Today, I’d like to feature pastry chef and baker Huda Tarhuni of CakeHead London, who supplies American-inspired baked goods to coffee shops and private clients. Her story is remarkable because she braves health challenges everyday, while also meeting the physical demands
Schedule it
Maybe you do this already, but there’s no easier hack for work-life integration than putting it on your calendar. Whatever the activity might be: a class at the gym, buying a birthday present for your partner or a call to catch up with an old
Lessons from 2018
In my last article for The Staff Canteen, I looked at the bigger lessons for us behind the headlines of 2018. Two things that really stood out for me were the Netflix show The Final Table, as well as automation in
Hundreds of choices
Work-life integration is not about your yoga class or going on a run or brunch every weekend with your family. It’s about the hundreds of choices you have to make. Big ones: do I say no to this job because
Resolutions
Does work-life integration feature amongst your resolutions for this year? If not, why? This isn’t meant to be a judgement or to make you feel guilty – let’s move towards finding a solution. Does any aspect of your life outside work
Sacrifice
Although we don’t talk enough of the sacrifices that being a chef requires us to make, we talk even less about what some of us have sacrificed to find a better work-life balance. I know chefs who have scaled down their career ambitions,
Where are you?
Let me ask you this: where do you see yourself currently on this chart, chef? More importantly, where do you want to be? Remember, there’s no judgement here: we can shift from quadrant to quadrant throughout our careers. Are you at: II –