The Elephant restaurant, Torquay is a seaside restaurant that is situated overlooking Torquay harbour. The Elephant was the first restaurant in Torquay to be awarded a Michelin star and that award has been maintained for 15 years. The restaurant is owned and run by Simon Hulstone and his wife Katy, so we arranged to have Five minutes with them both to learn more about their 15 … [Read more...]
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Five minutes with… Neil Fillbrook
Neil Filbrook is the Managing Director of Bank Brokers UK, an independent banking consultancy firm, part of Bank Brokers AB, operating across Europe. Bank Brokers work with more than 2,000 companies to improve their overall banking arrangements. We sat down with Neil recently to better understand how his firm work with so many household name businesses in … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Neena Jivraj Stevenson
Neena Jivraj Stevenson has been with Point A Hotels since their arrival on the budget-boutique scene in March 2017. In reality though, their story together goes back much further. Neena joined Point A’s family-run parent company, Queensway Group, back in 2015 - with planning for the development of a hotel brand of their own beginning as far back as July 2016. Neena, … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… John Davey
I trained as a chef in Bristol initially, but after experiencing a 9 month work permit at the Baur au Lac Hotel in Zurich in the summer of 1971, I realised that I wanted to work in a restaurant, not the kitchen. It was enchanting, the people so full of grace, it was something I wanted to be involved in desperately and I consider myself so lucky to have been a part of it, and … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… TWO Services
TWO Services: Who are we and what do we do? We’re an award-winning family business, specialising in the cleaning and maintenance of commercial kitchens and equipment for the FM and catering industries. As we’ve grown, we’ve stayed true to the values and service ethos of a family business. That’s why we were so thrilled to be the London and South East Family Business of … [Read more...]