Adele Oxberry FIH is the founder and CEO of Umbrella Training, a leading nationwide training and apprenticeship provider for the hospitality industry. We took five minutes out recently to catch up with Adele and find out why hospitality and training are both lifetime passions for her. How did you get into the industry? My mother was the executive … [Read more...]
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Five minutes with… Simon Esner
From entering the world of hospitality and catering at the tender age of 14 as a kitchen porter, to becoming a director and shareholder of one of our industry’s biggest names, Westbury Street Holdings, is quite some journey. I sat down with Simon Esner last week to gain insights into that journey and some of the lessons learned along the way. When you meet Simon one thing is … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Jane Pendlebury
Jane Pendlebury is CEO of HOSPA. Prior to being appointed as HOSPA’s CEO, Pendlebury ran its Membership and Events office from 2014-2016, growing it significantly. A well-known figure in the hospitality industry for many years Pendlebury spent Five Minutes With... us recently talking with our publisher. What brought you into hospitality? “I completed my degree in … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Sara Jayne Stanes OBE
Sara Jayne Stanes OBE is Chief Executive of The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, which aims to advance the education of people in the United Kingdom in the science and art of cookery, food, food provenance and service. Earlier this week we talked hospitality with Sara Jayne. How did you start in hospitality? “My formative career years were spent working as a producer … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Will Beckett
Hawksmoor is a British steakhouse and cocktail bar chain founded by Will Beckett and Huw Gott in 2006 on Commercial Street in London’s Spitalfields. There are five other Hawksmoor restaurants in London: Seven Dials, Air Street, Knightsbridge, Guildhall and Borough. There are also two restaurants outside of London, in Manchester and Edinburgh and Hawksmoor New York will be … [Read more...]