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Simon Blackbourne is the Commercial Director of Tahola, a company who help hospitality and restaurant businesses understand and structuring their data better, so they can make better business decisions based on facts instead ...

Marta Pogroszewska is the Managing Director of Gail's, a 50+ unit bakery chain. Prior to Gail’s, Marta worked at Pret A Manger for over 12 years in roles ranging from General Manager to Director of Operations in the US. In th...

Samantha Clarke is a happiness consultant, author and founder of the Growth & Happiness School. Specialising in workplace happiness and wellbeing, Samantha discusses what makes people fall in love with their job, how leaders ...

We are joined by the insights guru Peter Backman. Peter has served the food and drinks industry as a trusted advisor and consultant for over three decades on an international basis. In this episode, we discuss the current sta...

Barry Shuster, Founding Editor and investment partner of RestaurantOwner.com, joins us to share his expert industry knowledge with from a US perspective. RestaurantOwner.com is an online and print media company serving restau...

Dr John Mervyn-Smith, Director of The GC Index joins us to discuss how the GC Index is helping to liberate individuals, teams and organisations to make a positive impact in their world. From recognising, nurturing and develop...

David Chenery joins us to discuss all things hospitality and the pursuit of excellent restaurant design. David is the Founder & Director of Object Space Place (OSP), an interior architecture and design company specialising in...

Curry evangelist Nisha Katona, Founder & MD of Mowgli Street Food shares her inspirational journey and approach to building and leading her fast-growing restaurant chain. After working as a child protection barrister for 20 y...

COO of Harbour Lights, Benjamin Heath shares his experience of operating within the unusual commercial environment on the Isle of Man. From recruitment and staffing challenges to only having access to one supplier for fresh f...

Alexander Shashou, Co-Founder and President of ALICE joins us to share his journey of building the industry-leading hotel operations platform. With the hotel industry being offline for many years, Alex explains how the delive...

Brighton power couple Alun & Dawn Sperring discuss The Chilli Pickle’s amazing journey and thoughts on the evolving hospitality industry. The Chilli Pickle first opened their doors to the city of Brighton in 2008 and since th...

Nick Popovici, Co Founder and CEO of restaurant and software company Vita Mojo joins us to discuss the inevitability of restaurant businesses becoming tech led. From the digital opportunities that provide consumers with trans...

Peter Avis, customer service and hospitality expert joins us to share his journey, knowledge and advice to anyone looking to excel in a leadership or management position within hospitality. Peter has won multiple Restaurant M...

We are joined by Bill Collison, Founder of Bill's Restaurants to discuss his amazing journey of building the 80 unit restaurant chain. In this episode, Bill explains the importance of seeing restaurant operations as a chance ...

Adam Knight, Founder of Proven Principles joins us to discuss the many changes that we are seeing in the hotel industry and the broader hospitality sector. Adam founded Proven Principles in 2018 and has been consulting and co...

Brian Moore, Publisher and CEO of EMR-NamNews joins us to discuss the past, present and future states of retail and hospitality. With many crossovers to be found between the two sectors, Brian provides in-depth advice for bus...

The Team is a creative branding agency who have worked with a range of globally recognisable operators. Cliff Ettridge, Partner at The Team joins us to discuss all things branding; from the importance of ensuring consistency ...

Kamila Sitwell, leading hospitality blogger, author of Bespoke and Co-Founder of Kolibri Drinks joins us to discuss some of the most prevalent yet underutilised trends we are seeing in hospitality today. Kamila talks about th...

We paid a visit to the London-based Georgian House Hotel to speak with General Manager Adam Rowledge. In this episode, Adam discusses the story behind this multi-award winning hotel, from creating a great employee to providin...

David Owens, Founder and CEO of Let's Operate joins us for episode 17 of the Hospitality Mavericks Podcast. Let's Operate is a boutique technology advisory and insight consultancy firm that helps enterprises to harness techno...

Patrick Smith, CEO of Adwaiz joins us to discuss everything social media related in the world of hospitality. For those that don't know, Adwaiz is a 23 employee strong social media agency specialising in content creation, soc...

Anthony Prior, the MD of Bagelman joins us to share his transition from the music industry to managing and expanding one of Brighton's most loved breakfast and lunch destinations. In this episode, Anthony shares the process o...

In Part 2 of our podcast with Karl Jones, we discussed how the demands of working in the hospitality sector have changed over time, why he's is in favour of Deliveroo despite the high fees that come with the partnership, whet...

There are many reasons why Moshimo could be seen as a unique operator within the realms of hospitality. Whether it be the multiple kitchens present in the restaurant, all delivering unique Japanese favourites with a Moshimo t...