Niall Keating is executive chef of Whatley Manor in Wiltshire where he is credited with reinvigorating the hotel's dining offering. Since being recruited to Whatley Manor by general manager Sue Williams in early 2017, 28-year-old Keating has made an impressive mark on the business, helping one of the hotel's three restaurants – The Dining Room – win a Michelin star in October … [Read more...]
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Five minutes with… Charles Beer
Charles Beer is the Senior Partner at Crown Partnership having started with Seasoned Events as Managing Director almost twenty years ago. Having spent 5 years as MD of Seasoned Events, Crown Partnership Chairman Russell Morgan invited Beer to head up Crown Partnership as Senior Partner, a role he has enjoyed to this day. With more than four decades of business growth and … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Paul Anderson
Paul Anderson took over as managing director of warewashing and food waste handling solutions business Meiko UK from Bill Downie in April 2017, a move which saw him return to the brand he had worked with as a regional sales manager 15 years previously. Paul has had close associations with the hospitality industry throughout his almost 30-year career, starting out with a fine … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas joined contract caterer Bartlett Mitchell as CEO in 2016 following a 20-year stint in facility management. The move to Bartlett Mitchell, which employs 800 people over 90 locations in London and the South East, has seen Thomas return to working with food, having begun his career in the hospitality industry where he held roles with the likes of Whitbread and Granada. … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Stuart Gillies
British chef and restaurateur Stuart Gillies has racked up an impressive 35 years in the hospitality industry, starting out as a chef in the early 1980s at Royal Garden in London before moving abroad to work in a number of kitchens, including Riche in Stockholm and Daniel in New York. Returning to the UK six years later, he worked at Le Caprice and Teatro, where he met his … [Read more...]