Hospitality Meets... with Phil Street

What a treat we have for you today as we have someone who has built an amazing career so far but backs this up with extra work she does for the Institute of Hospitality and Charities such as Hospitality Action We got some time with the amazing Brenda Collin , Executive Vice President for Europe at Preferred Hotels & Resorts ( https://preferredhotels.com ). As usual, we get in loads including t...

As part of our Bonus series, we are delighted to showcase the amazing work that Dorothee Schiesser is doing as Founder and President of the waste soap upcyclers, SapoCycle ( https://sapocycle.org/ ). SapoCycle is a non-profit organisation that collects discarded soaps in hotels and turns them into life-saving products. The soaps are recycled by people with disabilities and then distributed to impr...

What a corker we've got for you this week. We got some time with the bundle of positive energy and influence that is Andrew Fishwick , CEO of Salt ( www.worthoursalt.com ) & The Pepper Collective ( http://www.thepeppercollective.com ). We get through lots including Pitcher & Piano, cashing up in the olden days, similarities between hospitality and theatre, buying a pub, private equity, sta...

In the 2nd of our episodes this week, we chat to another of London's brightest talents, Anthony Raffo - Head Chef at Anglo ( https://anglorestaurant.com ) and Foraging and Fermenting maestro. We get through so much including school, choosing cooking over hairdressing, breakfast - the most important meal, learning (Or not) from the old school, the influence of mum, supporting your local butcher, fi...

In the week where Hospitality began it's reopening journey, we bring you the first of 2 chats this week. We chat to Robbie Lorraine , Founder and Executive Chef at Only Food & Courses ( https://www.onlyfoodandcourses.co.uk ), serving up some of the most innovative food in London. We get through loads including snow, Only food & Courses, only fools & horses, First restaurant memory, fam...

This week we got some time with rising superstar and all round bundle of energy Catrina Pengelley , Founder of the Nerdy Hotelier ( https://thenerdyhotelier.weebly.com ). Like a lot of people in the hospitality industry, 2020 saw Cat lose her job in sales but rather than getting all down beat about that, she dusted herself off and got on with it, founding the Nerdy Hotelier Blog and generally maki...

Today's guest yet again highlights the diversity of opportunity that exists within hospitality. We got some time with the sensational Katy Moses , Founder and Managing Director of Kam Media ( https://kam-media.co.uk ). We get through loads including Lockdown handling, service, research, sell me this pen, having folders thrown at your head, recruitment, Starting Kam in a weekend, big picture thinki...

What better time to start a business than in a pandemic right? Well, todays guest has started not one, but two wonderful enterprises. As Phil puts it early on "You're clearly a glutton for punishment". We got some time with the wonderful human being that is Ed Walker , Founder of Fika Catering ( https://fikacatering.com ) and Bloom Coffee ( https://bloom-coffee.org ), two wonderfully and mutually...

What I love about chatting to such a variety of people from Hospitality is one, exactly that, the variety of stories is incredible but two, sometimes I get to stumble on such a wonderful human story that it makes me feel incredibly lucky. Enter, Peter Avis the General Manager at the quite wonderful Galvin at Windows on London's Park Lane ( https://galvinrestaurants.com/restaurant/galvin-at-windows...

What a corker we've got for you this week. We got time (somehow) with the incredibly busy and rather awe inspiring Chef & Restaurant Magazine ( https://chefpublishing.com/ ) Editor, Claire Bosi . Claire is also the driving force behind the wonderful and necessary #seatatthetable campaign to try and ensure we have a minister for hospitality going forward ( https://www.seatatthetable.org.uk/ )....

In honour of the fact that next week is International Women's Day we got some time with awe inspiring woman that is Natalia Ribbe, Founder of Ladies of Restaurants ( https://www.ladiesofrestaurants.com ) and Barletta in Margate ( https://barletta.co.uk ). It's an all action chat and we get through lockdown baking habits, dinner parties, wine pairings, The performance that is service, Staring at Le...

HOSPITALITY IS AWESOME!!! Spread the word. Hospitality Meets... with Phil Street is a FUN centric podcast for the hospitality industry.  Join Phil each week as he hosts a new guest in a light-hearted chat centred around their story to date, covering off all the fun, stupid, quirky and terrifying things that happen along the way. We might even cover off some intellectual stuff as well... but p...

Today's guest is one of the inspirations as to why I started the show. We welcome Scott MacDonald, Managing Director of Artisan Food Champions Sourced Market ( https://sourcedmarket.com ). Today's chat packed full of content including being nice, being the inspiration for others, Leading through kindness, being the only male in a house, talking to hamsters, creating food experiences in Selfridges,...

What an absolute treat we have for you this week (I know, they're all treats really). We welcomed Marc Dardenne on the show, COO of Luxury Brands in Europe for Hotel heavy weights, Accor ( https://all.accor.com ). This chat is packed full of stories and amazing insight from one the world's premier Hoteliers. We cover off learning from adversity, The beauty of Switzerland, The adventure of hospital...

We've been lucky enough to connect with such a diverse group of people from within the Hospitality Industry on our chats so far and today's episode, is no exception. We chatted to Louise Kissack, Founder of Spaghetti Group ( https://www.spaghettigroup.com ) and Liverpool Food Network ( https://www.spaghettigroup.com/liverpool-food-network ). The usual rules apply, we get through loads including EX...

A side of hospitality we haven't yet delved into is Procurement. In today's episode we put that to bed. We chat to John Stevenson, Co-Founder of Zero Procure ( https://zeroprocure.com ). John has a long and illustrious career as a serial entrepreneur with his roots firmly within Hospitality. As always, we get through loads including the weather, being teased about accents, adapting young, early jo...

What do you get when you cross intellect with humour? The answer is ..... Todays guest Dr. Ioannis Pantelidis, Director of Doctoral Studies at Brighton University and all round Hospitality Warrior. Ioannis talks us through his wonderful, story driven journey with such humour at every turn, it was an absolute pleasure to chat with him and once again demonstrates all the many different avenues avail...

Q. What does it take to become a Hotel CEO? A. There are very different paths and today's guest demonstrates that point perfectly. We got some time with always excellent David Hart, CEO of RBH Hospitality Management and most definitely one of Hospitality's good guys. David will take the reigns in his role more or less a week after this episode is released. We chat about lots including accounting,...

Some people are born to be in Hospitality, todays guest is certainly one such person. We got some time with the always upbeat Andrew D Scott, Managing Directo r of Victus Catering Consultancy ( https://www.victusconsultancy.co.uk ), business owner, author, public speaker and now voice over artist for Sky. We talk about so much including Scottish Accent, starting business, stovies, becoming a GM at...

Happy New Year! And what better way to start the year than by chatting to someone from the world of learning and development. Not only that but we went straight to the top and got some time with Beth Aarons , Global Director at the world class Dorchester Collection Academy ( www.dorchestercollection.com/en/academy ). Beth has forged an incredible career so far working in and out of industry with s...

This week, we got some time with Hotel Human Resources Legend, Jon Dawson , recently appointed Group Director of People Development at Lore Group ( https://loregroup.com ). Jon has forged an enviable career so far working in some iconic hotels including the St Pancras Renaissance, The London Edition and the Mandarin Oriental. As always, we get through lots including reciprocal back scratching, exe...

Happy 50th to us! We couldn't let our 50th episode pass without doing something a little different so to celebrate we've got an extra special guest.... Me! Otherwise known as the Co-Founder and Director of Momentum Hospitality Recruitment Ltd and the Founder and host (Normally) of this podcast. But don't worry, you don't have to listen to me interviewing myself. I enlisted 2 wonderful ex guests, f...

In an effort to pull a curtain across 2020, we put together a Christmas Special episode where we pull in people from all over the industry to tell us all a tale of Christmas past from Hospitality. We've got Cyrus Todiwala, Kellie Rixon, Cat Pengelly, Simon Taylor, Hayley Connor, Kellie Rixon, Elsa De Jager, Liam Wood, Kate Nicholls and Andrew Scott who join Kieron Bailey, Chris Fletcher and me, Ph...

In our 3rd Bonus of December (It is the giving season after all), we air our chat with Kieron Bailey and Marcus Weedon who, together with www.caterer.com , have put together a monumental resource for the industry. There's so much content, written, spoken and video, to help hone and better your job searching strategies at a time when it's very much needed. In addition to talking about this, we also...

When I started the podcast there was a list of aspirational guests that I would have loved to get some time with. Douglas McMaster was on that list. Founder of Silo ( https://silolondon.com/ ), the UKs first zero waste restaurant now based in London having originally been in Brighton. Not only did he have to come up with a food concept but actually had to rethink pretty much every facet of running...