Entries by Monica Or

Caribburton’s Jamaican Pop Up Restaurant

On Saturday I attended Caribburton‘s Jamaican Pop Up Restaurant which was held at Studio Gi in Hackney. The hosts were husband and wife team – Alex and Dawn Burton who provided a delicious three course meal at this intimate venue, which was literally like being in a friend’s (very large) front room, complete with a […]

Some hidden gems…

As the sun decided to show itself this weekend I was raring to get out and go off the beaten track and ended up in two very different establishments… The first was 7 Hotel & Diner which is a 1950’s inspired American Diner complete with classic cars parked outside which can be found on the […]

The Intern at The Milestone Hotel

Last night on Channel 4 was the first showing of Hilary Devey’s The Intern. This episode was based in The Milestone Hotel where three interns were given a week’s trial to prove they had the ability to be trained as future hotel managers… however the candidates were not told that some of the scenarios they […]

FutureChef 2013

This afternoon I was invited to the National Finals for the FutureChef 2013 competition which is organised by Springboard and hosted at Westminster Kingsway College with the proceedings carried out by celebrity Chef Brain Turner, who is also the FutureChef Chairman.   This year there were 8,768 competitors that took part, made up of 12-16 […]

Passion 4 Hospitality

Today I attended the Institute of Hospitality’s Passion 4 Hospitality Student Conference which was held at the Victory Services Club. There was a full line up of industry speakers – including myself. Peter Ducker, Chief Executive of the Institute of Hospitality opened the conference and then Sally Prescott from “Zest For Life” gave an inspirational […]