Everyone likes to be recognised for excelling at what they achieve in their chosen career and that’s no different for restaurateurs and chefs. 17 of Appetite4Recruitment's clients made up a substantial proportion of this year’s Good Food Guide Award winners and we...

According to a recent report on the Drinks Business website, “around 330,000 staff currently working in the UK hospitality industry are considering leaving the UK due to Brexit”. The report cited a YouGov survey which predicted a “severe shortage of staff” across the...

“Rugby is a game for animals, played by gentlemen”. At every interval between junior play and professional leagues, respect is at the heart of rugby. All of the fans know it and all of the players demonstrate it. But what effect has this had on rugby as a whole and...

Most of us have probably not heard of National Employee Appreciation Day. According to Wikipedia, it’s an “unofficial holiday…gaining in adoption in the U.S. (which) has become an opportunity for managers, company leadership, and HR to remember the importance of...

In July 2018, Jason Myers joined the Appetite's Executive Team as our first Non-Executive Director. In this article, we look back at a selection of the many roles he has held during his extensive years of experience in hospitality (the only industry that he has worked...

The Smoking Ban... Some things don’t change in British pubs like the familiar smell of cider and ales that linger or the peculiar odour from the hunched-over man who practically lives at the bar. One thing that has changed, though, is the absence of the fragment aroma...

.. Now I LOVE them! We went to some Drake and Morgan sites yesterday and to say the very least, we were not disappointed. Starting in Bankside, and working our way over the water, through the city, and up to Kings Cross, we made our way through the Drake and Morgan...

~ By Lucie Dissaux, Recruitment Resourcer - Fine Dining Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting one of London's finest chefs - Tomas Lidakevicius who heads up the brigade at The Peninsula, Intercontinental O2.  Exciting times ahead as he will be collaborating with...

By Kerry Crick - Managing Consultant The start of summer, beautiful blue skies, some of London’s best restaurants and bars, London’s Regent’s Park  and a cracking team to explore with! One of the great things we are encouraged to do here at Appetite, is immerse...

The food is stunning and we can all learn more about seafood from Rick Stein..      ⇑ Fresh Brown Crab at the Rick Stein Restaurant Cornwall. Reservations 01841 532700 A nation in need of something fishy! Did you know that we eat TEN times less seafood than the...