Special Interest Episodes

This week we air a bonus episode as we chatted to Emma Perfect, Global Diversity & Inclusion Manager for Soho House Group (https://www.sohohouse.com/) which operates members’ clubs for creative people as well as restaurants, spas and co-working spaces. It’s Emma’s role to ensure that members and teams feel a sense of belonging at Soho Houses in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. The company is leading the hospitality industry in this field, and in 2019 her department won a prestigious Cat...

Under lockdown conditions, we chatted to Anne Pierce, CEO of Springboard (https://springboard.uk.net/) a charity operating in Hospitality focusing on helping people from vulnerable backgrounds into sustainable employment. In this episode, we talk about Anne's journey as well as covering topics such as cross dressing, Anne's propensity for getting rejected for jobs, retro tech and making hedgehogs out of Mango's. Anne's journey really is another wonderful indication of the diversity of options ...

Hospitality Meets... with Phil Street is a new podcast for the hospitality industry. Join Phil each week as he hosts a new guest in a light-hearted talk about their journey and story to date. Under lockdown conditions, we chatted to Katherine Price, Senior Reporter from one of Hospitality's leading trade publications, The Caterer (www.thecaterer.com) In this episode, we talk wobbly's, research, 6 course tasting menu's, books, when not to eat fine dining food and so much more. Kat was an amazi...

Hospitality Meets... with Phil Street is a new podcast for the hospitality industry. Join Phil each week as he hosts a new guest in a light-hearted talk about their journey and story to date. Back in the early 2020's before Covid-19 gripped the world, we met Kate Nicholls who very kindly gave us the time to share her story and the sorts of things she gets involved with. Obviously, the landscape is a little different since we recorded this on 27th February 2020, but the message is still the...