Welcome to our brand new ASK TONY: The Countertalk Problem Page. Tony Carelli has recently come on board with Countertalk as an additional mental health expert to serve our community, joining stress councillor and therapist Merly Kammerling to ...
I’m really freaking out about coping with the festive season this year. The restaurant is so busy already and it’s only getting busier, while we’re still really short staffed. My team are feeling the same and we’re kind ...
By Michael Davies
As the general public are winding down at the end of the year, navigating Christmas parties and office hangovers, we in hospitality work the hardest we’ll work all year. We work at making people happy during ...
“Julia, our head chef, is by far one of my top favourite people in the world. But she said to me, you’re not my friend. I’m not your friend. We hang out, we go out to dinner, we text ...
By Rav Gill
One of the things that I have found tough when managing a team in a kitchen is something that I think a lot of people struggle with - and that’s wanting to be everyone's mate, whilst being ...