In a world plagued by phones pinging 24/7, and an industry which never sleeps, what happens to us and to our work when we never switch off? Most of us know what happens, because it’s our daily (and ...
Pastry Chef Ravneet Gill set up Countertalk as a platform for jobs and community-building in 2018. Driven by her own damaging experiences, she hadn’t realised that working in a kitchen could offer a different, more positive environment than the ...
We all know relationships can take a huge strain when you are in the thick of Christmas, with the pressure of mis-en-place, bookings and heaving dining rooms. Tempers can flair and it is easy ...
We love Poppy’s description of cities ticking through the lens of food. This perfectly describes one of the best things about hospitality - that for every restaurant that exists, there’s a huge ...
“I love working in hospitality, but I also feel really strongly about having a baby at some point in the future. I’m worried that the two things are mutually exclusive. Am I wrong?” From the questions we receive on a ...
We often talk about the ways in which you can move away from the taxing physical labour of the cheffing coal face, working long shifts and late hours. But it’s ...
Welcome to our CAREER SPOTLIGHT series, shedding light on the hugely varied routes you can take into so many wonderful corners of our industry. We’ve spoken to food stylists, ready-meal recipe developers, TV food producers and many more, all ...
Business partnerships can and should be extraordinary sources of strength and success. You have complementary skills, you provide each other with crucial support, you may nurture ideas and projects together in a way that you would never do alone. ...
