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...

Struggling to assign money and headspace to strengthen your marketing plan for the year ahead?Short on ideas and inspiration on how to attract new customers? Take a listen to this masterclass, recorded live at the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering show earlier this year and hear from hospitality professionals who will share their stories of strategising, how to unearth your USP and the secret to achieving the long sought after omnipresence.Featuring:Gemma Rollason, Partnership and Fundraising...

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 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve deeper into mental health and wellbeing.   𝗛𝘂𝗹𝘆𝗮’𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀.   Rachel is...

Joining Kris Hall this week on The Burnt Chef Journal podcast is Ryan Hartley. Ryan is the Founder of "Always Better Than Yesterday", which exists to help develop heart-centred leaders, teams, organisations and communities.He is an incredibly intelligent human being and this conversation is a good reflection of that.Give this episode your full attention, as Ryan gives us a lot to take away from this.Always Better Than Yesterday: https://abty.co.uk/Always Better Than Yesterday podcast:...

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 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve deeper into mental health and wellbeing.   𝗛𝘂𝗹𝘆𝗮’𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻.   Natalia...

Introducing Bella Patterson!Bella reached out to The Burnt Chef Project via social media, as she wanted to talk about some of her experiences from a private cheffing background.Bella has shared an up to date example that she had of working in private hospitality and the impact that had on her. Kris and Bella had an open discussion about ways in which it could be done differently and whether or not she would continue to do it.For anyone who is currently in the private hospitality sector, this...

This week on The Burnt Chef Journal, Kris is joined by Simon Blake OBE, Chief Executive Officer for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England. Kris and Simon shared a panel discussion just over a year ago and have remained in contact since. Simon is an incredibly passionate and experienced individual, who is making fantastic changes when it comes to the subject of mental health and wellbeing, and our conversations around it.

Kris is joined this week by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina.   Michael is a well experienced hospitality professional who manned the front rooms of the New York's hottest and most in demand restaurants. Serving guests such as Tennnessee Williams and Dustin Hoffman. He's really seen it all from the days serving shots of whiskey and cleaning out ashtrays for mobster family members to owning his new restaurant in Manhatten, New York.   Check out Michael's new book "Your table is ready":...

Matthew Whitfield has extensive experience working in a number of Michelin-starred restaurants, including Eleven Madison Park in New York, and as head chef at the award-winning three AA Rosette Terrace Restaurant at The Montagu Arms in Brockenhurst.   Previously sous chef at three-Michelin starred Eleven Madison Park in New York, voted ‘Best Restaurant in the World’ in 2017, Whitfield is not short of experience in creating world-class cuisine. From 2014 to 2017, he was head chef at the...

Introducing Jasper Wellbeing by Shane Cooke.   This week's guest on the The Burnt Chef Journal podcast is Kris' long term friend, Shane Cooke.   Shane is a Spiritual Wellness & Life Coach and helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, lost and stuck to reclaim their health and happiness. To reignite their purpose and passion, then step into the next chapter of their life feeling fresh, focused, motivated and abundant. Shane believes you can achieve absolutely anything in life given...

This week's episode sees our guest host Jim Taylor with guest speaker Tyler Williams. Jim Taylor is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador based in Canada and his goals are focused on doing what he can to improve the overall state of the hospitality industry after having grown up in it and witnessing firsthand the challenges it and the people working in it face. Jim's guest this week is Tyler Williams, the Director of Brand Experience (AKA "fun-gineer") at Zappos, after growing up in Alaska and...

Kris Hall is joined by Hannah Springham and Andrew Jones in a new episode of The Burnt Chef Journal.   Hannah, a former TV director and Andrew, a chef of over 20 years, now own two outlets in Norfolk - Farmyard and The Dial House.   Covid came with some blessings for Hannah and Andrew, as it gave them a chance to re-evaluate their businesses and to ensure their employees had a chance to lead a fulfilling life outside of work.     Join us as we discuss workplace culture and staff wellbeing.

This week on The Burnt Chef Journal, Kris is joined by Jonathan Howell, the Executive Chef for Sommerro House in Oslo, Norway.After choosing the career path from school at the age of 15, Jonathan went on to become the youngest chef in Norway to gain a Michelin star at Le Canard.However, Jonathan, a well established fine dining chef, spent time in his early career in the hostile environments we are unfortunately too familiar with and that we're seeing getting further attention in recent...

This week's episode is the second episode 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 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve deeper into mental health and wellbeing. Hulya's guest this week is Sjoukje...

This week's episode sees our guest host Jim Taylor with guest speaker Chris Williams. Jim Taylor is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador based in Canada and his goals are focused on doing what he can to improve the overall state of the hospitality industry after having grown up in it and witnessing firsthand the challenges it and the people working in it face. Jim's guest this week is Chris Williams who is the Director of Training and Brand Culture at Walk On's Sports Bistreaux and has been...

In a slight change to our usual episodes - CEO/Founder of the Burnt Chef Project wishes our loyal listeners a Merry Christmas and takes the opportunity to share a mindfulness audio track that he has found useful over the last year.    It's a busy time of the year and often our senses can get overloaded. Hopefully this short 5 minute audio track will help you feel grounded and guide you into a calmer space. The clip starts at 1 minute 24 seconds.   Thank you for your continued support over...

This weeks episode sees the first 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 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve deeper into mental health and wellbeing.   Hulya's guest this week is Paula Gardner...

This week Kris is joined by Global Neurodiversity Lead and Snr Client Partner for Yahoo, Jack Ellis.    Jack and Kris met each other at This Can Happen Global awards earlier in the year which was setup specifically to tackle issues around mental health, diversity and inclusion and workplace safety.    Jack joins us on The Burnt Chef Journal to talk openly and passionately about his diagnosis of ADHD a few years ago. In the conversation Jack and Kris also explore all manner of subjects...

This week we are sharing the Staff Canteen conversation, in partnership with Rational, that we were invited to be part of in October 2022.    The conversation was hosted by The Burnt Chef Project Non-Exec and Staff Canteen Editor, Cara Houchen. The stellar panel consisted of:   Rehan Uddin - Indi-Yang/Asian Restaurant Owners Network Ollie Williamson - The Fat Duck Elliot Hill - Chester Grosvenor Tom Bainbridge - The Tilbury Kris Hall - The Burnt Chef Project   This conversation aimed to...

This week Nikki Bond joins us from Martin Lewis’ Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. Which was setup to specifically tackle the relationship between finances and mental health.   Kris and Nikki discuss many different subjects relating to finances and it’s impact on our mental health as well as the impacts the our mental health can have on our finances. As Kris said on the episode, he’s been in debt, he knows how it feels and you aren’t alone. If you have been impacted by the topics...

In this special episode recorded LIVE at Commercial Kitchen and Catering Show in September 2022, we discuss company culture which has never been such a hotly discussed topic as it is now. We receive no training on it, you can’t easily measure it, and yet it can make or break a successful team and business. Join Cara Houchen and Kris Hall from The Burnt Chef Project and their incredible panel of Anna Haugh, Taylor Bonnyman and Robin Gill as they talk about the challenges and successes when...