Celebrating Apprenticeships with Umbrella Training

What a week it has been with National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2019 and the great publicity that has been generated around hospitality apprenticeships in particular. It was great to have the opportunity to finish the week celebrating apprenticeships with Umbrella Training. National Apprenticeship Week ran from 4th to 8th March this year and is the annual […]

Putting Food and Beverage Skills On Show

The hospitality industry is renown for its celebrity chefs who make a name for themselves with their TV shows and signature dishes, and it is the front of house staff who are merely seen as waiters, and seem to fall under their shadow. Although there is a whole art of service to being able to […]

Star Quality Talent has been entered for the Business Book Awards 2019

The Business Book Awards celebrate the work of authors who have shared their industry or market knowledge, experience and expertise in published book form. I am delighted to announce that my latest book ‘Star Quality Talent’ has been entered for the Business Book Awards 2019. This  is open to Business books that have been published […]

Starring in Springboard’s Hospitality Pantomime Dick Whittington

This year our founder Monica Or, will be starring in Springboard’s Hospitality Pantomime Dick Whittington. The Springboard Charity have been putting on a pantomime with a hospitality twist for the last three years. The first year it was ‘Springderella’ in 2017 at King’s Place. In 2018 they turned it up a notch and the performance […]

HMP Brixton serve up a treat at The Clink Restaurant

I recently visited HMP Brixton with some hospitality colleagues, Katie Young Gerald of Bespoke Textiles, and Sebastian Dabrowski and Lorraine Dale from the UK Housekeepers Association. One of the unique qualities of some of Her Majesty’s Prison Services located around the country is that they have The Clink Restaurant. HMP Brixton serve up a treat at […]