Month: January 2018

Even though you’ve set strong intentions for the year, are you finding that instead of forging ahead, you’re being pushed and pulled by what’s around you? This has been my experience: it’s not yet about the big plans for 2018, but just

If you’re currently less busy than usual in January, are you letting yourself enjoy that spaciousness, chef? Is it easy for you to take a deep breath, step back from responsibility, sit still for a few moments? Or does it

Being in London, I was lucky enough to visit an exhibition of artist Chaïm Soutine’s portraits of service industry professionals in 1920s Paris. It was quite moving because he brought so much humanity to his subjects. There were personalities behind the

When I recently came across a post by a chef criticising someone else in the industry, it made me think: where does this come from? What is it in our human nature that makes us constantly have to prove ourselves?

Simple message for you: make this week what you want it to be. Yes, you get to choose. However things turn out, whether they’re in your favour or not, you decide what this week will be all about. Will this be

I was recently asked by one of my clients to wrap up something she owned. It was more expensive than anything I’ve ever handled. I’m glad she didn’t tell me the value beforehand, or I would have freaked out. A big five-figure sum.

Isn’t it strange that when we think of career growth, we think in terms of what we do, the targets we meet, how much we earn, but in reality progress in the kitchen only happens through each other?  In those moments that you