About Us

The Story of Appetite

And what a story! Appetite has survived the bank recession of 2009 before growing and thriving over the subsequent years.

The same is happening through the 2020 pandemic. However, through system rebuilds, the new website and team enhancement and retraining we are here to stay with an ambition to grow.

How have we done this and how will we achieve our ambition we hear you ask?! Reputation, hard work and service to the amazing people we work with. Our people. Our clients, candidates, and colleagues (the 3 Cs!) are the start, middle and end of our world and we simply continue to put people first.

The Story of Appetite

And what a story! Appetite has survived the bank recession of 2009 before growing and thriving over the subsequent years.

The same is happening through the 2020 pandemic. However, through system rebuilds, the new website and team enhancement and retraining we are here to stay with an ambition to grow.

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Take a look at the range of jobs we have available ready and waiting for your to apply.

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Established in 2003 with no hospitality recruitment experience it has been a great story of trial and error! Appetite 4 Recruitment are delighted to be part of a small portfolio of 3 businesses with Appetite4Work, our temporary and staffing agency led by Mike Gardner, and exclusively hospitality job board, Hospitality Jobs UK led by Nick Clover and Dawn Redman.

It’s an exciting time for Appetite – watch this space.

We rely on the principle of efficiency with people’s best interest at the heart of all our decisions. Definitely against the grain from your traditional agencies and we proudly stand for the hospitality industry as true ambassadors.

It’s an exciting time for Appetite – watch this space.

Our Values

Fun & Engaging

Hospitality is all about fun and giving people a good time, and we strive to do this too!

Maintaining Integrity

Trust is one of the main cornerstones of lasting relationships and so every step of the way, we act with complete honesty and integrity.

Delivering With Passion

Hospitality is a feeling deep in the gut of all who are passionate about it. Our team love hospitality and delight in the connections we are able to make.

Keeping Things Simple

Great people into great businesses. Simple.

Professionalism With Loyalty

Our knowledge and professional yet fun and consultative approach have led to a market leading position and one which we strive to maintain, nurture and grow.

Improving To The Best

We’re not perfect! But we strive to continue to be better than we were yesterday.

Our Values

Fun & Engaging

Hospitality is all about fun and giving people a good time, and we strive to do this too!

Maintaining Integrity

Trust is one of the main cornerstones of lasting relationships and so every step of the way, we act with complete honesty and integrity.

Delivering With Passion

Hospitality is a feeling deep in the gut of all who are passionate about it. Our team love hospitality and delight in the connections we are able to make.

Keeping Things Simple

Great people into great businesses. Simple.

Professionalism With Loyalty

Our knowledge and professional yet fun and consultative approach have led to a market leading position and one which we strive to maintain, nurture and grow.

Improving To The Best

We’re not perfect! But we strive to continue to be better than we were yesterday.

Meet the Team

Nick Clover

Founder, Owner & CEO

07899751957 | nick@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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Hospitality ambassador Nick is a driven and fun-loving individual with a passion for people and everything hospitality recruitment. A rugby enthusiast with an entrepreneurial spirit Nick set up Appetite4Recruitment in 2003 having worked in hotels, pubs, bars, and restaurants from an early age. Oh, and he also owned a great pub!

With business partners in Mike Gardner (Appetite4Work) and Dawn Redman (Hospitality Jobs UK), Nick considers himself lucky to work with a couple of the industry’s best and that’s without mentioning the collective team throughout the business family.

As an active supporter of ‘Only A Pavement Away’ Nick runs events to date and you’ll often find him covered head to toe in mud at Tough Mudder with colleagues and friends of the industry.

Watch this space. It’s just the beginning! We’re riding out and improving through the pandemic as we did in the 2008 Bank Recession. Hoping to create more opportunities for amazing people who need that break in tough times.

Kerry Crick

Operations Director

07415202603 | kerry@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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Zimbabwean born and bred, I moved over to the UK at the age of 18 ready to conquer the world! My first job was as a waitress in Zimbabwe in a bar/restaurant and I was hooked – a whirlwind career including JD Wetherspoon, and Nando’s before landing in hospitality recruitment, initially with Berkeley Scott before meeting Nick in 2012 and the rest is history!

I passionately love what I do and genuinely enjoy the daily interactions I get to have. I wholeheartedly believe in the connection of people. I have been privileged to have recruited some awesome positions over the years and the buzz never dies. I find connecting great people to great businesses one of the most satisfying and rewarding feelings. I love a challenge; I am greatly motivated by the success of those I interact with. I enjoy taking the time to really get to know people and understanding what makes them tick.

No two days are the same and the relationships I have forged over the years have become life-long connections and in many cases, friends.

Toby Wilde

Regional Director

07595540390 | toby@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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I started my career in hospitality as KP in my local restaurant whilst attending college – fast forward six years and I was now the kitchen manager for that restaurant! Fast forward another four years I walked into Appetite looking for a change in my kitchen career – and six years later I’m now one of the Managing Consultants for the team here!

I really have fallen in love with keeping connected to the kitchen and the industry whilst finding great jobs for great talent. Having the opportunity to speak with so many different types of businesses and the amazing operators behind them makes my job fun and engaging, every day of the week – which is why I love what I do!

I still cook a lot in my spare time so I don’t lose my skills, and it’s a passion of course. When I’m not cooking or recruiting – I’m normally doing something football related as an avid Newcastle fan (I love the punishment, obviously)

Jemma Springle

Senior Consultant

07940397217 | jemma@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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“Like all of the Appetite team, my career (and passion) started by working in the industry. I worked in various concepts before joining Mitchells and Butlers and progressing through to a General Manager.

I loved it; there was something addictive and exhilarating about the fast pace and camaraderie of the team. A very small break and foray into recruitment gave me the taste for something new and exciting and so when I walked through the Appetite doors in 2009, I knew that this was exactly what I wanted to do!

I thoroughly love what I do. I work hard and I work fast to find great people for my awesome clients. The relationships I have formed over the years are amazing and one of my favourite parts of the job is seeing a candidate become a client and succeed in their career.

I have a huge appreciation for the lively and inspiring clients, candidates, and colleagues I get to work with daily. As an industry, and as a sector we are resilient and strong, and that’s exactly what Team Appetite is all about.”

Jon Lewis

Senior Consultant

07908174149 | jon@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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Originally I was selling CDs and DVDs in the 90’s cutting my teeth in Retail in sunny Tunbridge Wells. Hospitality came knocking 20 years ago and I have enjoyed the rollercoaster ride since. I worked my way up in Bars, having a very successful career with Pitcher & Piano. They were my introduction to a career in Recruitment when I reached their Head Office.

I absolutely love what I do, and get such a thrill from helping people change their lives. Since being within agency recruitment I pride myself in being the best that we can be and to make a difference. I am honest, reliable, sincere and dedicated to both clients and candidates and that just comes naturally to me. It’s not just about delivering a service, its about creating relationships and investing in those you represent.

Hospitality is an amazing sector to work in and I am so proud to be part of it with Appetite. We have the same values and dedication!

Aside from being a big fan of Food & Drink (obviously), I love my travels, live shows, wildlife, music and film.

David Kiss

Senior Consultant

07578835787 | david@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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Chef turned recruiter from Budapest, Hungary.

It is all started with making pancakes with my dad when I was about 13 and from there it was clear that the next step was culinary school, then a chef degree and so on.

As a chef, I had the pleasure of working for some great names such as Hilton, Elite Hotels, ETM and Corrigan’s Mayfair and was lucky enough to be a part of the new opening of The Cheese Bar in Camden by Mathew Carver as a Head Chef.

For me, food is not just a necessity, but a huge passion and this job allows me to discover more and more of this great industry.

As a recruiter my aim is to help chefs to achieve their goals and for employers to find the best fit for their team and drive both sides to success. In order to do so I have plenty years of kitchen experience therefore I’m familiar with most situations both employee and employer need to deal with in this sometimes-crazy industry.

Rozsa Kiss

Consultant

07454016483 | rose@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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I was born in Hungary and moved to the UK when I was 20 years old, starting my hospitality career in Burnham at the Burnham Beeches Hotel before relocating to Birmingham with the Corus Hotel group as a receptionist. Two years later I was promoted and moved to London and with so much passion for what I do and continually seeking new and better ways of doing things I worked closely with the team and taking every opportunity to develop myself and those around me.

I knew I wanted to work for a company where I get to meet the same customers more regularly and so took a job in the stunning Lansdowne Club in Mayfair, where I worked as receptionist, later on as Duty Manager.

I love interacting with people and understanding their needs better where possible and so through lockdown I started my CIPD Level 3 in order to be able to diversify my experience and add even more value.

Very excited to have joined Appetite4Recruitment and looking forward to helping people realise their dream job.

Joshua Tytler

Recruiter

07435114982 | joshua@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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Starting my catering career in college focusing on all of my NVQ’s whilst working front of house and back of house in a Pizza Express finding my love for working back of house and the camaraderie of kitchen life. A couple of years down the line I moved over to ASK working in a bigger restaurant and more cooking skills being tested. With a brief stint in Moorlands Lodge Care Home, I took a quick sabbatical and went to Australia where I turned my hand to sales and managed to find a new passion.

After my trip I came back a little short of funds (!) so I came back to what I knew was my first passion and started back in the world of hosptiality working at Applegarth Farm where my eyes to fresh food and new concepts where opened and my passion for food was re-ignited!

Realizing my passion for good food and good people it was a no brainer to grab this opportunity here at Appetite with both hands!!

Grace Hayward

Recruiter

07972475250 | graceh@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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Northerner living in the south, bringing with me a decade of bar and pub experience.

What started as a part-time job while studying at university, became a full time career filled with lots of passion and love for the industry. I started at the bottom and worked my way up, so I have a good understanding of various job roles within the industry. I have also worked in multiple locations across the country, this includes London and Manchester, two very busy environment’s.

I have a real passion for everything hospitality, events and organisation. Attributes that I believe work well in the word of recruitment.

Gracie Batcheler

Recruitment Administrator

gracie@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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During school and throughout sixth form I have always had an interest in events management and the hospitality world and so joining Appetite which is at the heart of hospitality just made complete sense! I am looking forward to progressing my career with the team here.

Sara Sutcliffe

Systems Administrator

sara@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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I’ve recently moved to the West Sussex countryside and I’m starting an exciting new industry change. With moving to a new area, I’m always on the lookout for quirky new foodie spots. I’m also looking forward to learning more about this new industry!

I have a background in Franchise Operations Management – Some of my wide range of skills include; developing, trouble-shooting and training multiple systems.

I love finding technical solutions for internal colleagues and external clients, both in the UK and internationally.

I pride myself on having a keen eye for detail and finding innovative solutions for even the smallest of tasks. Making peoples jobs easier is my thing!

Vicky Glover

Partnership Ambassador

vicky.glover@appetite4recruitment.co.uk

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Having finished Uni and relocated to London at the tender age of 18, I walked through the doors of Planet Hollywood London and knew I’d found my tribe! 30 years on and the hospitality industry has been exceptionally kind to me. From my very first position as Front of House Host, I was hooked. Progressing to Senior European Trainer, opening 12 restaurants worldwide, followed by Event Manager organising, high profile press & product launches and numerous Celebrity filled Blockbuster Film Premiers. Before meeting the unstoppable Nick Clover back in 2012, and being introduced to the wonderful world of Hospitality Recruitment, working across his multiple businesses for Appetite4Recruitment, including the fabulous team at HJUK with their Job Board Advertising and the inspirational Appretite4Careers team on their attraction, retention, training and Apprenticeship programmes.

My love is for all things Learning & Development, Recruitment and Apprenticeships, where I specialise in partnering with businesses to advise employers on how to capitalise on their Apprenticeship Levy, including set up and implementation. An incredible government-funded scheme designed to develop, train & retain your team.

I am unashamedly people-focused and am obsessed with championing the profile of hospitality as a great place to work, with its boundless long-term career opportunities and aspirational career pathways. Whether this be attracting the next generation of fresh-faced enthusiastic team members through apprenticeships or upskilling & retaining our brilliant & driven managers by investing in development programmes. This obsession has lead me to be an avid supporter of Only a Pavement Away, a Springboard Ambassador and a proud member of Beers & Peers, all of which enable me to practice what I preach.