The Burnt Chef Journal

This week we're bringing you an extra special episode, as we share the interview we hosted with Hannah Walters on World Mental Health Day.   Hannah Walters, star of Boiling Point, and Kris Hall talk about World Mental Health day and touch upon the topics within series.

We have just hit 100,000 downloads on The Burnt Chef Journal podcast, and perfect timing so, as we release our latest episode with Boiling Point Director and Producer, Philip Barantini! After 20 years of being in front of the camera, as well as working in hospitality, Philip Barantini transitioned into directing in the late 2010s - making his first short film with the award winning 'Seconds Out'....

The Institute of Hospitality hosted an open networking event where Kris Hall, The Burnt Chef Project Founder & CEO, alongside his guest Scot Turner, Managing Director of Auden Hospitality , held a conversation about 'Uncovering the Secrets of Great Retention'.   If you want to see what workplaces should really be looking at when it comes down to retention, then this is a great episode for you....

We asked you to get involved with an extra special episode of The Burnt Chef Journal Podcast - 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗳 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲: 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 - Founder of Auden Hospitality 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼 - Founder of QAB Leadership Ltd 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 - A passionate cook from Ibiza, and founder of Euphoria. 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 - Founder and CEO of Be...

Another episode from the archives, of when Kris Hall was joined by Christopher Follari, former Global Director of Culinary for Sodexo, and now Culinary Director for Good Eating Company (US) and has since become a US based Ambassador for The Burnt Chef Project.    Christopher has worked in hospitality since the age of 15, starting off as a busboy and dishwasher. Over the years he has held positions...

On 10th April 2023, The Burnt Chef Founder, Kris Hall joined Ambassador Jim Taylor in a 'fire side' chat about recruitment, mental health and retention at the Restaurants Canada Show.   Enjoy this extra special episode, recorded live from the show.

We've dug back into the archives to play a previously unreleased episode from covid times. Joining Kris is Development Chef and Food Consultant, Nitisha Patel. Nitisha has dedicated her life to exploring food and flavour and founded her business in 2017. Which has since gone on to be recognised as a leading, nationwide, independent consultancy in hospitality, food manufacturing and product develop...

Kris had an eye opening conversation with the Founder of Beder, Razzak Mirjan.   Razzak lost his brother, Beder, unexpectedly in April 2017 when he decided to take his own life at the age of 18.   Sine then, Razzak and his family have taken a collective decision to work to increase awareness around mental health and suicide prevention, in order to reduce the number of people suffering in silence a...

This week Kris is joined by Anita Guru. Kris first met Anita on this podcast, and have both since been judges for the This Can Happen global awards, which is a mental health awards initiative designed to recognise those who are doing fantastic things in the field of mental health and well-being. This conversation was a learning curve for Kris, as Anita discusses her studies in Psychology. She is a...

Struggling to assign money and headspace to strengthen your marketing plan for the year ahead? Short on ideas and inspiration on how to attract new customers? Take a listen to this masterclass, recorded live at the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering show earlier this year and hear from hospitality professionals who will share their stories of strategising, how to unearth your USP and the secret to ach...

This week’s episode is from our guest host series. Hulya interviews... Hulya is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador and has over 20 years hospitality experience as a professional chef, teacher, mentor, apprenticeship leader, business owner, consultant and coach. Hulya has joined The Burnt Chef Journal as a guest host to launch her 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve de...

Joining Kris Hall this week on The Burnt Chef Journal podcast is Ryan Hartley. Ryan is the Founder of "Always Better Than Yesterday", which exists to help develop heart-centred leaders, teams, organisations and communities. He is an incredibly intelligent human being and this conversation is a good reflection of that. Give this episode your full attention, as Ryan gives us a lot to take away from...

This week’s episode is from our guest host series. Hulya interviews... Hulya is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador and has over 20 years hospitality experience as a professional chef, teacher, mentor, apprenticeship leader, business owner, consultant and coach. Hulya has joined The Burnt Chef Journal as a guest host to launch her 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve de...

Introducing Bella Patterson! Bella reached out to The Burnt Chef Project via social media, as she wanted to talk about some of her experiences from a private cheffing background. Bella has shared an up to date example that she had of working in private hospitality and the impact that had on her. Kris and Bella had an open discussion about ways in which it could be done differently and whether or n...

This week on The Burnt Chef Journal, Kris is joined by Simon Blake OBE, Chief Executive Officer for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England. Kris and Simon shared a panel discussion just over a year ago and have remained in contact since. Simon is an incredibly passionate and experienced individual, who is making fantastic changes when it comes to the subject of mental health and wellbeing, and our...

Kris is joined this week by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina.   Michael is a well experienced hospitality professional who manned the front rooms of the New York's hottest and most in demand restaurants. Serving guests such as Tennnessee Williams and Dustin Hoffman. He's really seen it all from the days serving shots of whiskey and cleaning out ashtrays for mobster family members to owning his new restaura...

Matthew Whitfield has extensive experience working in a number of Michelin-starred restaurants, including Eleven Madison Park in New York, and as head chef at the award-winning three AA Rosette Terrace Restaurant at The Montagu Arms in Brockenhurst.   Previously sous chef at three-Michelin starred Eleven Madison Park in New York, voted ‘Best Restaurant in the World’ in 2017, Whitfield is not short...

Introducing Jasper Wellbeing by Shane Cooke.   This week's guest on the The Burnt Chef Journal podcast is Kris' long term friend, Shane Cooke.   Shane is a Spiritual Wellness & Life Coach and helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, lost and stuck to reclaim their health and happiness. To reignite their purpose and passion, then step into the next chapter of their life feeling fresh, focuse...

This week's episode sees our guest host Jim Taylor with guest speaker Tyler Williams. Jim Taylor is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador based in Canada and his goals are focused on doing what he can to improve the overall state of the hospitality industry after having grown up in it and witnessing firsthand the challenges it and the people working in it face. Jim's guest this week is Tyler Williams, t...

Kris Hall is joined by Hannah Springham and Andrew Jones in a new episode of The Burnt Chef Journal.   Hannah, a former TV director and Andrew, a chef of over 20 years, now own two outlets in Norfolk - Farmyard and The Dial House.   Covid came with some blessings for Hannah and Andrew, as it gave them a chance to re-evaluate their businesses and to ensure their employees had a chance to lead a ful...

This week on The Burnt Chef Journal, Kris is joined by Jonathan Howell, the Executive Chef for Sommerro House in Oslo, Norway. After choosing the career path from school at the age of 15, Jonathan went on to become the youngest chef in Norway to gain a Michelin star at Le Canard. However, Jonathan, a well established fine dining chef, spent time in his early career in the hostile environments we a...

This week's episode is the second episode from our guest host series. Hulya interviews... Hulya is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador and has over 20 years hospitality experience as a professional chef, teacher, mentor, apprenticeship leader, business owner, consultant and coach. Hulya has joined The Burnt Chef Journal as a guest host to launch her 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with gues...

This week's episode sees our guest host Jim Taylor with guest speaker Chris Williams. Jim Taylor is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador based in Canada and his goals are focused on doing what he can to improve the overall state of the hospitality industry after having grown up in it and witnessing firsthand the challenges it and the people working in it face. Jim's guest this week is Chris Williams wh...

In a slight change to our usual episodes - CEO/Founder of the Burnt Chef Project wishes our loyal listeners a Merry Christmas and takes the opportunity to share a mindfulness audio track that he has found useful over the last year.    It's a busy time of the year and often our senses can get overloaded. Hopefully this short 5 minute audio track will help you feel grounded and guide you into a calm...

This weeks episode sees the first from our guest host series. Hulya interviews...   Hulya is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador and has over 20 years hospitality experience as a professional chef, teacher, mentor, apprenticeship leader, business owner, consultant and coach. Hulya has joined The Burnt Chef Journal as a guest host to launch her 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who...