in a variety of areas gathering extensive

knowledge in both clinical and sports nutrition.  She has also worked in acute care at a

number of different hospitals across Melbourne.

Megan joined the Eat Well team in 2009 and focuses on providing services to our aged care

facilities, private hospitals and corporate businesses.  She has significant experience in

implementing and evaluating quality projects and is always striving to improve the Eat Well

service proposition for our clients.

Outside of her busy work schedule, Megan enjoys playing netball, shopping and making

the most of Melbourne’s wonderful food and culture.

Heidi Thornton is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics.

She began working with Eat Well in 2010 primarily as an aged care dietitian. Her expertise in

aged care assists our facilities to optimize the nutrition and hydration of their residents and

ensures a coordinated and consistent approach to nutritional management. Cooking is also a

real passion of Heidi’s and she enjoys teaching people to prepare delicious and healthy meals

as part of our healthy cooking demonstrations.

In her spare time Heidi loves to cook and create recipes, and is always dreaming of her next

travel adventure.

Shelley is a New Zealand trained dietitian and an Accredited Practising Dietitian. She joined

the Eat Well teamin 2011, after moving to Melbourne from her home town in Christchurch.

Shelley has many years experience working in hospitals, private practice, primary care and

aged care.  She has a friendly and professional approach and enjoys working with people to

help them lead healthy lives.  She is passionate at keeping up to date with the latest nutrition

news and sharing it with her clients.  She also enjoys group and corporate nutrition and

delivering nutrition educations sessions to clients.

Shelley loves Melbourne’s culture and is still discovering all of what Melbourne has to offer

- including cafes, restaurants and shopping hotspots!