On 22nd March 2024, Kris Hall and Cara Houchen of The Burnt Chef Project were joined by guest speakers: ⭐ Gavin Young, Group Culinary Director of Thomas Franks Ltd ⭐ Kevin Steele, Head of Culinary - Midlands of Thomas Franks ⭐ Mark McCulloch, Founder of Hospitality Rising UK   Enjoy this episode as we discuss the impact of swapping CVs for trial shifts. 💭

On March 15th, The Burnt Chef Project Founder & CEO, Kris Hall, was joined by Scott Duncan, Managing Director of Unox, and Aktar Islam, Chef Owner of Opheem. Listen in as they discuss whether they feel they get enough sleep or not? 💭

This week on The Burnt Chef Journal, Kris Hall is joined by Stevie Belshaw. A hospitality professional who suffered a brain injury, fractured vertebrae, broken ribs, punctured lung, and a bleed in his spinal cord after colliding with a lorry on his way to work, whilst working in Sydney during his gap year.   Following the incident, Stevie spent the next 6 months learning how to do everything again, from walking and talking to baking brownies.   As the result of his brain injury, Stevie...

On 8th March 2024, International Women's Day, we were joined by guest speakers, Ruth Hansom, Chef Owner of Hansom Restaurant, and Justine Murphy, Founder and CEO of mymuybueno.   Enjoy this episode as they discuss "what do women really want from the industry and themselves?" 💭

Kris Hall and Cara Houchen from The Burnt Chef Project are joined by guest speakers each week as they discuss headlines which impact our industry! On Friday, 1st March at 9:30am across LinkedIn and Facebook, Kris and Cara were joined by Will Gennard, Managing Director of Talent Hive and Anna Haugh, Owner of Myrtle Restaurant. Talent Hive were the headline sponsor for The Burnt Chef Awards, and both Will and Anna were two of our fantastic judging panel. ⭐ Discussing headlines from recent news,...

On The Burnt Chef Journal this week, Kris is joined by Dr Sian Edwards, Head of Training and Delivery for Platfform Wellbeing. Sian has a background in psychology and has worked across a number of sectors, including Clinical, Forensic, and Sport Psychology. Her specialism is mental health in performance environments, and her PhD explored the mental health experiences of high-performing athletes and part of Sian's role at Platfform is to use this learning to help change organisational culture...

This conversation was dominated by Neuro-diversity. Nadine talks about how she manages with it and she suggests ways to cope on a busy schedule. Neurodiversity is a popular term that's used to describe differences in the way people's brains work. The idea is that there's no “correct” way for the brain to work. Instead, there is a wide range of ways that people perceive and respond to the world, and these differences are to be embraced and encouraged. Hospitality is a very busy, hectic sector...

Compassion Fatigue a type of burnout that occurs when we experience prolonged exposure to the suffering and trauma of others.   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 own mini-series focussed on speaking...

In this episode, Dr Reiner Kraft discusses the importance of becoming more aware of both the mind and the body to increase body awareness. He explains this as a foundational principle for making upgrades to both the mind and the body, emphasizing that limited awareness keeps people trapped in their thought activity without reflection. This lack of awareness, he suggests, is a significant barrier for many people, limiting their ability to recognise and address the imbalance between their...

TW: Gun Violence This week on The Burnt Chef Journal we are joined by Fabian Martinez from Wisconsin, who shares his very unique story of being impacted by a shooting within the restaurant he worked.Fabian talks about how this has affected his overall mental health, and the steps he has taken to try and recover from this horrendous event.This is a sensitive topic, so if you feel comfortable listening to this episode, please feel free.We are so proud of Fabian for sharing this with us.If you...

Kris Hall, Michelle Righini and Adam Simmonds discuss drug misuse in hospitality - the openness in which drugs are used to excess, the acceptance, the ‘rock and roll’ image of the chef and the dangerous culture that these attitudes over time has created. Adam recently shared his own experiences of drug addiction on Shell’s podcast We Recover Loudly and it became the most downloaded episode of season one, hitting home the importance of sharing our stories as they help others who may be...

The much anticipated episode of The Burnt Chef Journal is out now! Joining Founder, Kris Hall, is Dr Sarah Gilchrist FBASES. Dr Sarah Gilchrist FBASES, spent over 20 years working in the high performance sport industry, latterly as a Technical Lead for the UK Sports Institute (formerly the English Institute of Sport) and Senior Physiologist with British Rowing. Her doctorate specialised in sleep and athletic performance and she now provides consultancy on a range of performance areas,...

This episode of The Burnt Chef Journal was recorded live at Commercial Kitchen when Kris Hall was joined by Anna Haugh.   Anna started her career at Derry Clarke's Dublin restaurant and has since worked for  Gualtiero Marchesi, Shane Osborn, and Phil Howard.    Anna has also become a familiar face on television, having acted as a guest judge on Gordon Ramsay's Hells Kitchen, starred as part of the relaunch of Ready, Steady, Cook, and also a regular on Saturday Kitchen.   In 2022, Anna made...

Joining Kris Hall this week is James Sharman. James reached out to us with an interesting proposal, discussing how we start to address the resource crisis in hospitality.James is an English Chef & Economist and owns three restaurants in Asia. His time in economics has unearthed an alternative explanation for the global staff shortage plaguing hospitality, and he is certain that this information has been influencing the lives of every wage earning worker for years. James implemented an...

This episode of The Burnt Chef Journal was recorded live at Commercial Kitchen when Kris Hall was joined by Chef Tom Shepherd.Tom was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham and trained locally. His work experience includes time as Development Chef at 2 Michelin Star Sat Bains in Nottingham, prior to that he was Sous Chef to Michael Wignall at Surrey’s 2 Michelin Star restaurant, The Latymer and Head Chef at Birmingham’s 1 Michelin Star restaurant, Adam’s. After winning an Acorn Award in 2018,...

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'. He then followed up working with the BIFA nominated short film 'Boiling Point', starring Stephen...

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 Hospitality𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼 - Founder of QAB Leadership Ltd𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 - A passionate cook from Ibiza, and founder of Euphoria.𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 - Founder and CEO of Benchmark Sixty Restaurant Services.   You don't want to miss this! 

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 from Executive Chef to Global Director of Culinary. During this time, he has had his share of...

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 development.Read more about Nitisha here ➡️ www.nitishapatel.com

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 and feeling that taking their own life is the only option.   It's amazing to see organisations...

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 also a passionate advocate for eradicating mental health stigma, and raising awareness for mental...