Put simply…
I work with
Restaurants
Bakeries
Cafes
Who want help with
Service
Food & drinks
Operations
Costings
Growth
Strategy & brand
menu development
team training
wine
scaling
brand standards
coffee
strategy
supply chain
events
customer journey
recipe systems
culture
take away
eat in
operations
new openings
food truck
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I’m your hospitality support, a creative and practical mind who loves a challenge.
I’m taking my learnings from experience in slick, multi-site, national companies and bringing it to independents. A little of this knowledge goes a long way, helping businesses maintain their identity and be running smoothly behind the scenes.
You might get in touch if you need someone to create a new menu for you, run a seasonal menu change, develop internal standards and systems or help with rebranding or a new concept from an operational standpoint.
I can also help with profitability audits and design a menu structure that is cost effective and exciting, fresh and modern.
We can work from a single day to months on end, we’ll build a project that does as much as possible with as little as possible.
Learn more about my background here:
Areas of experience
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I’ve worked on drinks over 5 different companies, building experience in:
Creating hot, cold & bottled drinks ranges
Contract tenders
Coffee blend development
Coffee quality monitoring
International barista championshps
Coffee training
Iced drinks
Wine (WSET L2 merit)
Wine training
Food & drink pairing
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I was a regional trainer both FOH and BOH for a total of over 3 years, after having had experience in independents where I created bespoke training modules.
Creating development modules for FOH and BOH
Creating bespoke development plans
Creating training material for all levels
Delivering training courses in service, leadership, wine, food and culture
Creating sign-off practices for new starts
Developing people to senior positions
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I’ve been involved directly with over a dozen new openings and indirectly with countless others from both hands-on and centralised perspectives:
New team training
Launch night/weekend/weeks coordination & delivery
Ongoing support & community embedding
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I’ve headed 3 food departments for national food & drink companies totalling over 100 sites. In those roles I’ve dealt extensively with:
End to end NPD
Concept & Menu creation
Branding & identity
Commercials & profitability
Strategy & annual calendar
Allergens & dietary needs
Compliance
Internal recipe systems
Operating procedures
Recipes and 3rd party suppliers
Equipment sourcing
High volume and seasonal menus e.g Christmas
Supply chain including food, drink and supply chain
Scalability
Training documents and physical trainings
Menu launch execution
Plating & packaging, sourcing and developing
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Branded businesses live or die by consistency, and my roles have played crucial parts in both the creation and maintenance of internal standards.
Creating and conducting FOH & BOH standards audits
Reqriting companywide service steps
Writing product specifications
Customer journey audits
Creating internal systems and operating procedures
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I’ve lead brand delivery in the absence of a department and lead delivery of a national rebranding project, as well as working both within and closely alongside brand teams.
Rebranding food identity
Food styling & content creation
Conducting photoshoots
Rebranding of internal POS displays
Rebranding packaging suite
Rebranding website and online shop
Social media content