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Mark Normoyle (Luna’s Food & Wine) - hire, train, inspire
Season 1 Episode 217
Staffing! How do you hire, train, inspire and hang onto staff and what are some menu creation strategies that allow you to operate with less experien…
4 years, 9 months ago
Andrew Prior (Cooking Fabulously) - a changed psyche
Season 1 Episode 216
Andrew Prior parlayed his stint as a contestant on MasterChef Australia 2013 into a food tour business, first in Melbourne and since 2016 in France. …
4 years, 9 months ago
Jenna Abbruzzese (Kitchenette, Hawthorn) - intimate and connected
Season 1 Episode 215
Chef Jenna Abbruzzese owns Kitchenette in Hawthorn with her partner Megan Griffey. They entered the pandemic with a cheek-by-jowl 20-seat cafe, now c…
4 years, 9 months ago
Melissa Macfarlane (Royal George Hotel) - visions for a balanced life
Season 1 Episode 214
This week on Dirty Linen we’re looking at hospitality business models. What kind of tweaks and rethinks have people made to craft businesses that are…
4 years, 9 months ago
Tugce Bayrakdar (Attica Summer Camp) - international student employment
Season 1 Episode 213
Today we welcome Turkish student and chef Tugce Bayrakdar back to Dirty Linen to talk about hospitality employment from the perspective of an interna…
4 years, 9 months ago
Shannon Kellam (Montrachet, Lumiere Culinary Studio & The Kneadery) - solutions for the staffing crisis
Season 1 Episode 212
We continue to ponder staffing in a great discussion with veteran Brisbane chef and restaurateur Shannon Kellam. Shannon and his wife Clare own Frenc…
4 years, 10 months ago
Chris F Wright (Associate Professor, Sydney University)
Season 1 Episode 211
We continue to examine the huge topic of staffing from different angles. Today we’re talking to an expert on labour markets. Chris F Wright is Associ…
4 years, 10 months ago
Tony Twichett (Taxi Kitchen, Transport Hotel) - staffing
Season 1 Episode 210
Staffing. It’s all anybody in hospitality is talking about. Noone is answering ads. Owners are working crazy hours. Employees are stretched. There ar…
4 years, 10 months ago
Penny Wolff (Dandelion & Driftwood) - say don't slay
Season 1 Episode 209
Talking trolling...How damaging are negative online reviews? We talk to cafe owner and coffee roaster Penny Wolff about the Brisbane-based #saydontsl…
4 years, 10 months ago
Saransh Goila (Goila Butter Chicken) - hope and action
Season 1 Episode 208
We head back to India in this moving chat with Mumbai chef Saransh Goila of Goila Butter Chicken. Saransh launched a meal-giving service #covidmealsf…
4 years, 10 months ago